White Water lily

White Water-lily (Nymphaea Alba) - Found in many parts of England and throughout Europe to Siberia. The flowers, of 4 to 6 inches across, float upon the water amid rounded leaves of bright green, very variable as to size, and reddish while young.

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Nymphaea Alba Alba Var. Candidissima

Nymphaea Alba Alba Var. Candidissima - A large-flowered form sometimes called the Hampton Court Lily. Its white flowers are broader in petal, coming early and continuing late, and thrust well above the water. Its growth is strong, needing ample space. Leaves of yellow green while young, the leaf-lobes much curved and overlapping. At certain times and in certain soils the sepals are flushed with rose-color.

Nymphaea Alba Alba Var. Delicata

Nymphaea Alba Alba Var. Delicata - Flowers flushed with pale rose. N. alba maxima large flowers. N. alba minor, a small-flowered variety with blooms of great purity, and prettily incurved. N. alba var. rubra is a scarce plant, best known as the Swedish Water-Lily, and classed as a form of alba, though distinct in its smaller leaves of different shape, slightly rolled inwards at the edges, olive-green above and dull reddish below. The flowers are smaller, fuller, and more refined, with broader and blunter petals. It blooms early, but soon goes to rest. With so short a season it spreads slowly, is averse to removal, and also to hot weather. The flowers vary from pale pink to a deep magenta, deepening towards the centre of the flower and from day to day. Seeds freely, but the seedlings mostly revert, only the tiny slow-growing plants coming true. Syns. N. Caspary and N. sphoerocarpa.

Nymphaea Alba Andreana

Nymphaea Alba Andreana - Bears cup-shaped flowers of brick-red color shaded with orange, and held well above the water. The leaves are blotched with chestnut-brown, their lobes overlapping, and with such long stalks that they float out far apart. The flowers come so freely that a score or more are sometimes open together on one strong plant.

Nymphaea Alba Arc-En-Ciel

Nymphaea Alba Arc-En-Ciel - A distinct hybrid with blending shades of pale salmon streaked with rose, and crimson spotted sepals. The leaves are variegated in white, rose, and shades of green and bronze.

Nymphaea Alba Arethusa

Nymphaea Alba Arethusa - A plant of strong growth and very free, coming near Laydekeri fulgens in its bright crimson color, but larger in flower and more robust.

Nymphaea Alba Atropurpurea

Nymphaea Alba Atropurpurea - One of the darkest of all, with very large flowers of deep port-wine color, with pale yellow stamens and petals incurved at the tips. Of good growth, free, with dark leaves shaded with red on their under surface.

Nymphaea Alba Aurora

Nymphaea Alba Aurora - So named from its changing tints, which vary from a pale rosy-yellow on opening, to orange or reddish tones on the third day, different plants showing much variation in depth of color.

Nymphaea Alba Carrisbrooki

Nymphaea Alba Carrisbrooki - A new kind raised in California, and described as bearing flowers of bright flesh pink, and fragrant.

Nymphaea Alba Chrysantha

Nymphaea Alba Chrysantha - A handsome kind of medium growth, and deep yellow flowers passing to orange-red, with a cluster of bright red stamens; leaves edged and marbled with bronze.

Nymphaea Alba Colossea

Nymphaea Alba Colossea - Very large in leaf and flower, blooming with the earliest and lasting well into the autumn. Leaves rich green above and brown beneath, the fragrant flowers of pale pink, the outer segments of pale olive-green, and pale yellow stamens., Thrives in open water in deep pond mud, even when exposed in large lakes.

Nymphaea Alba Ellisiana

Nymphaea Alba Ellisiana - One of the best, rich in color and conspicuous at a distance. Large broad-petalled flowers of reddish-crimson with orange-red stamens. A plant of robust growth and free in flower.

Nymphaea Alba Froebeli

Nymphaea Alba Froebeli - An improved form of the Swedish Water-Lily raised at Zurich, and of deeper color and stronger growth. Of good size and fragrant, its flowers are of deep crimson with orange stamens, coming freely to the end of September. It is one of the finest dark kinds, thriving in exposed open water, and effective in the distance.

