The Winning Designs 
and as such pools will probably be rather shallow 
(2 feet 6 inches deep is enough) I will give the names 
of a few suitable sorts. Nymphea Laydekeri fulgens 
is one of the best of the small growing crimsons, almost 
a blood crimson too; N. atropurpurea, too, is a fine 
crimson purple. N. Wm. Falconer and N. Froebeli 
are also both very telling crimson varieties. Amongst 
the pinks are fames Brydon, rose; W. B. Shaw, rose 
pink ; Luciana, a quite brilliant rose; and Laydeken 
vosea, a pretty pink that deepens in colour with age. 
Of yellows, one should have one or more of the 
following, N. odorata sulphurea, a pale yellow, its 
larger-flowered deeper-coloured companion, O. sul- 
phurea grandiflora, which as it grows older becomes 
shaded with salmon, or Marliacea chromatella, prim- 
rose yellow. White varieties are plentiful, but for the 
small garden N. odorata is one of the best. It is pure 
white with yellow stamens, and has a delightful vanilla 
fragrance. In such pools, too, I should also plant 
at least one water Hawthorn because of its delicious 
odour every morning from early spring to late autumn. 
A few water Reeds and Rushes at the edges of such 
pools serve to relieve the monotony of outline. Typha 
stenophylla is one of the best, and Acorus japonicus 
fol. var. will grow on the edge, or just in the water 
in a pot ; and there are many plants that can be grown 
in pots standing in the water, like the flowering Rush, 
Butomus umbellatus, or the Porcupine Rush, Scirpus 
Tabernemontani zebrinus. 
Of course, with everyone who fully appreciates the 
beauty of water gardens, the mind turns easily to the 
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