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and as such pools will probably be rather shallow 

 (2 feet 6 inches deep is enough) I will give the names 

 of a few suitable sorts. Nymphea Laydekeri fulgens 

 is one of the best of the small growing crimsons, almost 

 a blood crimson too ; N. atropurpurea, too, is a fine 

 crimson purple. N. Wm. Falconer and N. Froebeli 

 are also both very telling crimson varieties. Amongst 

 the pinks are James Brydon, rose ; W. B. Shaw, rose 

 pink ; Luciana, a quite brilliant rose ; and Laydekeri 

 rosea, a pretty pink that deepens in colour with age. 

 Of yellows, one should have one or more of the 

 following, N. odorata sulphurea, a pale yellow, its 

 larger-flowered deeper-coloured companion, O. sul- 

 phurea grandiflora, which as it grows older becomes 

 shaded with salmon, or Marliacea chromatella, prim- 

 rose yellow. White varieties are plentiful, but for the 

 small garden N. odorata is one of the best. It is pure 

 white with yellow stamens, and has a delightful vanilla 

 fragrance. In such pools, too, I should also plant 

 at least one water Hawthorn because of its delicious 

 odour every morning from early spring to late autumn. 

 A few water Reeds and Rushes at the edges of such 

 pools serve to relieve the monotony of outline. Typha 

 stenophylla is one of the best, and Acorus japonicus 

 fol. var. will grow on the edge, or just in the water 

 in a pot ; and there are many plants that can be grown 

 in pots standing in the water, like the flowering Rush, 

 Butomus umbellatus, or the Porcupine Rush, Scirpiis 

 Tabernsemontani zebnnus. 



Of course, with everyone who fully appreciates the 

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