Nymphaea Alba Fulva

Nymphaea Alba Fulva - Bears medium-sized star-shaped flowers, curiously incurved at the tips of the petals, and sweetly scented. Its color is rose upon yellow, with yellow stamens, the red growing deeper towards the centre and brightening with age. Leaves spotted with brown above, and suffused with red beneath.

Nymphaea Alba Gladstoniana

Nymphaea Alba Gladstoniana - Has white flowers of great size, sometimes 8 inches across. They are free from all traces of color, and stand well above the water on stout stems, the whole plant being of free and open habit. One of the first to bloom in spring, and the last flowers are only cut down by autumn frosts.

Nymphaea Alba Gloriosa

Nymphaea Alba Gloriosa - Bears massive flowers 7 inches across, rich dark red with orange-colored stamens, and fragrant. Being slow to spread and difficult of increase, it should be left for several years undisturbed, and while of strong growth, it sometimes dies off suddenly. The flowers are very full, and floating, the lower petals often prettily tipped with rosy white during the heat of summer, becoming deeper and more uniform towards the autumn. This is the only kind always bearing five sepals.

Nymphaea Alba James Brydon

Nymphaea Alba James Brydon - A distinct sort with flowers of 4 to 6 inches wide, of a soft rose-crimson; petals finely rounded and curving inwards, with a paler, silvery sheen beneath, and stamens of bright orange. An excellent kind, quite hardy.

Nymphaea Alba Laydekeri Fulgens

Nymphaea Alba Laydekeri Fulgens - A flower of fine color and cupped, the rounded petals of crimson-purple showing paler within and enclosing a cluster of vivid red stamens. Like all of this group it is a good plant for tanks.

Nymphaea Alba Laydekeri Lilacea

Nymphaea Alba Laydekeri Lilacea - Very free in its small flowers of soft rosy-lilac tipped with clear pink, their color deepening to rosy-crimson on the third day. They are held well above the water, shining with an almost silvery lustre in bright sunlight, and scented like a tea-rose. The plant does best in shallow water, and is one of the earliest to show flower.

Nymphaea Alba Laydekeri Purpurata

Nymphaea Alba Laydekeri Purpurata - A telling flower, larger than others in this group, and very shapely with its long pointed petals. They are early, free, and fragrant, of a conspicuous shade of wine-red with orange-red stamens.

Nymphaea Alba Laydekeri Rosea

Nymphaea Alba Laydekeri Rosea - One of the most useful of hardy Water-Lilies, with fragrant, pale pink flowers, passing through several shades to deep rose as they fade away. It does best in shallow water and gives so few offsets that several plants should be grouped to secure the full effect of the changing flowers.

Nymphaea Alba Lucida

Nymphaea Alba Lucida - With massive flowers opening starwise and rosy-vermilion in color, paling towards the edges and the tips of the petals and deepening towards the cluster of orange stamens. The leaves, borne upon very long stems, are bold and finely blotched with chestnut-red above and reddish streaks beneath.

Nymphaea Alba Marliacea Albida

Nymphaea Alba Marliacea Albida - A superb plant, thriving in deep water, where it should be sometimes thinned to avoid overcrowding; its massive white flowers, of 8 or more inches across, are pushed well above the water, and last into October. They are of glistening purity, fragrant, and very full of petals guarding the cluster of golden anthers. The guard petals are long and broad, but inside they grow shorter and narrower towards the centre. In large groups its general effect is fine.

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Carnea

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Carnea - A noble hardy plant, in color a soft flesh-pink, deepening towards the base of the petals and paling gradually to white. It grows well in shallow or deep water, flowering late, and showing its vanilla-scented flowers well above the dark leaves.

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Chromatella

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Chromatella - The first yellow kind sent out, a free and fine plant, but apt to get crowded, and when this happens it does not flower so well. Being vigorous, it is a good plant for deep open water, where its large flowers of canary-yellow show finely against the dark brown leaves, and remain open for a long while each day.

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Flammea

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Flammea - A handsome, though inaptly named, flower of medium size, being a deep wine-red rather than flame-color, with red stamens and petals flaked with white towards the tips. Leaves streaked with reddish-brown.

