to Plant and Care for Beautiful NX4ter Gardens 
COUPLING* UNSCREW 
OVERFLOW PIPE TO 
DRAIN POOL 
ponds cow manure may be layered on the ice 
to a depth of one inch or more. It will be¬ 
come water-logged in spring and sink. Bone 
meal may also be used in a like manner. Ap¬ 
ply at the rate of one pound per square foot. 
Containers for planting in constructed 
Pools may be anything from a large flower 
pot, a plant tub, or a box one foot square and 
six inches deep, to a tub two feet in diameter 
and a foot deep, or a box two feet square and 
eight inches to a foot deep. The larger the 
container, the greater the amount of soil 
given the plant, therefore more and larger 
blooms will result. Allow each Water Lily 8 
to 12 square feet of water surface. 
The soil, whether placed directly in the 
pool or in containers, should be a good, heavy, 
garden loam. The addition of one part well 
rotted cow manure to every four parts of soil 
will prove beneficial. A mild commercial fer¬ 
tilizer may be used, or a mixture of blood 
and bone meal (one quart dry measure per 
bushel of soil). 
Water Lilies once started into growth are 
heavy feeders. Their roots spread out and 
feed laterally. It is advisable to drain the 
Pool every two to three years and replace all 
soil with fresh material, or at least top dress 
the soil by cutting off two or three inches and 
replacing with fresh soil, or fork in rotted 
cow manure or a commercial fertilizer, tak¬ 
ing care not to injure the crowns. 
Where containers are used, remove, empty, 
refill with fresh soil; reset the crown and re¬ 
turn the container to its place. 
An easy way of fertilizing is to place as 
much well rotted cow manure or mild com¬ 
mercial fertilizer in a paper bag as can easily 
be held in one hand. Press the bag into the 
soil near the Lily crown. The bag will disin¬ 
tegrate, allowing the fertilizer to incorporate 
itself with the soil. This method of fertilizing 
may be used for small quantities of fertilizer 
during the flowering season on any plants 
showing a tendency to fall off on flower pro¬ 
duction. This method is an excellent way of 
fertilizing Tub-Gardens and lother small 
containers. 
Tamp all soil, whether directly in the Pool 
or in containers, cover with one-inch layer of 
clean sand, and tamp sand. This prevents soil 
being stirred up and discoloring the water. 
The FORMAL POOL, with symmetrical outlines and straight sides instead of 
sloping is diagrammed below. The illustration shows ledges for shallow water 
plants which may be modified for convenience or economy. 
H 
REINFORCING RODS 
OR WIRE MESH 
DRAINS and overflow drains will be nec¬ 
essary when a fountain or running water is 
provided. Otherwise the Pool may well be 
filled as required by a hose. If well balanced 
as to aquatic life running water and drains 
are not at all necessary. 
BORDERS for Pools, whether formal or 
informal in design, offer many opportunities 
for ingenuity on the part of the builder, more 
especially in the case of the informal Pool 
arrangements. Plan for Pool construction 
should cover this important feature. In in¬ 
formal Pool arrangements stones or bricks 
may well be pressed into the fresh concrete 
along the sides, near the top, to form pockets 
or ledges for planting shallow water and 
Bog Plants. Arrange these pockets or ledges 
HOW TO 
PLANT: 
so that the soil placed in them will give water 
depths of from 2 to 10 inches to provide for 
the various types of Shallow Water and Bog- 
Plants. In general it may be said that the 
informal Pool should provide approximately 
for all the various conditions of water depth 
and soil to be found naturally at the shore 
lines of fresh water ponds and lakes. 
We shall be pleased to assist in any mat¬ 
ter pertaining to the growing of Water 
Lilies and other aquatics; selection, ar¬ 
rangement and care of plants in the Pool, 
and in any other matter with regard to 
water gardening in which we can be of 
service. 
ardy lilies may be planted any 
time after growth begins in the spring; and as late in 
the fall as will let them become established, generally 
about six weeks before real cold weather sets in. 
Tropical Lilies may be planted any time after settled 
weather is assured ; usually after May 20th in the lati¬ 
tude of New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland 
and St. Louis. Plantings farther south may be made 
much earlier. We ship at the proper planting time for 
the locality in which the planting is to be made. We 
also ship at any time, on request. 
Tropical Lilies may be grown and flowered continu¬ 
ally for many years in a greenhouse, conservatory, or 
sun room pool simply by giving the proper temperatures and 
additions of fresh soil occasionally. Tropical Lilies planted out 
too early in cold water, or in water that is too deep for 
young plants (over 12 inches) or in a heavily shaded pool tend 
to go dormant. When this happens the plant is not dead; and 
by placing root in warm sunny water growth will recommence. 
It is to avoid this unnecessary delay in growth that we advise 
against too early planting. For greatest number of blooms 
throughout the season only 8 to 12 inches of water should be 
allowed over the crowns. When plants are received set out in 
shallow water; then fill up the pool as the plants commence 
to grow. For best results the pool should be exposed to full 
sunlight. 
The root of the Hardy Lilies should be pressed 
into the mud so that the growing tip is covered. 
Should the roots float after planting, weight 
with a stone until the new feeding roots 
have caught hold. If the bottom is very 
hard or stony, plant lily roots in light holders 
filled with heavy loam to which one-fourth 
cow manure has been added and sink in the 
desired spot. For most blooms water depth 
should not exceed two feet in summer, but be 
careful to select a spot well covered by water 
in winter. The winter depth is unimportant; 
the deeper the safer. Hardy Water Lilies will 
bloom in 3 to 5 feet of water, but not so 
profusely. Tropical Lilies may also be planted 
in natural ponds and lakes provided a very 
shallow spot is selected (8 to 10 inches deep), 
and the pond or lake maintains a fairly high 
temperature all summer (at least 65 degrees). 
Water Lilies of any variety, for best results, 
should not be planted near a cold inlet nor in 
swiftly moving water. In fertilizing natural 
