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water is too active. The objection to a pool based upon the 
argument that any body of water will breed mosquitoes is of 
course met by the addition of a few gold fish which feed upon 
mosquito larvae. 
The cost of such a pool as the above is governed by the ease 
with which the piping connections can be made as well as the 
area of the pool. Very charming little ones on this order have 
been constructed and the water plants secured, for the sum of 
twenty-five dollars; and from this they may of course run up 
to almost any amount. But if you simply want the water for 
the sake of growing a few water plants — if you do not care for 
it as a garden feature itself — 1 may say in closing that even 
the expense of a tiny pool may be avoided by the simple ex- 
pedient of sinking a half-keg or the half of a hogshead into the 
ground. Such a “pool” is perfectly practical, horticulturally 
speaking, and many splendid specimens of water plants are 
cultivated in precisely this way. 
Where the open water surface is desired, on the other hand, 
a pool of the sort herein described is of course necessary. 
Then be careful that you do not overplant it and thus 
lose the effect of water, which is lost if completely grown 
over, even though you have a quantity of it. 
HIDDEN BY CLUSTERING CEDARS THIS 
EXOTIC BIT IS LITERALLY AND WHOLLY 
A WATER-FLOWER GARDEN 
The frank artificiality of the pool could not be combined 
successfully with naturalistic planting in this fashion if 
the whole were not sequestered and set apart from 
everything else, not only in the garden but in the out- 
lying landscape. For here, grouped in and about this 
small body of water, are Kansas Gayfeather, low- 
growing Cedars, Iris, Cannas, Caladiums, Cotoneaster 
(on bank before seat), Cyperus, Water-lilies, Arrowhead 
and several less striking plants, all uniting to convey an 
impression of tropical abundance and richness. In sur- 
roundings of this character, individually planted, the 
Canna finds its true place rather than in great beds and 
masses set upon a lawn. Garden of Mr. Charles Grilk, 
Davenport, Iowa. Paul Mueller, Landscape Architect 
