Old water lilies as pretty as ever and all arted up. Plates from John Fisk Allen’s 1854 work “Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America”. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston by Dutton and Wentworth.

Opening flower. Plate 2, Page 2 of Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America. 1853. American. John Fisk Allen, author. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston, Massachusetts by Dutton and Wentworth. Collections of and digitalized by the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000796083/page/2/mode/1up

Intermediate stages of bloom. Plate 4, Page 4 of Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America. 1853. American. John Fisk Allen, author. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston, Massachusetts by Dutton and Wentworth. Collections of and digitalized by the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000796083/page/4/mode/1up

Complete bloom. Plate 5, Page 5 of Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America. 1853. American. John Fisk Allen, author. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston, Massachusetts by Dutton and Wentworth. Collections of and digitalized by the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000796083/page/5/mode/1up

View of the form of the flower mentioned on the thirteenth page. Plate 6, Page 6 of Victoria Regia; or the Great Water Lily of America. 1853. American. John Fisk Allen, author. William Sharp, illustrator. Published and printed in Boston, Massachusetts by Dutton and Wentworth. Collections of and digitalized by the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000796083/page/6/mode/1up

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