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autumn effects are slowly dying. All through the months of April 
and May fresh pictures keep forming and fading, and then in July it 
reaches its zenith. The light and reflection in the water aglow with 
many -coloured Water Lilies, all around masses of Astilbes, Spiraeas, 
and Iris Kaempferi in full beauty, the Giant Ranunculus, and the blue 
water Hyacinth and Forget-me-not ; and over all a note of fullness 
and richness and, in spite of the summer heat, a sense of delightful 
coolness. 
I urge all who can to develop the opportunities that any water in the 
garden presents to the fullest extent. Even the ugliest and straightest 
ditch with a little water running through it, with slight alteration, 
can be made a thing of beauty all the growing year. 
In bringing my remarks to a close I am only too conscious that 
there is much more I should have said, and perhaps much of what 
I have said would have been better unsaid. The subject is so vast 
and it is so difficult for the inexperienced to convey the visions of 
beauty that he himself sees and often fails to paint in words. 
However, if in any small measure my remarks are found helpful, 
then I shall be satisfied. The subject is vast and knowledge is 
limited, but the more we endeavour to help others to a better under- 
standing of the beauties of Nature, in the same degree we shall be 
helped ourselves. 
