TIIIC PLANT WORLD l\\!)KR CARE 



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THE COTTAGE COVERED BY ROSES. 

 Courtesy of The Conard & Jones Company. 



The Victoria Regia. 



BY J. J. LEVISON, M. F. ARBORCULTURIST, 

 BROOKLYN (NEW YORK) DEPARTMENT. 



Almost any pool or poncl can be 

 adapted to aquatic gardening and this 

 is why the art is so rapidly coming 

 into favor on many private estates and 

 in some of our great parks. A group 

 of irises, orchids, funkias or papyrus 



will add a distinct charm to the border 

 of a pond while all sorts of wild ferns 

 will easily stand transplanting and do 

 well along its margin. The water 

 lilies, however, are the most interest- 

 ing grouo of plants for decorating the 

 ponds. Some lilies are hardy, continu- 

 ing to grow year after year without 

 renewing. Others are of a more tender 





A LEAF OF THE VICTORIA REGIA SUSTAINING A LITTLE GIRL. 



