Planting the Water Garden 
Ca re of Plants on Arrival 
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Unpack the package carefully to prevent breaking 
of the plants and immediately put them in a pail or 
tub of water, until you are ready to plant them. 
Have all boxes filled with soil and everything ready 
before you commence to plant. All aquatic plants 
will wilt easily if subjected to wind or sun before 
being planted. Lilies and other plants will keep for 
several days floating in a tub of water if kept in par' 
tial shade. Tropical Lilies should be planted as soon 
as possible. 
Water Lilies — Planting, Care 
The best results are obtained by planting the lily 
roots in the soil so the crown will be even with the 
top of the soil and from 6 to 12 inches below the 
surface of the water. Where the pool is two feet 
deep or over, it is necessary that stones or bricks be 
used to build up the box to the proper distance urn 
der the surface. Many varieties, however, will grow 
in much deeper water. All Water Lilies like full sun' 
light and flower best when not too much shaded. 
Each Lily should have a minimum of one cubic foot 
of soil—a box about 14 inches by 14 inches by 10 
inches deep will hold this amount. Lilies can be 
grown in this box for about three years before it is 
necessary to change the soil. 
They like plenty of good garden soil, well ern 
riched with cow manure or some good commercial 
fertilizer, such as blood meal used at the rate of 
about a pound to a bushel of soil. 
When planting the Lilies the soil should be well 
firmed around them. An inch of sand or gravel put 
on the box after they have been planted will help 
keep the water clear and prevent the goldfish from 
rooting in the mud. 
Tropical Lilies 
Are shipped as potted plants. They should be 
kept from drying winds and sunshine until planted. 
Tropical Lilies should be planted upright, digging a 
hole to fit the ball of soil and firming the soil around 
it. They should not be set out until weather is set' 
tied and warm. They grow very rapidly and com' 
mence blooming while still quite small. 
Lotus 
These beautiful plants sometimes prove a little 
difficult to grow, but if a small amount of attention 
is given them, one is well repaid for the trouble. 
Lotus roots look just like bananas. They are very 
brittle and the growing points are easily broken. 
Be careful in handling them. In planting press them 
gently in the soil until they are covered about an 
inch and so the growing point is just peeping 
through. 
Aquatic Plants 
The different classes of aquatic plants are all easily 
grown and require very little attention after planting. 
When they grow too rampant they may be thinned 
out. 
Floating Plants 
These grow without soil. In most cases the plants 
will grow more rampant if the roots do touch the 
soil. They thrive in sun and semi'shade. 
Shallow Water Plants 
All of them may be planted in water ranging from 
an inch or so to almost 10 inches in depth. They 
prefer 4 to 6 inches of water. 
Bog Plants 
These plants thrive in a wet soil or in very shallow 
water. They may be planted along the margin of a 
natural pond. 
Oxygenating Plants 
They are shipped in bunches which soon take 
root. They should be planted in the same box with 
the Lily or in pots. 
Wintering 
If the water is to be drained out of the pool place 
the lily tubers in damp soil in the basement, or the 
boxes containing the lilies may be removed to the 
basement and kept moist until the following spring. 
If you leave the water in your pool, and where ice 
never forms over 10 or 12 inches in the winter, just 
forget about the lilies. Don’t try to winter tropicals. 
It is cheaper to let them die and buy new ones. 
This little outline illustrates how to determine the 
proper depth to plant the various plants. 
Bog Plants— 
Cattail 
Arrowhead 
Rush 
Pickerel Plant 
Water Iris 
Sweet Flags 
Water, 3 to 6 inches deep— 
Cattail Thalia 
Rush Primrose Creeper 
Pickerel Plant Floating Heart 
Iris Poppy 
Sweet Flags Snowflake 
Swamp Calla 
Can be planted in same box with Lilies— 
Oxygenating Plants Floating Heart 
Poppy Primrose Creeper 
Snowflake 
Floating Plants— 
Hyacinths Fern 
Lettuce 
Umbrella Plants 
Papyrus 
Bulrush 
Forget'Me'Nots 
Swamp Calla 
Primrose Willow 
A. B. MORSE COMPANY. HORTICULTURAL PRINTERS. ST. JOSEPH. MICH. 
