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just before it is drawn down below the surface of the water by 
the coiling flower stalk to mature its seeds. If not bagged the 
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nice soy: he oe floating leaf, they are taken out and 
3, . and 5 ie ae ieeewey till they are ready for the 
when the nights are sufficiently warm or in the aquatic house 
earlier in the season. At this stage the night temperature 
Ss. 
The tubs in which the waterlilies are to bloom should be 
plea ace oath wo feet deep and twenty-two inches 
cross. They ag from 5 to 6 feet apart so that the 
of leaf and fone during the growing season and preserve the 
best plants for the next year. 
bout the middle of November for those indoors and earlier 
for those outside, when the leaves begin to wither, the plants 
are lifted and brought into the greenhouse and heeled-in with 
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t of manure, and 1 of leaf-mould in 3 inch pots under water at 
