SMALL WATER GARDENS 67 



as little as possible. Some gardeners never change the 

 water in tubs and small basins, but find that a few 

 newts suffice to keep it moderately clean and fresh. 



A water garden suggests something elaborate and 

 costly, a luxury for the wealthy, but there are many 

 who derive no small amount of pleasure from the 

 miniature charms of a single Lily in a tub, with a fringe 

 of bog plants growing in a moist, peaty bed beside it. 



