WHERE WATER GARDENS CAN BE MADE "] 



light from reaching the water-lilies. Taller 

 growing terrestrial plants with bold various- 

 coloured foHage, such as certain varieties of 

 castor bean and cannas, will form an excellent 

 background for the whole. 



One great advantage of the barrels for 

 making a water garden is that they are not 

 only successful with hardy nymphaeas, but 

 are especially well adapted to the require- 

 ments of the tender kinds, because the water, 

 being limited to a small receptacle, attains a 

 higher temperature from the sun heat. 

 Danger of the water becoming stagnant is 

 eliminated when the barrels are flushed once 

 a week with the garden hose, and some 

 arrangement should be made for this. 



The successful artificial water garden will 

 conform as nearly as possible to the conditions 

 under which Nature herself constructs lagoons 

 and pools. It is surely common sense that 

 it be placed at the foot of a terrace, not on 

 top; also, let the ground slope down to it 

 on all sides, if possible. 



If it is to stand in a broad, sloping plain. 



