Water-Lilies and How to Grow Them

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Henri Hus, with the cooperation of the veteran cultivator, Mr. James Gurney, whose association with water-lily growing dates back to the occasion when the giant Victoria regia first opened its flowers in cultivation. Mr. Gurney is a pioneer in water-lily culture and his work at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and later at Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Mo., is well known.