Rock Garden Collections 
No. 1 
Euphorbia Cereformis 
Stapalia (Star Fish) 
Aloe Mitraeformis 
Sedum Stahli 
Echeveria Funki 
Postpaid.. 
$ 1.25 
No. 2 
Cactus (our selection) 
Sedum Crestato 
Echeveria Winbergii 
Crassula Perfosa 
C. Pseudolycopodiodes 
Klinea Radacans 
Sempervivum Cooperii 
Echeveria Funki 
Window Plant 
Postpaid___ 
$ 1.25 
No. 3 
Good for House Plants 
Candle Plant 
Aloe Saponaria 
Cotyledon 
Billbergia 
Kalanchoe Kwensis 
Arboreum Purpureum 
Postpaid_ 
$ 1.00 
No. 4 
Sedum Praealtum 
S. Pachyphyllum 
S. Crestato 
Sempervivum Cooperii 
Echeveria Elegans 
E. Winbergii 
Portulacaria Afra. 
Aloes Bedinghaussi 
Stapalia Star Fish 
Postpaid_ 
$ 1.25 
It’s Easy to Build Your Own Pool 
Location . . . The pool should be exposed to full sun, and should not be built too close 
to such trees as Pepper, Walnut or Fig, as the leaves have a strong acid content and, 
falling into the pool will injure the fish. 
Lilies cannot be expected to bloom unless the sun shines into the very heart of 
them for at least part of the day. 
After deciding on location of the pool, a very good way to plan the size and shape 
is to use the garden hose, tracing on the ground the exact plan you desire. We sug¬ 
gest that you make your pool as large as your space will permit, as there are so 
many water plants you will want room for. 
For the front yard the formal pool will best fill the requirements of good design, 
but for the back yard the informal pool works out beautifully with a rock garden. 
An informal pool is much easier and less expensive to build than a formal one, as 
it can be built without forms. 
For an informal pool, after deciding on size and shape, dig out soil to the depth of 
two feet and level off. Shave side walls as near perpendicular as possible. (This is 
important, as cats are very fond of fish, and if the wall slopes very much the fish come 
to the edge and are a prey to the "fishermen.” 
Tamp walls and floor of pool and reinforce with heavy fencing wire, covering walls 
and floor. 
The concrete should be poured continuously, so there will be no joints, and as it 
is poured the re-inforcing should be pulled up to the center of the layer of concrete, thus 
making pool stronger and less apt to crack. 
In building a formal pool, by excavating very carefully to the exact size and shape 
of pool, and carefully trimming the edges, there will be no necessity for an outside 
form. Allow about six inches for walls and build outside form. The walls should be 
reinforced, and after cement is poured allow it to harden until the next day; remove 
forms and pour bottom of pool. Finish as directed below. 
Cement . . . The proper mixture of cement is: One shovel of cement to five of sand; 
or use pea gravel in equal proportion with sand, the proportions being one to five in 
either case. Dry mix well, then add enough water to make rather a stiff mixture. Where 
heavy freezing may be expected, the concrete should be 6 inches thick; in mild cli¬ 
mates 3 inches is ample. 
As concrete is poured, it should be well tamped to take out porous places and thus 
insure yourself of a water tight pool. Allow cement to become thoroughly set, then 
apply a thin coat of one part cement and three parts screened sand, and when this is 
hardened apply a coat of paint made of pure cement. Be sure to keep cement moist 
as it hardens, by spraying with a fine spray at intervals, as the slower cement hardens 
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