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set into boxes of earth and these are then sunk 

 into the pool; but in natural pools or pools 

 of a naturalistic character, without cement 

 bottom, the rhizomes may be planted directly 

 in the earth. 



If they require wintering indoors take them 

 up as soon as frost has touched the leaves and 

 replant in tubs indoors until their leaves have 

 ripened off. Then the roots may be dried out 

 and stored in moist sand where they can be 

 kept at a temperature of about 60 Fahrenheit. 

 Hardy varieties however need no care unless 

 the depth of the tank is not great enough to 

 insure its not freezing at the bottom if the water 

 is left in. If you cannot be sure of this, it should 

 be drained and the basin filled with leaves with 

 boards over them to hold them in place; or, if 

 the plants are set in boxes, the boxes may be 

 drained and brought indoors into a cool cel- 

 lar or covered up anywhere out in the garden 

 securely enough to keep frost out. 



Early in this chapter I spoke of excavating 

 low ground to make a pool where before only a 

 bog or swampy place may have been. This is 

 not an opportunity often found within the 

 limits of the small garden or the village or town 

 community. That it may sometimes present it- 

 self however is suflficient reason for a word more 



