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/1upIntermediate 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/1upComplete 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/1upView 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
