140 MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



is no water in the pool, and the ground but slightly 

 damp. Marliacea rosjea is a beautiful pink flower five 

 inches in diameter, and Marliacea chromatella a some- 

 what smaller, lemon yellow flower. The finest white 

 is Nymphsea tuberosa Richardsoni, but unfortunately 

 it is a rather shy bloomer when grown with other 

 varieties and at all crowded. It is by far the hand- 

 somest of all the day blooming hardy Nymphaeas. But 

 one should not confine the planting to "the day bloom- 

 ing Nymphaeas alone, as these close their flowers at 

 about four o'clock or earlier in the afternoon, just 

 at a time that they would be most appreciated. How- 

 ever by planting a few night bloomers — ^which open 

 early in the evening, remaining open until late the 

 following morning, blooms will be open at the most 

 interesting time of the day. These night bloomers 

 are of the tender variety and must be purchased each 

 year of the florists or wintered in a warm greenhouse, 

 but they well repay the additional care and expense, 

 as they much exceed in size and beauty the hardy 

 Nymphaeas, being often twelve and fourteen inches in 

 diameter and of surpassing beauty of color and form. 

 The blue Nymphaeas are especially admired and these 

 are easily grown from seed planted in shallow, water 

 tight dishes of soil covered with an inch of water and 

 placed in the hotbed close to the sash. The seed 

 should be scattered on top of the water, when it will 

 sink to the bottom, germinating in about six days. 



