in which will grow and flower well several kinds of Water Lily. Formation 
And should the tank be made long and narrow the two ends may of a Tank 
be divided off by means of brick or concrete walls in the tank 
with pipes or holes running through them, and the portions thus 
divided off filled in with good soil right up to the ground level 
and about nine inches above the water surface. In this soil 
many a good marsh plant will do excellently, having at its roots 
a perpetual moisture by means of the pipes running through the 
wall from the water. . 
I would entreat everyone to enhance the grace of their 
gardens by the addition of some water, so that at moments when 
all, or nearly all, is scorched by the summer sun, on the hot 
days in July and August, when the garden is parched and 
thirsty, there may be found an oasis of the “tender green that 
fledges the River-Lip,” for it is there that the Demoiselle fly 
will sport and hover, and birds will gladly drink of the blue 
water. 
FRANK GALSWORTHY. 
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