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How to Make a Flower Garden 



of eighty-five to ninety degrees. Many failures occur through early trans- 

 planting. The check caused by digging, shipping, etc., which cannot be 

 avoided, together with the change of temperature and exposure, are responsible 

 for numerous losses which the vender is unjustly expected to shoulder. 

 The proper time to piant nelumbium tubers is when the prevailing conditions 

 of the weather are conducive to immediate growth. Bear in mind that 

 tender nymphasas do not start into growth with the hardy kinds, and 

 require different treatment. 



A small water lily pond in a suburban yard at Bond Hill, near Cincinnati 



Victoria regia is, indeed, the "royal" water-lily, and, under proper 

 conditions, is of easy culture. It is not a native of North America, and 

 cannot be grown as a hardy water-lily. It requires artificial heat. Some 

 growers believe the Victoria can be grown in a natural pond as well as a 

 tender nymphsea, but very few if any such cases are in evidence. The first 

 on record was grown in North Carolina, and even there it was not safe to 

 plant before the latter part of June. Occasionally plants will succeed in 

 aquatic basins in and around Philadelphia without artificial heat, but the 

 seasons are uncertain, and the results may more frequently be failure than 



