CHAPTER XVI 



A SMALL WATER GARDEN 



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F there is room on the 

 place for a Water Gar- 

 den the cultivation 

 of Water Lilies and 

 water plants of various 

 sorts will be found to be 

 not only interesting, but 

 also a most delightful diversion. If there 

 is a brook or small pond in the neighbour- 

 hood of the garden that can be utilized, so 

 much the better, but even if a pool has 

 to be constructed the cost may be kept 

 within bounds, and a small expanse of 

 water will serve to exploit many rare 

 and beautiful blooms, and to make per- 

 manent at the garden side many attrac- 

 tive forms of plant life that otherwise you 

 would have to wander far afield to enjoy. 

 A small Water Garden is a good adjunct 



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