CHICAGO, DECEMBER 15, 1894. 



No. 55. 



LILT POND AT PAIRMOUNT PARK. PHILADELPHLA.. 



Aquatics. 



fl LILY FOND AT FfllRMOUNT FflRK, FfllLfl- 

 DELFfllfl. 



This beautiful lily pond is situated on 

 the north side of Horticultural Hall, near 

 the main drivewaj' around that building. 

 The pond is somewhat raised above the 

 surface of the surroundino; soil, and the 

 embankment of about two feet is clothed 

 with golden leaved honeysuckle. In the 

 center of the pond is a large clump of 

 lotus (Nehimbwrn)\ the rest of the plants 

 are largely nymphieas. Of these Mr. 

 Mingey, the superintendent of the Hall 

 gives me the following notes: 



"The tropical lilies growingin the pond 

 are dentata, wliite; rubra and Devonien- 

 s/s, red; and several varieties of the purple 

 Zanzibarensis which we grow from seed 



every season. The hardy varieties which 

 are growing in this pond and remain out- 

 side all winter, and usually flower two 

 months earlier than the tropical ones, are 

 Candida and tuberosa, white; odorata 

 rosea, and Marliac's new French hybrids 

 which produce man3'shadesof colorvary- 

 ing from pale yellow to pink." 



This bed is "so near the drive that the 

 occupants of carriages can see its beauties 

 without alighting. 



The small tree at the far end of the bed 

 near the right hand comeris the Sopbora 

 Japonica. It blossoms in August having 

 panicles of yellowish white flowers; its 

 leaves are bnght green. The large, round 

 headed tree which shows so prominently 

 in the picture is the white oak, Quercus 

 alba, which when given plenty of room 

 makes an excellent specimen. The medium 

 siEed tree in h-ont of it is an ash. 



There are two flower beds shown at 

 the far end left hand comer of the lily 



pond. The one in front is filled with cro- 

 tons, plants unsurpassed for a beautiful 

 display in summer, delighting in heat and 

 moisture. The bed in the rear is filled 

 with hardy hydrangeas, paniculata on 

 the outside and its grandmora variety in 

 the inside. Chief Charles H. Miller says 

 the paniculata is not esteemed as much as 

 it deserves to be. He uses it a great deal, 

 its bold upright panicles giving it a dis- 

 tinct appearance from the grandiflora. 



The masses of shrubbery' seen on the 

 left are made up of rhododendrons, 

 azaleas, hydrangeas and various flower- 

 ing shrubs. The rhododendrons were 

 planted many vears ago, the old soil be- 

 ing first dug out to a considerable depth 

 and new soil of a turfy, sandy nature 

 substituted for it. The roots of the plants 

 arc cool and moist all the time, and the 

 plants thrive wonderfulh- well there. 

 Behind a group of trees, but not shown 

 in the picture, was a bed of scarlet salvia 



