New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-12
REAL LILIES AVID SoCALLED LILIES.



Last evenings lecture in the mechanics course
North sheffield Han was by Professor Daniel I.
Eaton. and his subject was Water Lilies. lie said:
The word lily Is applied to many plants incorrectly.
II Is applied to the lily of the valley, which Is no
more "a lily is the onion The word Is also used for
The plant styled Gala N.Y. which IS not lily at
all but only very close relation To the JACK the
The water lily is divided into eight general and
thirty i've forty different species. OF the true
lily there two species which are exclusively
Asatc The leaves Of these range from four to ten
inches In diameter, are round. and are ppellent
all being prevented 10y globules Of air. our common
water ny has a flower four inches in width. encased
thirty petals. The best time to see 1t is in early
morning our water lily has Two other
found Si'' in Sewrcrscy. Then there % ( the
great rosc.coloed lily found near sandwich. on Cape
inches broad had one Of these lilies In a tub some
years ago but it faded year after year until 1t finally
lily and in Florida the yellow lily.
Audubon. in his books on natural history, associ-
Iouudings In which they found. With the swan
he connected yellow lilies. This thought TO 10
lady visiting in Florida discovered lagoon bearing,
acres and acres Of yellow lilies The discovery WA
world.
There are these four species in this country.
There are Others In the West Indies. Africa Asia,
Madagascar and other countries. Turning from the
beautiful water lily have IFS poor cousin. the frog
lily, which grows in shallow pools. There are two
Kinds IN Connecticut the common large kind and a
smaller, raycr kind have seen tsi later IN the
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found in portions OF the lousatonic and also Al
a place In North Haven.
The largest water lily known is found in the
lag0Ons of Central America II was discovered III
1901. but IL not named until 1857. when DIR.
Lindsey of England named IL in honor Of his Youth
ful sovereign. Victoria Regina. seeds were taken 10
England in 1850. and little later to Massachusetts,.
and in both eases were lilies snccessfuS Tho
leaves of this lily are immense The leaves are from
four to six feet in diameter and they have been found
as large twelve feet III diameter. The leaf has
gorgeously tinted upturned rims and the floating
power : very great A half grown child has rested
upon it in perfect safety The flower is twenty three
inches in diameter. ranging from pure white To plnk
and then to crimson. This lily is now being grown
successfully by Mr.. sturtevant. of NewJersey. Tho
second lily In size IS the Lotus There only two
species Of this genius. one is found In Asia and
Africa and the other In this country. The Americas
Lotus has been growing IN pond in LYME. In this
state for century at least. Its flower Is pale
yellow. There great lagoons In Wcthersneld and
glastonbury In which certain this lily must at
| time have
:" Most Of these water lilies be grown easily
In tub kept I'm the cellar during the winter and in
| the garden In the spring. There Is reason why
the cultivation OF lilies should not be much moro goar
cIal than II ~"