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Ignea

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Ignea - One of the brightest in its uniform carmine-red, deepening slightly towards the crown of vivid orange-red stamens; sepals pale olive-green edged with rose beneath, and paler above. Though not large, the flowers are good in color, composed of eighteen cupped and shapely petals.

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Rosea

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Rosea - Another stout grower, thriving in deep water, to which its long slender stems are suited. Flowers rose color, changing to flesh-pink, broader in petal and fuller than in M. carnea, with the color deepening towards the tips. Young leaves purplish-red, changing to deep green.

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Rubro-Punctata

Nymphaea Alba Marl. Rubro-Punctata - Flowers of great size borne freely and through a long season. Petals rosy-purple, tipped and flaked with pink; stamens orange-red.

Nymphaea Alba Odorata

Nymphaea Alba Odorata - The white American Pond-Lily, common in the eastern States and with all the beauty of our own, and fragrant. It varies much in size and color, and being of moderate growth, is well suited to tanks. The leaf may be anything from 5 to 10 inches across, nearly round, and purplish when young, changing to pure green and reddish beneath. Flowers of 3 to 5 inches, composed of narrow pointed petals, long in the bud.

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Caroliniana

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Caroliniana - The leaves are green above and red beneath, and though nearly a foot across when fully grown, the plant is only of moderate growth and not too vigorous for a tank. Though easily divided, the plant is best left alone for several years, gaining in size of flowers, which become 6 or more inches across, composed of very narrow pale pink petals, deepening in color towards the centre. The flowers vary through several shades of color, according to soil and climate, the following varieties being fairly constant:—nivea, with very double pure white flowers, narrow petals and rich yellow stamens; perfecta, with semi-double flowers of the small narrow petals, but more rounded at the tip and deep flesh or salmon in color; and salmonea, a strong form with flowers of decided salmon-pink.

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Exquisita

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Exquisita - Finely-shaped rosy-carmine flowers of medium size, with narrow, pointed petals and golden stamens; they are the darkest of this group, and stand well out of the water. Leaves green above and intense red below.

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Gigantea

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Gigantea - The larger southern form of odorata, found from N. Carolina to Florida, and known as the Rice-field Water-Lily. It is of great vigour, delighting in deep water and flowering early in the season, but not in the autumn. The leaves are very large, sometimes measuring as much as 16 inches across, and dark green tinged with purple towards the edges, which are often partly rolled inwards. The flowers—4 to 7 inches across—are pure white with green sepals, slightly incurved, and nearly scentless.

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Minor

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Minor - A pretty little plant of slow growth, and one of the best for tanks and shallow water. The starry white flowers are 2 to 3 inches across, with purplish sepals and sweetly scented, though forms occur that are almost without scent, and others with flowers more or less incurved. The leaves are small, bright green above, and deep red beneath. A native of the shallow bogs of New Jersey.

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Rosea

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Rosea - The Cape Cod Water-Lily—a plant of moderate vigour, with petals of a uniform bright rose color with yellow stamens, and fragrant. It begins early, and seeds so freely that (unless the dead flowers are kept cut) its season is short. The flowers also lose color quickly when fully expanded, and will sometimes burn in hot sunlight. Leaves rather small, deep red on both sides while young, becoming dark green. Massachusetts.

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Sulphurea

Nymphaea Alba Odorata Sulphurea - A beautiful plant, distinct from all other kinds in the cactus-shape of its flowers. It is a plant of strong growth, forming many crowns and a profusion of clear yellow vanilla-scented flowers, from July into the autumn. Though not much above medium size, they are conspicuous, rising well out of the water, and the long pointed buds open early in the day. The leaves rest on the water unless crowded, and are evenly rounded, and finely blotched and marbled. It is slow in starting to flower, hardly beginning until July.

Nymphaea Alba o. Sulphurea Grandiflora

Nymphaea Alba o. Sulphurea Grandiflora - A fine form, with the same starry cactus-shaped flowers, but much larger, fuller, and of paler yellow. Though its parent is one of the latest, this kind is the first in bloom and bears the largest flower, opening out very flat, with narrow, crowded petals of elegant effect. It is free in flower when well established, and makes many crowns, with bold foliage of paler green, less mottled above, but covered beneath with reddish blotches.

