180 THE BEST PLANTS 





View oF ONE OF THE Lity Ponps aT ouR Riverton Nursery. 
Water Giles. 
Water Lilies can be grown in a very simple yet effective way by the use of oil barrels cut in two. The tubs can be 
arranged in a row, each one a little higher than the one next to it. The tubs may be connected with short pieces of 
hose; a small stream of water can be kept constantly running into the highest tub, the overflow of which will run from 
tub to tub, thereby changing the water in all. They can also be arranged in groups, in rockeries, ete. About the 
middle of May the tubs should be placed in position and filled to half their depth with a mixture of loam and well- 
decayed manure, which should be covered with two inches of sand after the roots are planted to prevent the manure 
from rising to the top. 
If placed in groups the centre tub can be filled with Nelumbium Speciosum, and the surrounding ones with 
Nympheas and other aquatic plants. The space between the tubs ean be filled with good compost, and planted with 
Tuberous Begonias, Sedums, Palms, and other suitable stuff, which will give a beautiful and tropical effect. 
NELUMBIUM. 
These wonderful plants, though mostly coming from 
tropical and semi-tropical regions, have proven to be en- 
tirely hardy in this country, enduring any degree of cold 
short of actual freezing. They may be grown and flowered 
in a large tub, or in a cement basin sunk in the ground, 
where the water is 12 or 15 inches deep. 
Nelambium Album Grandiflorum (White Lotus). 
An exceedingly beautiful variety producing large bold | 
flowers ofa pure white color. $4.00 each. 
N. Nuciferum Album Striatum. The flowers of 
this are white, the edge of each petal irregularly 
marked and splashed with crimson. $2.50 each. 
N. Nuciferum Roseum. Flowers of a uniform deep 
rose pink color, much darker than Speciosum. First 
size, $3.00 each; second size, $2.00 each. 
N. Speciosum. This isthe true Lotusof Egypt, and is 
one of the loveliest of the Water Lilies. The flowers 
when just expanding are of a beautiful rosy pink 
color ; when open they are of a creamy white and pink, 
and are very fragrant—they open in the morning and 
close in the afternoon. It isa very interesting plant 
and has been an immense success everywhere. $3.00 
each; 4 for $10.00. Netumeium SpEcIOsUM. 








The water in Lily ponds should be of a warm and equable temperature. Cold water is fatal to success with the tender sorts, 

