THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



is three feet deep and the water is allowed 

 to remain in it all the year round ; but 

 during the winter it is covered with boards 

 and brush and seaweed or meadow hay, 

 so that it never freezes hard enough to 

 harm the water-lilies and rushes that are 

 planted in tubs and allowed to remain on 

 the bottom. This method of raising water- 

 plants is most successful, for they can be 

 easily handled and the plants held in check 

 from taking up too much space, as they 

 are sure to do in a pond where they grow 

 directly on the bottom. Moreover, the 

 water is not discolored by the mud in 

 which they grow, for the tubs keep it from 

 being stirred up. 



The water level of this pool comes within 

 an inch or two of the ground level, and that 

 is one of its attractive features. There is 

 no apparent stiffness of the stone curb, and 

 this is a point that should be borne in mind 

 when regulating the height of water of any 

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