WATER LILIES 



Aquatics. 



The usefulness of Aquatics in the landscape as 

 well as for their continuous blooming qualities has 

 been fully demonstrated the past season in hun- 

 dreds of private gardens and public parks, but 

 perhaps nowhere so fully as at the Pan-American 

 Exposition at Buffalo, N. Y., where we had ex- 

 tensive plantings of all the hardy varieties along 

 the margin of Mirror Lake and in the large basin 

 in the Court of Cypresses, also tender sorts in the 

 basin in the Court of Lilies, all of which flowered 

 almost continuously from the opening to the clos- 

 ing days of the great Fair, and surpassed any^ 

 thing in this branch of horticulttire ever attempted 

 on this continent, and was acknowledged one of 

 the popular features of the Exposition, and for 

 which we were awarded a Gold Medal. 



Visitors are always welcome at our establish- 



A Corner of Mirror Lake at the Pan-American Exposition, Showing Plantings of ment at Riverton N. J., where not only Aquatics 

 Our Water Lilies. ' , . , 



but other things of interest to horticulturists can 



be seen. The cultivation of Aquatics is of the simplest; their requiiements are sunshine, water and plenty of rich soil. They 



are divided into two classes, hardy and tender ; the former may be planted in ponds, lakes or sluggish streams, early in the 



spring, and, under the same conditions as our native Water Lily, they will grow luxuriously and flower profusely the entire season ; 



provide the same conditions in artificial ponds or tanks, and the results will be equally satisfactory. Plant the tender varieties 



at the approach of warm weather and when the water is warm. The plants can be grown in pots, where protection can be 



afforded them until safe to transfer to summer quarters. The after-treatment is the same as for the hardy varieties. When grown 



in tubs only the moderate growers should be selected. In the Northern and Eastern States some protection should be given the 



margins of artificial ponds, fountain basins, etc., for a break in the masonry occasioned by the action of frost would exjiose the 



plants to great danger. In storing in tubs through the winter they should be kept where it is not warm enough to excite growth 



or so cold as to freeze. 



SEEDS. — We have saved seed of some of the best varieties of Tender Nymphseas and Nelumbiums, and offer the same fol- 

 lowing the price of tubers or plants of the various sorts. Where no seed is offered we are able to supply only in tuber or 

 plant form. 



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The Water Garden gives full directions for the cultivation of all sorts of Aquatics, not only from plants but from seeds 

 also. Price, $2.00, postpaid. 



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A Portion of Our Hardy Water Lily Garden, with Japanese Iris on the Margin, at Riverton, N. J. 



