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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



what similar but prettier and taller, is from April to September, the best time 



also of easy growth. Some of the wild being early in May. Tender Nym- 



aquatics and swamp plants are very phceas should not be planted until the 



prettyand well worth growing at the edge weather has become warm and settled, 



The Water Garden in the Making — The Gang at Work 



of the pond, either in or out of the water. 



A water garden will become most 

 fascinating, and will well repay the first 

 outlay, needing very little attention 

 when in going order. Many people 

 have natural facilities at hand, the 

 only conditions necessary being sunshine, 

 still, warm water, and plenty of rich 

 soil. Further, where there are stag- 

 nant pools of water, it is a hygienic neces- 

 sity to stock them with plants and fish 

 in order that malaria and the mosquito 

 may be brought to nought. 



The best soil for aquatics is rotted 

 vegetable matter from ponds or swamps, 

 or if this is unprocurable, good heavy 

 loam with one-third its bulk of well 

 rotted cow manure. The following are 

 a few hints taken from Dreer's aquatic 

 circular, and they may be thoroughly 

 reli'ed on : The depth of water may 

 vary from a few inches to four feet ; 

 all hardy Nymphceas will give better 

 results if only covered by 12 inches of 

 water during summer months. For 

 growing in water two feet or more deep, 

 only the strongest sorts should be 

 chosen. If the water is too deep, 

 construct boxes four feet or more 

 square, 18 inches deep, and place 12 

 inches below surface. Tender Nym- 

 phceas and Nelumbiums should not 

 have more than 1 2 inches of water above 

 the crowns. When planting dormant 

 rhizomes, they should only be covered 

 with two or three inches of water until 

 they have made their first floating leaf ; 

 then gradually increase the depth. 

 By covering with water too deep at first, 

 many failures have resulted. In planting 

 it is merely necessary to push the 

 rhizomes into the soft mud so that they 

 will be just covered . 



Hardy Nymphceas may be planted 



the warmer and more sheltered the 

 place the better. In tanks or ponds 

 they may be planted singly 6 to 10 

 feet apart; in large ponds or lakes 

 better effects are produced by planting 

 in groups of three or more, 18 inches 

 between each plant. All Nymphceas 

 and other aquatics should be exposed 

 to full sunlight. 



The writer firmly believes that there 

 are sheltered spots in 

 Canada, especially in the 

 Niagara peninsular, 

 where the magnificent 

 Victoria regia, or' Ama- 

 zon lily, could be grown 

 if good sized plants were 

 put in, say, about the 

 middle of June. There 

 is a variety now named 

 Victoria Tricken, which 

 is much hardier, of more 

 rapid growth, and which 

 flowers earlier than the 

 original. These can be 

 grown from seed sown 

 very early in spring in 

 a temperature of about 

 80", which may be re- 

 duced when the leaves 

 appear; or the plants 

 may be bought at plant- 

 ing time. When planted in the pond 

 they require more soil than the Nymph- 

 ceas, and a larger surface of water 

 for the development of the leaves. The 

 crowns should have about 18 inches 

 of water over them. 



The pond described maintained a 

 temperature during the summer of 70" 

 to 80", and at times ascended to 85", 

 the sun being the only source of heat. 

 There is no doubt in some favored spots 

 higher temperatures would be attained. 



Vegetable Txibercvilosis 



Frances Wayland Glen, Brooklyn, New York 

 Fifty years ago, Dr. Edward Mott 

 Moore, of Rochester, N.Y., a nephew of 

 the great surgeon, ^■■alentine Mott, said 

 to me: "Frank, I wish I had 100 fam- 

 ilies who would retain me to keep them 

 in health at $50 a year, or a total of 

 $5,000. I would devote myself to them 

 alone. I would endeavor to keep them 

 in health. I would watch their diet, 

 their teeth, their mastication, their 

 liquid foods, their baths, the drainage 

 of their houses, the exercise they en- 

 joyed, their habits as to narcotics and 

 stimulants and their mental and moral 

 conditions. I would see them when in 

 trouble or sorrow, as well as in sickness. 

 I would tell them not to get angry or 

 vexed. I would advise them to be 

 charitable, kind to the poor. In short, 

 to live in harmony with their Creator in 

 heart, mind, soul and body." 



His remarks are as applicable to the 

 stock raiser, dairyman or shepherd as 

 they are to the medical adviser of the 

 human being. They are as good also 

 for the fruit, flower and vegetable 

 grower as for any other class. In one 

 respect, fruit growers are in advance of 

 the medical advisers. From my stand- 

 point of observation, I consider that the 

 black spots on our fruit is vegetable 

 tuberculosis. The fruit grower endeav- 

 ors to prevent the disease rather than 

 cure it. Bordeaux mixture does for 

 the fruit tree what Dr. Moore wanted to 

 do for his patients. Bordeaux mixture 



In June the Work was Completed 



kills the germs of the disease before they 

 inoculate the fruit or the leaves which 

 are the lungs of the tree. 



Tuberculosis is transmitted to chil- 

 dren bv drinking the milk of infected 

 animals. Where do the cows get the 

 germs? Not from the fresh air of the 

 fields, not from the sunshine, not from 

 the rain that falls upon their backs, not 

 from the dew distilled in the air above 

 them; but, from the grasses, leaves, 

 fruits and vegetables that they eat and 



