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House & Garden 
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Guaranteed Sunfast 
Draperies & Upholsteries 
A FEW friendly books; the cool, quiet green of a 
graceful fern; bright, happily-colored draperies at 
sunny windows; perhaps a silky contented kitten 
basking in the sunlight—what a cheerful, homey rest¬ 
fulness there is in a room like that! 
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THE ORINOKA MILLS, New York 
Water Gardens and Their Making 
(Continued jrom page 33) 
and cover it with sand. Fill the bowl always be avoided by deep planting— 
with tepid water, and when it becomes they withstand any ordinary conditions, 
clear, drop the seed upon the surface The hybrid varieties are easier to care 
of the water. It will sink when wet, for than the tuberous and the odorata, 
and sow itself naturally. which are strong growers and require 
In a week a little sprout will be seen watching lest they crowd the others. 
, rising from the earth; in another a leaf- Hardy lilies are to be had in all colors 
let will appear; and during the third save blue, and it is well to secure this 
week you may expect to see the first color by the purchase, each year, of 
tiny pad make its way toward the top the tender nymphea Pennsylvania. This 
of the clear water. If the plants be- is a very fine shade of blue, and a strong 
come too crowded, move some to other and rapid grower. It establishes itself 
bowls. If they are sown early in Feb- quickly, blooming profusely and at once, 
ruary, they will be ready to set out by until the weather becomes cold. One 
the middle of May, and by mid-sum- plant, in a small pool by itself, is a joy 
mer will delight you with their bloom, to the eyes all summer. 
The seed of the tender varieties should Mrs. Edwards Whitaker is another 
be used for this purpose, especially that lovely blue tender nymphea. The flow- 
of the nymphea Zanzibarensis. er is borne on a stem a foot above the 
When the time comes for planting the water, and often attains a growth of 
garden—which should not be until all 13" in diameter. It remains open all 
danger of frost is well over—each plant day, and is very fragrant, 
should be set in the box or compart- The Nymphea Capemis and the 
ment provided for it, and the earth en- Nymphea Zanzibarensis are other good 
tirely covered with white sand. This blue lilies belonging to this class. The 
ensures clear water. The pool should flowers of each are some 6" across. The 
then be filled. Although every water Zanzibarensis may also be had in pink, 
gardener will warn you of the danger 
of chilling the lilies by placing them in Night Blooming Nympheas 
too cold water, my experience is that, ° y r 
if a warm day be selected and a garden The night blooming nympheas open 
hose of moderate size be used, the early in the evening and do not close 
growth of the plants will not be inter- until the day is bright. Everyone knows 
fered with to any appreciable extent, how much sweeter the perfume of the 
But do not set them out too early. garden seems by night than by day, and 
The plants put in, your work in the the water lily pool is no exception to 
water garden is at an end. You need the general rule. At night nothing is 
only visit it each day and see what more beautiful than a white lily, of 
surprises it has in store for you. It which the Dentate superba is one of 
needs no weeding, no cultivation, no the finest. There are, however, very 
care. And there is a fascination in see- beautiful red and pink varieties, notably 
ing each bud, as it is formed, rise up- the old and well-known rubra rosea 
ward through the water, and each faded (red) and the rose pink Bissetti. 
blossom sink back to the depths again, Among the hardy nympheas, the Eu- 
m seeing the actual “working” of the genia De Land ( odorata ) should be 
lily plants. mentioned, with its great floating flow- 
Lilies, as must be taken into consid- ers of deep pink. Paul Hariot, the blos- 
eration in planting them in a natural soms of which are originally yellow, 
pool, or in one formed from a running turning to pink as they grow older, 
brook, require stagnant or nearly stag- almost produces the effect of blossoms 
nant water. _ If, in an artificial pool, a of three colors—yellow, pink, and 
fountain be introduced, it should not be shaded—growing from one plant. The 
permitted to run over much. This does marliacea chromatella is one of the best 
not however, mean that the pool must of the yellow lilies, which are, perhaps, 
become covered with algae, or serve as the loveliest of all, with its stamens 
a breeding place for mosquitoes. The of dazzling orange; while the marliacea 
presence of a few goldfish will always rosea is an equally striking flower of 
keep it clean and fresh. The lonely two deep rose. For the sparkling whiteness 
that you first put in—two goldfish are which cannot be surpassed, although 
enough to start with fn any pond, un- from habit we are apt to consider it in¬ 
less it be a very large one—had evi- ferior to the more uncommon pinks and 
dently never seen anything larger than blues, comes the marliacea albida, or— 
a bowl, before you poured them into which really can hardly be improved 
your garden out of a tin pail, and were upon—the odorata variety of our native 
obviously greatly taken back at first, lakes. The free blooming Robinsoni 
In a few days they came up for crumbs and the beautiful shell pink William 
as cheerfully and retired to the depths Doogue are also good, 
as quickly, however, as if they had lived For small gardens particular mention 
there all their lives. And before the should be made of the dwarf lilies, 
summer was over, wherever you peered The Nymphea pygmcea is the smallest 
through the lily pads, you were sure to water lily grown, and perfect in its 
catch sight of some of their numerous miniature. The blooms are from 1J4" 
descendants. to 2" across, in white or yellow. 
The real glory of the water garden, 
/ ender and Hardy Kinds however, is not the lilies, perfect though 
. they are, but the nelumbium, or lotus. 
Tender water lilies are usually con- It is impossible to say too much in 
sidered superior to hardy ones for cul- praise of these flowers. They are per- 
tivation. They are larger, more quickly fectly hardy like the hardy lilies, if 
growing, and on account of their habit the roots be not frozen. They require 
of growth, each flower rising well out very rich soil, but beyond that no care, 
of the water, are preferable for cutting. The large leaves, which stand several 
There are two varieties, the day and the feet out of water, in color are a dull, 
night blooming. On the other hand, pale green, upon which drops of water 
without skilled assistance it is almost roll about like globules of mercury, 
impossible for the amateur to carry them The enormous blossoms which are borne 
through the winter. upon stems sometimes 4' high, are pink 
In my experience, the hardy varieties or white in color with an extraordinary 
are perfectly satisfactory. They are yellow seed pod in the center. The 
beautiful, and quite rapid enough of Osiris and the speciosum are good pink 
growth for any pool which is not very varieties, while the album grandijlorum 
large. They do not harrow the feelings is an excellent white. There are also 
of the lily enthusiast by dying each year some double varieties, notably the 
at the touch of frost. If their roots Pekinensis rubrum plenum. 
be not actually frozen—which can ( Continued on page 80) 
