TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER i-'-^ce; 



I. — Introductory 3 



II.— Where to Grow Aquatics 8 



Ill.-Soil -° 



IV.— Treatment of Margins 24 



v.— Planting 33 



VI.— Hybridizing, Seed Saving, Wintering 41^ 



VII.— Seedling Plants and Propagation 46 



VIII.— Nymph.-eas : Classes and Distribution 49 «/ 



IX.— The Victoria 53 



X.— The Aquatic House 65 



XI. — The Amateur's Water Garden 73 



XII.— Insects, Rats, Diseases, and Enemies 77 



XIII.— Heating Plant for a Victoria or Tropical Water Lily Pond 83 



XIV.— Descriptive List of Water Lilies with Cultural Memoranda. 



1. Hardy Nymphaas 86 



II. Tender Nymphceas, Day Blooming 9° 



III. Tender Nymphwas, Night Blooming 92 



IV. Victoria and Euryale 94 



V. Nelumbiums 95 



XV. — Miscellaneous Aquatic Plants. 



I. Tender 96 



II. Hardy 98 



III. Plants for Aquaria and Shallow Water loi 



XVI.— Ornamental Grasses— Bamboos— Orchids— Pitcher Plants 103 



XVII.— Ferns Suitable for the Aquatic Garden 107 



XVIII.— Hardy Perennial Plants Suitable for Margins of Ponds and Moist Grounds . 112 



XIX.— Hardy Trees and Shrubs for Wet and Moist Situations, Margins of Ponds, 



Lakes, etc "8 



