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greenish and curious; buy plants; use from one to three 

 plants for a clump ; blossoms in Jime. 



2 — NymphcBa odorata: common sweet water lily; floating; 

 flowers white and very fragrant, open for three days, from 

 sunrise tmtil noon; buy roots; plant in quantity, eighteen 

 inches apart; plant from April to September, by pushing 

 the root into the soft mud luitil it is covered; one foot of 

 water over it is enough at first; when one or two floating 

 leaves appear this may be gradually deepened in artificial 

 pools; when planting in a pond or large body of water, tie 

 roots to a stone as suggested; blossoms in June and on to 

 September. 



*3 — Limnanthemum lacemosum: floating heart; may be planted 

 in still water five feet deep, though two feet is better; 

 creeps or floats on water surface ; foliage mottled and attrac- 

 tive ; yellowish- white flowers are abundant, small and dainty ; 

 plant in colonies; buy plants or roots; blossoms in July 

 and August. 



4 — Brasenia peltata: water shield; plant in from two to six feet 

 of water ; floating ; greenish and purplish leaves two to three 

 inches across — useful for variety in foliage effect; flowers 

 inconspicuous, dull purple, at surface of the water; blossoms 

 in June and August. 



5 — Po-ndeteria cordata: pickerel weed; rises eight to twelve 

 inches above the water surface; grows in still or slightly 

 moving water about one foot deep; flowers blue, small, in 

 dense, short spikes; buy plants and plant in colonies; 

 blossoms in July and September. 



*6 — Nymphcea pygmcea (N. tetragona) : dwarf water lily ; floating ; 

 leaves dark green with brown blotches ; flowers white, one 

 to one and one-half inches across, freely produced, open for 



