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the foliage, standing rigidly above the water, and 

 the size, purity of color and fragrance of the 

 flower, all stamp it at once as a desirable plant. 

 The colors too are varied, white, rose, yellow and 

 carmine. 



At remarkably small expense a lily pond of any 

 desired shape, form or size may be dug in the 

 lawn and a concrete retaining wall or frame con- 

 structed. The bottom need not be concreted un- 

 less the ground is so porous as not to hold water 

 at all, and a pipe may be run underground from 

 the water supply and into the concrete wall, or the 

 lawn hose may be used to add water to the pond 

 as required. 



It is an excellent plan to have the plants of 

 Lotus grouped in the background, with the lilies 

 to the fore, unless only a very few of the Lotus are 

 used, in which event they may be scattered indis- 

 criminately amongst the lilies. 



There are some other effective plants also for 

 planting in the water, and they may frequently 

 be used with charming effect. Adapted to this 

 purpose we have the Egyptian Paper Plant, the 

 somewhat common Water Hyacinth, the yellow 

 Water Poppy, Parrot's Feather, Lizard's Tail, 

 Wild Rice and others as well. 



As a background to the picture presented by 

 the pond and the lilies, a suitable planting of 

 shrubbery and evergreens, with a grouping of 



