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vegetation not possible under any other circumstances. 

 Aquatic plants grow easily. They demand sunshine, 

 water, and a foothold in rich earth, all of which can be 

 supplied in a cement tank or a buried cask, and if set 

 there the average water lily, hyacinth, or cress will take 

 up the task of blossoming as if in its native haunts. 



An earthy margin affords the opportunity for the half- 

 aquatic plants and the sweet flags, the sagittaria, and the 

 arum lilies. Again emphasizing the supplies of a local- 

 ity, the reader is reminded that each district has its native 

 water plants, which thrive amazingly when brought 

 under cultivation. After these have been chosen the 

 water garden may accept the rarer lilies. 



The Victoria regia or royal water lilies are grateful 

 in the home garden. The hardy nymphseas of both 

 European and American stock and the Nelumbiums may 

 be depended upon where the water has a circulation. 

 The Nelumbium speciosum or Egyptian lotus has superb 

 flowers and magnificent foliage, and the Nelumbium 

 luteum or American lotus, the water chinquepin, is nearly 

 as magnificent. 



The edge of a water garden is framed picturesque!) 

 by clumps of Egyptian papyrus, pampas grass, typha 

 latifolia or cat-tail, and the decorative zizania aquatica 

 or wild rice. The ornamental possibilities of these is 

 very great. The Montevidiensis, or giant arrowhead, is 

 a persistent grower. 



