130 GARDEN ORNAMENTS 



putrid but remaining fresh and sweet, making a 

 delightful water garden that is healthful and not 

 malaria breeding. 



There are two essentials if you wish your idea 

 to be successful; first, that the bottom be water- 

 tight and second, that it be proof against frost. 

 While these two things are easy to accomplish, yet 

 many people fail in them. Cement is the only 

 proper material to be used for foundation. Some 

 people have an idea that puddled clay is cheaper. 

 It may be if properly handled, but great care has 

 to be taken that it is thoroughly puddled or it melts 

 away and your work has been for naught. 



Cement is the most reliable material if correctly 

 applied. Before putting it on, the pool should be 

 dug out to the proper depth and size. It should 

 then be well packed for several inches with broken 

 stone. Over this should be put Portland cement, 

 using one part of the former to three of sand. Some 

 people cement it for six inches while others prefer 

 to use two coats, each three inches thick. It should 

 never be so high that it will come above the frost 

 line which is two and a half feet in depth. 



Water lilies, as well as all kinds of aquatics, will 

 grow in any kind of good garden soil; that is, if 



