ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



begin the water garden. The Nymphae 

 should be planted about the 15th of May. 

 It is generally enough to press the root well 

 into the soil of the pond, but if the mud 

 does not seem to be rich, then the Lily roots 

 can be planted in boxes of very rich soil and 

 sunk in the pond. Directions are occasion- 

 ally given to tie the root to a stone, and 

 throw it into the water, but the Lilies will 

 be more apt to grow if planted directly into 

 the soil of the pond or stream. These lilies 

 are hardy and can be allowed to remain in 

 the water. 



One can learn something from almost 

 every garden, no matter how humble. In 

 walking about a town or village, I often 

 pass a simple door-yard slowly two or three 

 times, and sometimes hang over a fence to 

 see what is within. There may be plants 

 which I do not know, or a specimen of some 

 variety brought to a finer degree of perfec- 

 tion than I have ever been able to attain with 

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