APRIL 21. 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



835 



Hydrangea trimmed with crepe paper. 

 By J. H. Small & Sons, New York. 



Lilies in celluloid basket, trimmed ^vith white ribbon. 

 By Siebrecht & Son, New York. 



Hyacinths in basket, trimmed with white ribbon. 

 By Siebrecht & Son, New York. 



Genista Fragrans in basket, trimmed with orange ribbon. 

 By Rosary Co., New York. 



accommodation for the plants, either 

 grown in tubs or boxes or soil placed 

 in the bottom to the depth of ten or 

 twelve inches, and twelve inches depth 

 of water above the crowns of the 

 plants. In either case the soil should 

 be covered about an inch deep with 

 sand before filling up with water. A 

 section of the pond should b? walled 

 off in which to grow the lotus, as they 

 are rampant growers and should not 

 be confined to the limits of a tub as 

 nymphaeas. Plants of both nymph- 

 aeas and nelumbiums will do moder- 



ately well in tubs plunged in the 

 ground or standing on the surface, but 

 they do not compare well with those 

 that are submerged in a tank or pond 

 where the water surface affords a 

 much better and larger development of 

 leaves, and consequently flowers. 



A pond ten feet in diameter will af- 

 ford accommodation for four plants of 

 nymphaeas, either planted out or 

 grown in tubs or boxes. These may 

 be all hardy varieties, but as the hardy 

 varieties do not embrace all the col- 

 ors some tender varieties may be in- 



cluded, and the four plante may each 

 be a separate color, namely, red, 

 white, blue and yellow. With two 

 exceptions, no class of plants embrace 

 these four distinct colors. Nelum- 

 biums are supplied in three colors in 

 various shades — no blue. 



The soil for nymphaeas and aquat- 

 ics generally should be fibrous loam, 

 inclined to be heavy, two-thirds, and 

 thoroughly rotten cow manure, one- 

 third. Plants to furnish a pond ten 

 to twelve feet in diameter can be 

 bought now for a mere trifle. Four 



