AQUATICS AND WATER GARDENS 
III 
A Pretentious Lily Pond 
To the left we illustrate a very elegant Lily 
pond, walled with cut-stone and elaborately bridged. 
A large variety of both hardy and tender Nym- 
phaeas, Nelumbiums and other aquatics are here 
grown to perfection. The water, being compara- 
tively shallow, warms up thoroughly, an essential for 
luxuriant growth and bloom. 
A Subtropical Aquatic Gvkukn 
In the water garden illustration to the right may 
be seen Victoria Regia, the famous Idly of the 
Amazon,” which forms enormous leaves 4. to 6 feet 
across, often large enough to support a child. Tlie 
flowers are equally marvelous in size, often measuring 
12 to 15 inches across ; the color is at first pure 
white, changing as the flowers age, first to pink, tlien 
to red. This Water Lily thrives onl\ in a slieltered 
pond where the water warms up thorouglfiy in the 
summer. The water plant with leaves elevated above 
the water, immediately behind the Victoria, is Nelum- 
bium speciosum, popularly known as Egyptian Lotus. 
The subtropical bed on the bank is composed of 
the Abyssinian Banana plant {Musa ensete) , in the 
center, surrounded by Gannas and bordered by Cala- 
dium esculentum. On the bank immediately in front 
of the summer-house is a fine plant of the Umbrella 
Grass {Cyperus alternifolius) . 
