WATER GARDENS. 



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the track of the roadway, so that all except just the em- 

 bankment itself could be readily mowed with a machine. 

 This roadside presents as neat and trim an appearance as 

 any other piece of meadow land ; and to judge from in- 

 dications, the yield of hay had been sufficient to pay a 

 very good interest, at least, on the cost of putting the 

 roadside in shape. 



The other plan of fence was a plain, rough, board 

 structure, with the ground around it perfectly level and 



well cultivated. Black-cap raspberries grown from di- 

 rectly beneath it were trained in and out among the 

 boards for support, the canes being allowed to grow 

 quite tall and spreading. On a much-traveled highway 

 such berries would doubtless be somewhat injured by 

 dust, but this fence was on a quiet road, where little dust 

 arose, and the result was a neat roadside, with an abund- 

 ance of easily accessible fruit for family use. 



Cornel! University. Fred. W. C.\rd. 



WATER GARDENS. 



GROWING POND-LILIES KOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. 



YMPH^AS or pond-lilies have al- 

 ways and everywhere been great 

 favorites. The youngsters search 

 diligently for them in the spring- 

 time, and the peddlers in the 

 street sell them in enormous 

 quantities. But with the excep- 

 tion of Boston, there is no flower 

 are regularly quoted in the 

 York, to most people the fact 



; wild is against its adoption as 

 But the moment you call it nyn 



market where pond 

 market-reports. In 

 that our pond-lily ii 

 fashionable flower, 

 phsea instead of pond-lily, 

 you elevate it, and it is no 

 longer too common. 



From time to time Ameri- 

 can Gardening has illustrat- 

 ed wonderful effects wrought 

 with pond-lilies in water gar- 

 dens, both public and private ; 

 and this month in our front- 

 ispiece some fine views of 

 the lily-pond in Washington 

 Park, Albany, N. Y., are 

 given. Think what a refresh- 

 ing bit of beauty this pond 

 must be on a hot August day! 



But the beauty of all lily- 

 ponds and tanks does not wane with 

 summer. Many of them are protected 

 with glass roofs, and hot-water pipes 

 running through them keep the 

 water warm so that the lilies and other 

 aquatic plants bloom on indefinitely. 

 To float around on such a pond among 

 the lilies on a December day seems 

 like parodying and defying nature. 

 And yet people who have more money 

 than they know what to do with some- 

 times gives themselves this pleasure, 

 countries I suppose it would be possible to gathi 

 lilies in December with no roof but the sky. 



Before a recent florists' meeting a specialist in water- 

 gardening gave some interesting notes upon hardy aquatic 

 plants, which people of moderate means may enjoy, and 

 upon some rare sorts for market-growing. 



"The Cape Cod pink pond-lily is the grandest of all 

 our hardy aquatic acquisitions. There are other varie- 

 ties of the .VymphcEa odorata that are also well deserv- 

 ing, and that only require to be known to be appreciated, 

 such as iV. o. superba, jV. o. carnea, N. o. sulphicrea^ 

 and others. These and also some European varieties are 

 perfectly hardy, and are the earliest flowering aquatics. 



"Next in order are the nelumbiums. The Egyptian 

 and Japanese species are the best of all. For cut-flowers 

 and as decorative plants for ponds and basins, their gor- 

 geous flowers and bold, massive leaves are admirable. 

 Later on comes the NympJuca Zamibarensis in many 



Two Old Willows: 

 In some tropical 

 ater- 



LoMBARDY Poplars 



background. (See p. 



varieties, and the various night-blooming kinds. The 

 number of night-flowering varieties is small, but valua- 

 ble additions to the list may be expected. The height of 

 their bloom comes in the latter part of August and Sep- 

 tember in northern latitudes." 



To grow nymphseas for the market the essayist recom- 

 mended that odorata varieties be placed in tanks with 



