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the immaculate Madonna Lily — and with an exterior surface 
rather deeper in tone than the interior; Adonis also having broad 
petals which reflex, rosy red in color; and Artemis, similar in 
shape but more of a carmine, and having a pure white base; 
(might Loveliness have been one of its parents? Of all the 
Darwins it has the purest base). A white base is undoubtedly 
a big asset in a Tulip, and the strict florists tell us that it (or a 
pure yellow base) connotes purity of color. 
But to return to the Lily-flowered race. It is satisfactory 
to know that they are every bit as hardy as the Darwins. They 
are also very good increasers. Too much stress cannot be laid 
upon this point, for to the gardening public it means popularity 
and, before long, reasonable prices. The slow increasers like 
Zomerschoom, Conranti Fulgens, or even Goldfinder are only 
collectors’ flowers and will never be numerous enough to be 
employed to any extent in color schemes, or large masses. But 
Siren, Adonis, and Artemis bid fair to be in everybody’s garden 
in a few years’ time. 
AN ADDITIONAL point in favor of the first named is its 
J~\ suitability for growing in pots for flowering in February — 
Photographs, like facts, are stubborn things, and Mr. Krelage 
has sent me a photograph of a pot of this variety taken in Febru- 
ary, 1919, which leaves no doubt in my mind of its suitability. 
Ever since it was discovered that William Copland (syn: Sweet 
Lavender) was “forceable,” our Dutch friends don’t, I imagine, 
leave many untested. Neither do I, in my little way. One 
of my finds is the pretty, deep rose Cottage variety, Cassandra. 
Few know its capacities for forcing or it would be in greater 
request. 
I am told that these three varieties — Siren, Adonis, and Arte- 
mis — are not the only ones of this race in existence. There are 
others which are being brought on to follow them. What will 
they be like? Will there be mauves and oranges and pure pinks? 
Will there be a pure white to eclipse altogether Didieri alba? 
Will there be a yellow like Walter T. Ware? 
“ We are coming, we are coming, As our fathers came of yore ” 
— and not these alone. 1 have seen lists of other new Dutch seed- 
lings, which so far have never crossed the North Sea. I have 
seen the fine seedlings raised by the late Walter T. Ware, which 
were exhibited at the Tulip Conference of 191 5; and 1 have three 
or four in my own garden that, with luck, ought in time to make 
a name for themselves. — Yes, indeed! “We are coming, 
Father Abraham. Six hundred thousand more.” 
THE MARGIN TREATMENT OF INFORMAL POOLS 
LEONIDAS WILLING RAMSEY 
Landscape Architect 
Without Strict Attention to Definite Details There Will Be Struct- 
ural Faults Which No Amount of Planting Can Correct or Obscure 
OST artificial pools seem to be lacking in one thing; 
that is a proper treatment of their bare, concrete sides. 
And however good the form of the pool may be, if its 
,§£$ WSi margins are not well handled it is almost worse than 
nothing at all. 
Any area which suits the demands and desires of the builder 
is proper for a pool; but it should never be less than seventeen 
inches deep in order to insure twelve inches of water above the 
five inches of soil in which the water plants are planted. A very 
good size is approximately 8 by 12 feet. Shallow tubs may be 
used for the plants, or rocks may be placed in the concrete 
when it is fresh, to form a “tub,” this to be filled with earth 
when the time to 
plant arrives. If 
actual aquatic 
soil cannot be 
secured, good, 
rich loam with 
one-third well 
decayed cow ma- 
nure is a good 
substitute. 
Hardy water 
plants need not 
be removed in 
the winter, but 
the pool should 
be drained and 
filled with straw. 
If the upper 
edges of a pool 
are constructed 
as shown in the accompanying diagram, successful margins will 
result, whether aquatic or bog plants are used all around it or 
not. For intervening spaces may be sodded and thus the con- 
crete will not be in evidence. Make the sides of at least three 
inches of concrete reinforced with wire mesh and small rods, and 
likewise the bottom. The concrete mixture should be one part 
cement to two parts sand and three parts pebble or crushed 
stone. When the excavation is dug the ground itself will serve 
as the form for the pool. The outlet, which is usually a pipe, 
should have a connection at the bottom in order that when it is 
unscrewed the pool will drain. 
A small additional pool at one end of the larger one, whence 
- the water may 
enter, placed just 
a little above the 
other so that it 
may trickle over 
a number of 
rocks in reaching 
the lower level is 
a good arrange- 
ment — and the 
sound of the wa- 
terwilladd much 
to the charm of 
the whole. This 
water should not 
be allowed to run 
too freely how- 
ever, for Water- 
1 il i es do not 
thrive well where 
