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variety, which comes in white and a beautiful soft flesh pink. 
The W. B. Shaw, a superb early blooming pink water lily, has 
leaves 8 to 15 inches across, and flowers 8 to 10 inches in diameter. 
There should always be some night blooming lilies. These 
open soon after sunset and do not close until nearly noon the 
following day. The Dentata, one of the best night lilies, has 
flowers measuring from 8 to 12 inches in diameter. Plant with 
this the blue Zanzibariensis lily. All of these varieties re-open 
from three to five successive days. 
Around the edge of the pool plant freely iris of all kinds—Jap¬ 
anese, German and Spanish; common blue flag, marshmallow, 
meadow beauty and all kinds of narcissi. And don’t forget the 
pickerel weed. This native plant with its pale blue flowers is 
very beautiful under cultivation. Like the water hyacinth, how¬ 
ever, it needs restraint to keep it from becoming too luxuriant. 
With these preparations completed, put in the fish and plant 
seaweed for them to nibble. This can be bought at any place 
where fish are sold. 
In the city garden a concrete basin formed her pool and it was graced with little box trees in decorative pots suggestive of Italian gardens 
Another attractive flower for the pool is the water hyacinth. 
However, be careful to start with only one plant or at the end of 
the season the pool will be crowded full of hyacinths. This plant 
can be kept intact by building a little wooden floating frame 
around the bulb which will not be noticed in the water. 
When the flowers are planted, push the tub down until it is 
securely settled in the bottom of the pool, and fill in the water 
with a hose. Every day put in a bucket of water for evaporation. 
This will gradually change the water and keep it from getting 
stagnant. To change the pool entirely, simply let the water run 
and flush the pool. You can have a drain by making a gutter 
and always keeping the water at a lower level until you want to 
flush the pool. But as the fish eat the mosquito young and keep 
the water clean, this need not be done until the end of the season 
when the pool is drained and cleaned for the winter. 
When it comes time to put the hardy Nymphaea into winter 
quarters, drain the pool of all the water. Then put leaves 2 or 3 
feet deep around the roots, entirely covering the bottom of the 
pool. On top of this lay a few branches or sticks to keep the 
leaves from blowing away. 
The tender Nymphaea, the Zanzibariensis and all night bloom¬ 
ing lilies, must be dug up, leaving as much soil around the roots 
as possible. These should be placed in a flower pot which will 
hold enough water to keep them moist. The water can be cold, 
but must not freeze. 
Greatly inspired by the success of her effort, the woman built 
herself another pool. This garden was made of three half hogs¬ 
heads sunk until the open heads of them were flush with the 
ground. The soil was prepared the same as for the first water 
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