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cellar and stored side by side in shoe boxes. I never 

 cover them at all, unless unusually cold, when I throw 

 old bags over them. If the cellar is very dry it would 

 be necessary to fill the boxes with dry sand to preserve 

 the vitality of the tubers. When the time comes to 

 plant, which is corn-planting time, handle the roots 

 with extreme care so as to break off no tubers. Dig 

 holes large enoug to hold the whole clump, plant 

 and cover. 



The Water Lily Pond. — The artificial water lily 

 pond is found to-day hidden under spreading boughs 

 or in some shaded nook, silently nestling in a remote 

 corner of many of our city lawns ; thriving equally as 

 well, and perhaps better than at the country homes, 

 where facilities for water and drainage are not so 

 complete. The pond may be made about ten feet 

 long by six feet wide, sunk into the greensward in 

 a spot overhung with trees. The excavation, varying 

 fom five to eight inches deep (so as not to be quite 

 level), is well cemented and piped into the drain, 

 enough soil being allowed to cover the roots of the 

 plants. The water pipe is so arranged that fresh water 

 can be used when required. 



Plenty of animal life keeps the plants healthy and 

 the water from becoming stagnant. Numerous tad- 

 poles, frogs, toads, a few goldfish and perch are useful 

 inhabitants of the picturesque pond. The tall cat-tails 

 vie with the Japanese iris, reflecting its own purple, 

 yellow and white radiance in the watery mirror beneath. 

 At the extreme end of the pond may be planted the 

 root of an Egyptian water lily (Nymphaea lotus), 

 the rose and favorite flower of ancient Egypt. It 

 thrives in stagnant or slowly running water, and as 

 each day it grows in beauty and ornamentation, it 

 reveals but little of the life-sustaining properties imbed- 

 ded in its roots, which are meat and substance to the 



