ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



In the pool there were Nelumbium spe- 

 ciosum, the pink Egyptian Lotus, a tender 

 Water Lily. If the season is early they 

 can be planted about May 15th. Fill a 

 flower tub or butter tub, which must first 

 be made perfectly tight, with equal parts 

 of cow manure and garden loam which 

 have been carefully mixed. Contrary to 

 common opinion, it is the soil that nour- 

 ishes aquatics, not water. Plant the Lily 

 roots nearly at the top of the tub, covering 

 only with about two inches of soil well 

 pressed down. If a bulb or shoot has 

 formed, be careful to allow it to project 

 above the soil. Finally cover the earth with 

 about two inches of sand, which prevents 

 the soil in the tub from discoloring the 

 water. If you have no pool or pond, the 

 Nelumbium or the English Nymphaes or our 

 native Pond Lilies can readily be grown in 

 a kerosene barrel sawed in half and sunk in 

 the ground to the rim, in some effective place 

 where it will have full sun, generally in 

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