42 WATER-LILIES 



receptacles, either stationary or movable, 

 according to conditions. 



FOR NATURAL PONDS 



In natural ponds and in puddled ponds, 

 plant directly; the latter having first of all 

 received a 12- to 15-inch thick layer of soil, 

 consisting of a mixture of three parts heavy 

 loam and one part thoroughly rotted cow 

 manure, well stamped down. Then let in 

 the water, till it stands three inches deep. 

 After a couple of days, when the water has 

 warmed a little, a beginning can be made 

 with planting. 



The plants to be put out are either old ones 

 carried over from the previous year, new 

 tubers, or seedlings started indoors in the 

 winter. The work of planting out is sim- 

 plicity itself. Tubers and root-stocks are 

 laid flat in depressions in the soil made with 

 the hand and are then pressed down. This 

 covers them sufficiently. 



Young plants are taken from their pots. 



