IVater Gardens 
A JAPANESE LOTUS POND 
NEAR TOKYO 
of Parana. In the East¬ 
ern States, and in high 
elevations, conditions are 
not favorable to the culti¬ 
vation of Victorias and 
tender nymphaeas without 
artificial heat, but the day¬ 
flowering tender nym- 
phteas can be grown most 
satisfactorily, provided 
strong plants are planted 
out the first week in June. 
In warm seasons, the Vic¬ 
toria Trickeri thrives as far 
north as Connecticut; but 
with seasons so erratic as 
late ones, the cultivation 
of that variety is precari¬ 
ous without the assistance 
of artificial heat in the 
early part of the season. 
In the Middle Atlantic 
States, both hardy and 
tender nymphaeas, nelum- 
biums (Egyptian and Jap¬ 
anese lotus) and Victorias 
A BUNCH OF NELUMBIUMS 
can be grown ; but occa¬ 
sionally a season like the 
last one will be detrimental 
to the Victoria Regia , if no 
artificial means are at com¬ 
mand to regulate the tem¬ 
perature. To obtain the 
best results, heat should 
be applied for six or eight 
weeks in the early months. 
In most cases this can be 
dispensed with before the 
first of July, as the plants 
will then be well advanced. 
The Victoria used to be 
grown in the Bartholdi 
fountain at the Botanic 
Garden, Washington, 
I). C., without artificial 
heat, but of late years the 
cultivation of this and 
other water-lilies has been 
a miserable failure there 
and a disgrace to our na¬ 
tional capital. For sev¬ 
eral years the masonry of 
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