46 WATER-LILIES 



can accommodate six or eight of such brick 

 tanks. Besides, such an arrangement leaves 

 the bottom of the pond free. The space thus 

 left can later be filled with boxes in which 

 nymphaeas, etc., can be planted according to 

 season. 



WHEN TO PLANT 



Hardy water-lilies may be planted at any 

 time. If started in early spring they should 

 bloom throughout the summer. 



Tender water-lilies must not go out of 

 doors until warm weather is established. A 

 cold storm often occurs in the first ten days of 

 June (in the latitude of Philadelphia), and 

 if it does it will sadly damage or destroy any- 

 thing tender. Lotuses (Nelumbo) should be 

 planted about the first of May. 



Where the pond is very large, or if but one 

 variety of plant is to be grown, the roots may 

 be allowed to run freely in the bottom of the 

 pond. Ordinarily it is much preferable to 

 plant in definite tubs or beds of wood or 



