Lilies. 
Tb« Boq and Water Garden. 
In planting Water Lilies and most other aquatics, a good, rich soil should be provided, if the best 
results are looked for. A mixture of heavy, dark soil and well composted cow manure is good. The 
plants should be well embedded in the soil under the water. For Sarracenias, a mixture' of peat and 
leaf-mold in any wet, sandy soil will answer. The location should not be too cold. If the moisture is 
furnished by cold springs, the plants should not be set very near them. Most aquatics need still water. 
They do not like a current or the disturbance of strong waves. 
Water Lilies and other aquatics are often grown in tubs sunk in the ground. Ponds or pools are, of 
course, much better where they are to be had, and with wet or boggy places bordering them, bog-plants 
can be grown. When these wet margins have only a clay or sandy soil, better results can be obtained by 
adding 6 inches of peat as a top-dressing, which makes a pretty fair depth for bog-plants. But before 
this is done, all grass and sedge roots should be eradicated. Many bog-plants do not require peat, but 
will grow in any wet, sandy or other soil which is always moist; others require not only peat, but need 
some shelter from the winds, such as low trees or small shrubs afford. Most of the species herein men¬ 
tioned do not need this protection from winds; yet a few such bog-shrubs would be quite in place if 
planted among and around them. Such water-loving species as Azalea viscosa, Abius incana. Ilex 
verhctllala , Ionic era oblongifolia, ledum latifolium, My me a gale , Andromeda polifolia Pyrus 
arbulifola and Rhodora Canadensis, though they do well planted in moist garden soil, are found growing 
naturally in bogs and swamps. For the margins of bogs there are few more attractive shrubs than Comius 
slolomjera or C. sericea. Among the vines that may be used for moist grounds, along brooks, etc. are 
Clematis l irgimca and Ampelopsts quinquefolia. Vilis riparia is also common along the banks of 
streams, and climbs over bushes and trees, making a good companion for the Virgin’s Bower and 
Woodbine. 
, Bog and Aquatic Plants. 
Aquatics roared with * star (*) aft*r a nanje —no segds of these. 
ACOIUJ8 Calamus (Sweet Flag). The long, light green leaves are quite pretty, especially as seen 
growing naturally. Is a bog-plant or sub-aquatic, but will live in moist garden soil. Height 2 to A 
feet. 10 cts. each, 80 cts. per doz., 25 for $1.25. d. f 
A. Calamus variotfatus (Variegated Sweet Flag). Does well in either moist or dry soils. A fine 
variegated plant. 20 cts. each. d. 
ATjISMA plantago. 15 cts. each. 
CAM* palustria (Water Arum, or American Calla). This little native somewhat resembles the 
cultivated Calla, both in leaf and flower. It is a bog plant, and likes a peaty soil and moisture, and 
will thrive in sun or shade in the right soil. 12 cts. each, 2 for 20 cts. d. (See opposite page.) 
CAIjTHA palustris* (Marsh Marigold). Every one who has seen this plant in its profusion of golden 
bloom in early spring will remember it. It is the most lavish of its color of any of our wild flowers. 
Broad pntches of solid bloom are scattered along the meadow brooks wherever it has established 
itHcir. For low ground, where there is plenty of moisture, it is one of the best. It forces well in pots. 
10 cts. each, 60 cts. per doz., 25 for 90 cts. 
O. palufltrlM floro plouo. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. b . 
