See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• WATERHOUSE, ALFRED (1830-1905)
• JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE (1847- )

WATERHOUSE (1847- )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English painter, was the son of an artist, by whom he was mainly trained . As a figure-painter he shows in his See also:

• WORK

work much imaginative See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power and a very See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, and his pictures are for the most See also:

• PART

part illustrations of classic myths treated with attractive fantasy . An able draughtsman and a See also:

• FINE

fine colourist, he must be ranked among the best artists of the See also:

• BRITISH

British' school . He was elected an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy in 1885 and academician in 1895 . Four of his paintings, " Consulting the See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

Oracle," " St Eulalia," " The See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady of Shalott " and " The Magic Circle," are in the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery of British See also:

• ART

Art . See " J . W . See also:

• WATERHOUSE, ALFRED (1830-1905)
• WATERHOUSE, JOHN WILLIAM (1847- )

Waterhouse and his Work," by A . L . Baldry, Studio, vol. iv . See also:

• WATER

WATER-See also:

• LILY

LILY, a name somewhat vaguely given to almost any floating plant with conspicuous See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, but applying more especially to the See also:

• SPECIES

species of Nymphaea, Nuphar, and other members of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order Nymphaeaceae . These are aquatic See also:

• PLANTS

plants with thick fleshy rootstocks or tubers embedded in the mud, and throwing up to the See also:

• SURFACE

surface circular See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield-like leaves, and leafless See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower-stalks, each terminated by a single flower, often of See also:

• GREAT

great beauty, and consisting of four or five sepals, and numerous petals gradually passing into the very numerous stamens without any definite See also:

• LINE

line of dernarcation between them .

The ovary consists of numerous carpels See also:

• UNITED

united together and See also:

• FREE

free, or more or less embedded in the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the flower-stalk . The ovary has many cavities with a large number of ovules attached to its walls, and is surmounted by a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat stigma of many radiating rows as in a See also:

• POPPY

poppy . The See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit is See also:

• BERRY, CHARLES ALBERT (1852-1899)
• BERRY, CHARLES FERDINAND
• BERRY, JOHN, DUKE OF (1340-1416)
• BERRY, or BERRI

berry-like, and the seeds are remarkable for having their embryo surrounded by an endosperm.. as well as by a perisperm . The anatomical construction of these plants presents many peculiarities which have given rise to discussion as to the allocation of the order among the See also:

• DICOTYLEDONS

dicotyledons or among the monocotyledons, the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance of See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion being in favour of the former view . The See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf-stalks and flower-stalks are traversed by See also:

• LONGITUDINAL

longitudinal See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air-passages, whose disposition varies in different species . The species of Nymphaea are found in every See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the globe . Their flowers range from See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white to See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose-coloured, yellow and See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue . Some expand in the evening only, others See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close soon after See also:

• NOON

noon . Nymphaea See also:

• ALBA

alba (See also:

• CASTALIA, or FONS CASTALIUS

Castalia alba) is See also:

• COMMON

common in some parts of See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, as is also the yellow Nuphar luteum (Nymphaea lutea) . The seeds and the rhizomes contain an abundance of See also:

• STARCH

starch, which renders them serviceable in some places for See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food . Of See also:

• RECENT

recent years great strides have been made in the culture of new varieties of water-lilies in the open air . Many beautiful Nymphaea hybrids have been raised between the See also:

• TENDER

tender and See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy varieties of different See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, and there are now in See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce lovely forms having not only white, but also yellow, rose, See also:

• PINK

pink and See also:

• CARMINE

carmine flowers. fn many gardens open-air tanks have been fitted up with hot-water pipes See also:

• RUNNING

running through them to keep the water sufficiently warns in severe See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather .

The open-air water-lily tank in the Royal gardens, See also:

• KEW

Kew, is one of the latest and most up-to-date in construction . These coloured hybrids were originated by M . Latour Marliac, of See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple-sur-See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

Lot, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, some of the most favoured varieties being See also:

• CARNEA

carnea, chromatella, fiammea, ignea, rosea, Robinsoni, See also:

• AURORA
• AURORA (perhaps through a form ausosa from Sansk. ush, to burn ; the common idea of " brightness " suggests a connexion with aurum, gold)

Aurora, blanda, &c . Amongst hardy species of Nymphaea now much grown are candida, nitida, odorata, pygmaea and tuberosa, all with white, more or less sweet-scented flowers; flaws, yellow, and sphaerocarpa, rose-carmine . Amongst the tender or hothouse Nymphaeas the following are most noted: blanda, white; devoniensis, See also:

• SCARLET

scarlet (a hybrid between N . See also:

• LOTUS

Lotus and N. rubra); edulis, white; elegans, yellowish white and See also:

• PURPLE

purple; gigantea, blue; kewensis, rose-carmine (a hybrid between N. devoniensis and N . Lotus); Lotus, red, white; pubescens, white; scutifolia, See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright blue; stellate, blue, with several varieties; and Sturtevanti, a See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale-rose hybrid . Under the general See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of water-lily are included the lotus of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, Nymphaea Lotus, and the sacred lotus of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and See also:

• CHINA

China, Nelumbium speciosum, formerly a native of the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile, as shown by See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian sculptures and other See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, but no longer found in that See also:

• RIVER

river . The gigantic See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria regia, with leaves 6 to 7 ft. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter and flowers 8 to 16 in. across, also belongs to this See also:

• GROUP

group . It grows in the backwaters of the See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon, often covering the surface for See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles; the seeds are eaten under the name water See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize .