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The Garden Magazine, September, 1923 
America s Greatest Perennials 
For Fall Planting 
PEONIES IRISES 
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Apologies for an Error 
On page 356 of August Garden Magazine appeared an ad¬ 
vertisement of our friend the Peony and Iris specialist, Mr. 
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made as follows 
Ten Fine, Named Peonies for #2.50 or 
Twenty Fine, Named Peonies, for $5.00 
It should have read: 
Eight Fine, Named Peonies, for $2.50 or 
Fifteen Fine, Named Peonies, for $5.00 
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The Advertising Department. 
USING AQUATICS AS POT 
PLANTS 
j 1LY-OF-THE-N1LE (Agapanthus umbella- 
tus) makes a good pot or tub plant, to be 
used in the same way as the tender Hydrangeas, 
and affording a pleasing variation from them, 
only, of course, it is not of such large scale. An¬ 
other pleasing effect of this kind was stumbled 
upon entirely accidentally one summer recently. 
A miscellaneous lot of aquatic plants fell into my 
hands to be taken care of, quite temporarily it 
was supposed, until an artificial body of water 
was ready to receive them. It included some 
Water Hyacinths (Eichhornia crassipes) and 
Lotus (Nelumbium speciosum). These were 
put into the same tub (about eighteen inches 
inside diameter at the top), the Lotuses being 
buried, of course, in the usual mixture of soil and 
manure, which came to within about six inches 
of the top of the tub. Water was added to over¬ 
flowing, and the half dozen pieces of Water 
Hyacinth placed in the water; the tub was then 
placed in the hottest, sunniest place that could 
be found. 
In four weeks or less time, the Water Hyacinths 
had completely hidden the water, and the Lotuses 
had thrown up half a dozen leaves or so, about 
eighteen inches above the Water Hyacinths, 
making a sort of upper story. Now these Lotus 
leaves were not full sized, but they did not look 
starved at all; they simply looked like a nice 
dwarf form, although they did not bloom. The 
Water Hyacinths grew luxuriantly and even 
bloomed some, their luxuriance of growth being 
such that about every three weeks during the 
remainder of the summer they had to be thinned 
out—this being done, of course, so as not to mar 
the appearance. The general effect of the two 
plants in combination was delightful, and it also 
happened that the tub was in good proportion 
to the whole composition, although it is quite 
likely that had a still larger tub been used the 
Lotus leaves would have been larger and on 
longer stems. An Egyptian Paper-plant (Cyperus 
Papyrus) in a tub close by suggested a possible 
substitute for the Lotus; The Paper-plant grows 
much taller. To experts in aquatic plants other 
combinations undoubtedly will occur, the idea 
being to have a sort of water cover below, lifting 
itself a few inches above the water (not lying 
flat like the leaves of most Nymphaeas), with 
much taller plants rising out of them. Combina¬ 
tions of this sort are common enough in the usual 
aquatic plantings, but the writer does not remem¬ 
ber having seen them used in the way here recom¬ 
mended. It seems that a half dozen or so tubs 
of this sort disposed in some formal scheme would 
be very effective and pleasing. 
—H. Koehler. 
