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Glarkia, Didiscus, Dimorphotheca, Eschscholtzia, Gaillardia, Gypso- 

 phila, Hunnemannia, Larkspur, Lupine, Marigold, Nasturtium, 

 Myosotis, Nemesia, Mignonette, Pansy, Poppy, Salpiglossis, Schi- 

 zanthus, and Sweet Peas. That makes over two dozen — ^enough to 

 hold the average florist for awhile. 



Notes on the culture of all the above sorts, for both outdoor 

 and indoor growing, will be found under their respective alphabetical 

 headings in Part II of this book. 



AQUATICS 



pOR those who desire to go into the interesting subject of 

 ^ aquatics or water plants more deeply, I cannot do better than refer 

 them to the chapter that treats of it in "Plant Culture," by Geo. 

 W. OHver. The following notes pertaining to aquatics are written 

 from my own experience and observation and are mainly intended 

 to help the florist located in the smaUer town, where most of his 

 customers have either large or small grounds surrounding their 

 homes, see the opportunities in talking Lily-pond, pool or water 

 gardens. Any one of these opens up a paying side line. 



The landscape gardener wiU hardly consider a planting plan 

 fuUy developed without a water effect of some kind. It tends to 

 make the picture complete and when you are called upon to make 

 suggestions in regard to laying out even a 50-ft. lot, you should 

 bear this in mind. Grounds are never too small to have a Uttle 

 water garden, even if it only consists of a half-barrel sunk into the 

 lawn with a Water Lily in it. To my mind, there is nothing more 

 restful than a rustic seat under a spreading tree, overlooking an open 

 sweep of lawn and a pool with its surface partly covered with the 

 leaves and different colored flowers of Nymphaeas, with a background 

 of rocks over which a small stream of water finds its way to the pool, 

 and with stately conifers behind it and shrubs and perennials 

 along its sides. This appeals to the tired business man and you 

 should be able not only to describe such a picture to the owner of 

 a home ground, but also to carry it out in reality. 



Such pools should in size always be in accordance with the 

 surroundings, but they can be made in endless shapes. The fact 

 that you can successfully grow and flower a Nymphaea in ten inches 

 of good sofl in a half-barrel wiU really give a good idea of what is 

 required in the construction of a pond, pool or water garden. While 

 the so-caUed LUy pond in ."a formal garden needs to be formal in 

 outUne to correspond with the garden itself, the average pool with 

 water plants in it should have irregular outhnes and be bowl-shaped 

 inside. If constructed of a 6-in. layer of reinforced concrete on six 

 inches of cinders and provided with a drain outlet, even a pool 

 ten feet in. diameter won't crack over Winter. Larger pools, of 



