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Sweet-scented White Water-lily; Pond Lily; Water Nymph; Water Cabbage

Sweet-scented White Water-lily; Pond Lily; Water Nymph; Water Cabbage

Castalia odorata (Nymphaea odorata)

Flowers–Pure white or pink tinged, rarely deep pink, solitary, 3 to 8 in. across, deliciously fragrant, floating. Calyx of 4 sepals, green

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Virgin’s Bower; Virginia Clematis; Traveller’s Joy; Old Man’s Beard

Virgin’s Bower; Virginia Clematis; Traveller’s Joy; Old Man’s Beard

Clematis virginiana

Flowers–White and greenish, about 1 in. across or less, in loose clusters from the axils. Calyx of 4 or 5 petal-like sepals; no petals;

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Wood Anemone; Wind-flower

Wood Anemone; Wind-flower

Anemone quinquefolia

Flowers–Solitary, about 1 in. broad, white or delicately tinted with blue or pink outside. Calyx of 4 to 9 oval, petal-like sepals; no petals; stamens and carpels numerous, of indefinite

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