Water Lilies Without Lakes or Pools —By l. j. Doogue, £5 



MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS OF KINDS NOW AND PLAN TO HAVE WATER LILIES IN YOUR GARDEN NEXT 

 YEAR — A FEW IDEAS FOR THE CITY DWELLER OR ANYWHERE WHERE OPEN WATER IS NOT POSSIBLE 



LACKING the room for 

 a large lake the next 

 best thing is to make 

 a miniature lake. 

 If you cannot grow dozens 

 of lilies and other water plants 

 grow a few or only one. It 

 is merely a question of fitting 

 things. 



Of course, some poetic souls 

 may suffer a rude shock at the 

 idea for they can only enjoy 

 water lilies when seen resting 



soil and means to hold water 

 it is merely a matter of 

 choosing plants to put in 

 the soil. One thing how- 

 ever, is essential — put the 

 tubs in a sunny place. 



Water lilies grow as well 

 under this treatment as when 

 in a lake. Get the tubs 

 ready in the spring and set 

 out the plants about June. 

 Keep them covered with 

 water. 



A bed of sphagnum moss is a good growing medium 

 water lilies 



on the shimmering waters of a lake ; but most 

 of us are so practically situated that our po- 

 etic sense is partially suppressed and the little 

 that is left cries out for water lilies in the 

 backyard. The half barrel is the solution. 

 Take one, two, or as many barrels as 

 your space will allow and cut them in 

 halves. Burn out the insides, after which 

 fill with well rotted manure and loam with 



fur 



Barrels sawed in halves make practical lakes for 

 small gardens 



a liberal mixture of charcoal and 

 sand. Sink in the ground and leave 

 three inches between the loam and 

 top of the tub which space is to be 

 filled with water. A tub of bulrush 

 (Scirpus lacustris), and its variegated 

 form (var. zebrina) with its beauti- 

 fully marked leaves will do wonder- 

 fully well in a tub, growing four feet 

 high and making a thick graceful 

 bushy plant. The beautiful lotus 

 (Nelumbium) is suitable for tubs also, 

 and while they show to best effect when 

 in masses in a pond, individual speci- 

 mens may be successfully grown in 

 such small spaces as we are talking of. 

 A tub tucked away in a sunny 

 corner and filled with the water hya- 

 cinth (Eichhornia) will be a feast for 

 the eyes. This is the same old rogue 

 of a plant that fills rivers down South and 

 cuts up unpleasant capers generally, but 

 confined in a tub it is wonderfully decora- 

 tive. A combination of tubs with lily 

 plants in the centre flanked by other tubs 

 filled with umbrella grass (Cyperus) and 

 eulalia makes a charming group. 



There is simply no mystery about grow- 

 ing water lilies as suggested. Given the 



Drainage material is necessary in a tub to be filled with 

 water lilies 



Don't crowd the tubs. One plant in a 

 tub is much better than five or six. 



What kinds to grow: almost any that 

 are not strictly tropical, but especially 

 the hardy marliac and Laydeckeri varieties 

 as well as our native pond lily or the 

 Chinese pygmy. Now is the time of year 

 to see water lilies in flower and make your 

 selection for next vear. 



All the water lilies in the pool are planted in tubs which are then placed on the floor of the pool 



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