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coping round it, and the grass growing right to the 

 edge of the water can be made to give charming 

 effects ; or, treated a little more architecturally, it can 

 form the centre to the Rose garden or the terminal to a 

 walk between herbaceous borders. If other means 

 fail, Water-Lilies can be quite successfully grown, as 

 illustrated on page 98, although this method is 

 more suitable for the tiny cottage garden. Water in 

 the garden in any form is always an added delight, and 

 there is now such a variety of plants suitable to grow 



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therein at the command of a few shillings, that no one 

 need be without them on the score of expense. The 

 initial outlay of preparing a home for aquatic plants is 

 perhaps a little greater than in some other gardening 

 pursuits, as water has to be retained, and is better laid 

 on to the pool, so that the turning of a tap will keep 

 the water pure and sweet. I give an illustration of 

 how a lily pool of any dimensions can be constructed, 

 the water turned on and the pool emptied with the least 

 possible trouble. Amongst the plants that could be 

 grown in such a pool are, of course, the Water-Lilies, 

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