nine of soil i-. "sufficient Chenm al m mures sroiin 



extremt i i t ml tli n -v < r^ mli ti h 



Oepih. I. W iin -111 iiitin il 1 Til « It 1 hli ire 

 found gi wiUr, 111 " ii 1 ti 111 I t u 111 li t 1 mil b 

 feet deep 1 ut m 11 till nl 1 n 1 i I | tli t l_ 1 IKiiuliis 

 Will be found sufli i nt 1 i n t \Mn| li i i ind 18 to 24 

 inches IS a good dt 1 111 1 i\i t iii In ii tructing an 

 artificiil pond i d i th 1 i 1 t i miple Water 



to the depth of ]. Ill Ii 1 \ tl i «ii t the pHnts 

 issuffiii.nt ml li \ iit,iiiin_lli iliiiu! 1 iii li. 

 deep lliu I 1 ill _ 1 t ill 1 I 111 1 1 I 11 11-1 111 1 

 wiUalliH 1 111 n xMtli 1.11 ' ' " ' " ill 1 '" " '1' 

 plants v.\X\i II 1 1 I in ill ! 11 1 I 111 111 1 1 I 



over a plank 1 u 1 i \\tll iitli 1 i ill | i 'i n 



Protection — \\ 1 1 i \ i li i u i i \ I nt m 

 winter and ice 1 _ t 1 s 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t I n 1 1 1 i i 1 1 1 1 I 

 there will be diUf,! 1 t th i t li n _ In n h 

 an additional del th ' ' "' •' "ill I if,i it i 1\ ml i^ 

 and a protection ot brii ken silt hi\ t,rifn nnnuii 

 lea\es or auj other non conducting materials should be 

 used to protect the masonry in severe weather against 

 expansion and breiki^e 



PLANTlNt -\Ullll 1\ \Mllllll 1 mix I ilmtiliiu 



time between tilt It t \)iil n I ih It t^ p nil i 

 Those pi mted e u h tliitlin. I m. |iil «ill.n 

 good results the iin i n hIiiI tli | I uit 1 lit 



will get well established bt ti n wiiiti r and \\ili be in 

 excellent condition to start at natuie s sunimous eiih 

 the following spring The hard\ N^-mphaeas differ con 

 siderably as to rootstocks Those of the nati\ e \ arieties 

 are long and of a spongj soft texture and rambling in 

 growth wh'le the Europea pe "es have a i uch large 

 and very firm rootstock a d grow more compact In 

 plant ng all that s nece arv to press the root tock 

 firmly nto the o 1 1 f th a In t tl 



root r ng to tl e t j I Ik 1 



upon t to keep t ] 1111 



root Tender >< i 1 III j 1 I I 



the latter end of AI 1 I 



loeat on They h 1 1 1 r 1 1 I i 



Alternanthera an 1 oth r t 1 111 [I 1 1 y 



requ re to be t rt 1 loor 1111 n 



pot wl h are u h h 1 er t j 1 I t the 



hardj ar t es and can 1 e ylante 1 1 tU t tl 



ease an I f ac 1 1 NelumI un s si ould not 1 e plante 1 

 unt 1 about the 1st of Ma bouthward the season s 

 earl er The ex st ng cond t ons should be such that 

 tubers shall start at n e to a t ve growth They shoul 1 



AQUATICS 83 



Tl « kei I brought the \ ictoria within easj reach and cul 

 ture of all lo\ ers of aquatic plants I frieleri is en 

 tirely distinct from other known varieties and can be 

 grown m the open alongside of Nyinplioea Zamtbarensis 

 and iV" Deinnieniis and under precisely the same con 



than mo t plant Aj 1 

 or at least ve } 

 enem e espe 11 tl 

 orous b rds 



1 out tl e d lie of June, 

 11 levelop their gigantic 

 n August and continne 



her plants have their ene- 

 t though n a less degree 

 e somet mes troubiosome, 

 'lee however have their 

 ella (lady b rl), insectiv- 

 e lo not keep them down, 



weak appl t on of kero ene e n 1 on will make 

 clearance Another uethod of gett g r d of these pests, 

 espec ally n a mall art tic al pon 1 where an overflow is 

 (or should be) prov ded to take tl e hose with a spray, 



anllrvetlene off the plants, 



1\ float on the water the action with 

 th n o t at tl e verfl v pipe. Re- 



ance. The larva 

 ts the leaf, and 

 t uses for protec- 

 I Hnt and at the 

 the enemy. The 

 1 oth, which is 

 .n> r linary lamp 



t r t the insects, 



1 e kerosene and 



more or less 



m are grown. 



I sprinfr. nnd 



1 II I 1 I Th s greatly weakens 



II I 1 1 1 11 1 ea e 5 1 Is readily to a 



I til ture Tl e ame remedy 



I 111 n r U g tl e po i of all con- 



I th 



I RE shoul 1 be re orted to onlj from lack of 



] 1 n no other method cant ealopted( Fig. 123). 



t 1 tem of culture Nymphaeas should be selected 



1 at are moderate growers vet free flower ng, and other 



Uaneous a juat c plants The tul s should hold 



from 4 to 1 cub c feet of so 1 for ^ymphffias, according 



