44 WATER-LILIES 



the hundreds of seedlings obtained from cross- 

 fertilisation (if you are a hybridist) there 

 will be but comparatively few which possess 

 the desired qualities. After the first few 

 flowers have appeared, weed out everything 

 which does not show great promise, unless, 

 of course, needed for some other purpose. 

 Hence unknown seedlings can be planted 

 closer together than others. Three feet 

 between the rows and two feet between the 

 plants in each row is ample. 



FOR CONCRETE PONDS 



Planting in receptacles, either stationary 

 or movable, is necessary in concrete ponds. 

 If the pond is large enough, stationary tubs, 

 built of the same material as the pond, can 

 be located here and there. They are well 

 adapted to harbour nelumbiums whose root- 

 stocks must be limited by some means if 

 they are to be placed in a pond with other 

 plants, as otherwise they will spread in an 

 alarming manner. Indeed it is by far the 



