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folia). The shelf numbered 9 is for Cyperus alter- 

 nifolia, a graceful flowering Sedge with bright green 

 foliage. The plants established on these shelves 

 are those whose natural habitat is the shallow water, 

 on the shores of ponds, and planted in this way 

 they appear to be growing from the bottom of the 

 pool. They make an excellent border for the basin 

 and furnish it luxuriantly. 



The Water Lilies marked 1, 2, 3 on the plan 

 should be planted in slat-sided boxes in good rich 

 loam, and placed on the bottom of the pool three 

 feet below the surface. No. 1 is Nympheamarliacea 

 chromatella, a Marliac hybrid, a large, yellow, fra- 

 grant Lily that blooms continuously through the 

 Summer. It is hardy, and may be left in the pool 

 from year to year if the water is not drawn off in 

 the Winter. No. 2, Nymphea Zanzibar ensis is not 

 hardy and should be taken up in the Fall and 

 stored in some warm, damp place until Spring. It 

 is hardly worth while to go to so much trouble for 

 one plant, however, and it would be better to pro- 

 cure a new specimen each year, for warm, damp 

 places are hard to find. This Lily is worth buying 

 anew each season, for it blooms freely and bears a 



