Egyptian Water Lily

| View Cart ⇗ | Info

“Lotus is a name given to various flowers, including several beautiful species of water lily, especially the blue water lily, and the Egyptian water lily which grow in stagnant and slowly running water in the S. of Asia and N. of Africa. The latter grows in the Nile and adjacent rivulets and has a large white flower. The root is eaten by the people who live near the lake Manzaleh. It was the rose of ancient Egypt, the favorite flower of the country, and was often made into wreaths or garlands."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Keywords

klily, Asia, africa, lotus, nymphaea lotus, egyptian water lily, eaten by people near lake Manzaleh

Galleries

Miscellaneous African Illustrations, Flowers and Shrubs: L

Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

2400×1969, 2.1 MiB

Large GIF

1024×840, 267.5 KiB

Medium GIF

640×525, 129.9 KiB

Small GIF

320×262, 41.3 KiB