Nymphaea Alba Robinsoni

Nymphaea Alba Robinsoni - A star-like flower of distinct color, a reddish-purple deepening towards the centre, which shows traces of an orange ground, paling again towards the tips of the petals. The flowers are of medium size, with pointed and sharply tapering petals, and they last longer than almost any other kind when open. Leaf dark green, blotched with chestnut above and on the stems, and reddish below.

Nymphaea Alba Seignoureti

Nymphaea Alba Seignoureti - One of the older hybrids, its color being indistinct. The flowers are dull yellow washed with rose, and are held several inches above the water. A compact grower, with small but dense leaves, finely spotted.

Nymphaea Alba Sioux

Nymphaea Alba Sioux - This, one of the recent gains given to us by the late M. Latour Marliac, has handsome copper-yellow flowers. The petals are pointed and sprinkled with red about the edges, the stamens deep yellow. The leaves are of a rich bronzy-green stained with deep brown on the upper side and reddish-brown on the under side.

Nymphaea Alba Tetragona

Nymphaea Alba Tetragona - The smallest of Water-Lilies, with little flowers 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches across and pure white with yellow stamens, opening for three or four days from noon till about 5 P.M. The leaf is as large as the palm of the hand, and shaped almost like a horse-shoe, with the lobes wide apart; colored dark green above and reddish below. This kind and its forms thrive well in tanks, forming no offsets and spreading slowly, though free to flower from May to the end of September. It is grown from seed. N. Asia and parts of N. America.

Nymphaea Alba Tetragona Var. Helvola

Nymphaea Alba Tetragona Var. Helvola - A seedling with pale yellow flowers 2 inches across, open during the afternoon and slightly raised above the water. The leaf is oval and yet smaller than in the parent, and freely blotched with brown. It thrives in shallow water with a long season of flower, while a dozen or more blooms may often be counted at once upon a strong plant. In hot sunlight they sometimes come flushed with rose.

Nymphaea Alba Tuberosa

Nymphaea Alba Tuberosa - The vigorous Water-Lily of the United States, thriving in deep water, lifting its flowers high out of the water, and spreading rapidly by long tuberous offsets. It should, therefore, be planted by itself in deep water, but only flowers freely under a warm sky or in hot summers. They are creamy white, without a trace of color in the sepals or petals, which are longer and broader than in any other wild kind, and scentless. They vary from 4 1/2 to nearly 9 inches across, and bear larger seeds than any other kind.

Nymphaea Alba Tuberosa Var. Maxima

Nymphaea Alba Tuberosa Var. Maxima - A form found in Lake Hopatkong, New Jersey, growing in deep water, and supposed to be a wild cross between tuberosa and odorata. It is of smaller growth and blooms later than the parent, with cup-shaped pure white flowers, prettily shaded with green upon the outer petals. The flower-stalks bear long hairs and a few faint brown streaks.

Nymphaea Alba Tuberosa Var. Richardsoni

Nymphaea Alba Tuberosa Var. Richardsoni - An American seedling with double pure white flowers standing well out of the water; they are of finely rounded petals, curving inwards, the outer row and the sepals slightly drooping. Its subdued growth and distinct globe-shaped flowers make it one of the most distinct of white Water-Lilies.

Nymphaea Alba Tuberosa Var. Rosea

Nymphaea Alba Tuberosa Var. Rosea - A supposed natural cross with the rosy Cape Cod Water-Lily. It is nearly as vigorous as its parent, with large pink flowers rising above the water, and opening widely to show the crown of bright red stamens. A good plant for deep water.

Nymphaea Alba William Doogue

Nymphaea Alba William Doogue - An American hybrid with large flowers of soft pink, very broad in petal, much cupped, and evenly colored throughout. A charming plant and quite hardy.

Nymphaea Alba William Falconer

Nymphaea Alba William Falconer - A flower of striking color, one of the best dark Water-Lilies. The blooms are large (6 or 7 inches) and deep crimson, shaded with purple, and yellow in the centre. The young leaves are bright red, changing to deep green, with veins of reddish purple.

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