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a diameter of less than two feet and the greater the 

 surface space the better will be the result. Tub 

 culture requires two-thirds filling of soil and cov- 

 ering with sand to have it the right depth. If more 

 than one tub is used, why not make a rockery be- 

 tween? It has the advantage of making another 

 feature for your garden, besides adding pictur- 

 esqueness. 



There are two ways of planting as well as two 

 kinds of tubers. They can be put directly in the 

 soil, or they can be planted in tubs or boxes that 

 can be sunk, but the latter recommends itself as 

 more practical. The reason for this is that they 

 are easily removed in winter and the water is kept 

 much cleaner when the earth is free from tubers. 

 It must be remembered that each plant requires 

 from eight to nine square feet of surface room so 

 that it would be bad taste to allow too many for an 

 individual pool. If you wish, you can make the 

 boxes yourself, using pieces of board for that pur- 

 pose. 



Next come the gold fish. For a tub, only two 

 are necessary, but for a pond one hundred feet in 

 diameter, twenty-five should be used. These fish 

 spawn in June and have been known to breed 



