CHAPTER VIII 



The Water Garden and the Mosquito Problem 



By William Lyman Underwood 



OME years ago, in a low-lying meadow near my house, in 

 Belmont, Massachusetts, I made an artificial pond in which 

 to grow water-lilies — a modest affair seventy feet in length, 

 and varying in width from five to fifteen feet. Here I 

 planted several difi"erent kinds of hardy pond -lilies and other 

 aquatic plants, some of which bloom from May until October. The 

 venture has been so successful, and the little sheet of water has 

 added such a charming feature to the landscape, that I am tempted to 



I i\n);lit I o" 1 \ Will I >man Underwood 



A bit of Mr. Underwood's water garden, showing its relation to the house 



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