Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 342
of the blue N. stellata of UpperEgypt and the blue Water-Lily of Zanzibar. Thedifficulty of obtaining the blue colouring in the hardyplant is that these blues are natives of tropical regions,but there seems good reason to suppose that this willbe got over, for there are also blue Nymphaeas fromthe… … WATER-LILIES WATER-LILIES 163 are quite contented with eighteen inches. But if avigorous kind is planted too shallow, as it insists onhaving stalks of normal length, both leaves and flowersbecome unduly spread. It will probably be foundthat growth in tanks will prove to be the more certainmethod of…
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