The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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THE WATER LILY. 



^jylR, — I have been experimenting a little with pond lilies this summer 

 /^^ and have found that the little " Nymphaea odorata minor " is very 

 easily domesticated and has given quite satisfactory results. Its 

 little blooms are very fragrant and are perfect in form, about two to two 

 and one-half inches in diameter. The roots are small and well adapted to 

 pail and tub culture. 



I fitted up sixty tobacco pails and several tubs or half barrels. The 



plants have done remarkably well in 

 all, but have bloomed best in the pails, 

 perhaps because I had stronger plants 

 in them, as I arranged them first. 

 Later I have made a small pond in 

 my lawn. The red, blue and yellow 

 lilies have not as yet given any flower- 

 ing buds. For winter I shall set the 

 pails in the cellar. Tubs set in the 

 lawn will be simply covered where 

 they are. 



Fig. 65.-THE Water Lilv. p^^t Huron, Mich. S. B. RICE. 



Note. — My plan is to cut an oil cask into two and set the parts in the 

 lawn, three or four inches below the surface of the ground, so that the sod 

 can slope down to it and cover the top edge of the tub. Fill four or five 

 mches of rich earth (I use a mixture of clay soil, more mud top of the clay) 

 and set the plants firmly into it. 



I was quite surprised ; I made a tank last of July 6x12 feet, 3 feet deep, 

 filled one-third full with earth, set in plants, they continued to grow 

 luxuriantly and are now in bloom, with more buds. They are certainly an 

 easy flower to raise. 



