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aqttatio houses 
n, oonsomil,ofy buiiai,,... 
braiiclios or lK)rl,U.uli,un. new m ,,1 ' 
vices supersede old iiud 
latest dovelopiuent i,, l;ii'irdu.ei!tj',^,'^’”' ' 
aipiatle house; and soon all 
is tlu! 
such a ohanuiiio'luxury wm'!,'*’ 
ature Lily lake wlUMih. !!.;::;;;;:;"!"^ 
eousorvatorU's. ’ sad 
Our illustration •'('prc.stMits tii 
house or Mr.d M.,« 
au.onga sToupol Snuul « 
coruero Bellevue and l.eroy ave„,.,.s, No'^ . 
port, lv. J. I he house is 1-2(1 IV,lo,,.-|,v-tn 
feet in width, and the tank whieh c^Peni s 
through d,s ecutcr is 1 00 I'eet long, by ■)(, 
width, and is three and one-half ' 
III 
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depth. Ill this tank many beautil’nl and en 
rious species and varieties of day, and oPdit 
bloomiiig water iilaiUs are enltivated; 1’™,,, 
'•'■ounded by speehnen Dracm 
side biniobes are 
eovered with Gloxinias, the 
I . 
'Vhicli have made 
'l’roni™i 1 to these shelves, 
tliclionseassho' "*• thronghout 
■' 0 are tin-ue fountains in the tank, and 
« l ununated Cron, thetopwithg.’een- 
lamps, widen si.ed a ligi.t peeuliarly 
e , ;.r "‘;V‘.''’‘^'‘'“K'‘'^’-‘^ud bestow a fantastic 
• 0 nigiit-biooming llowei-s and tiie 
■ mnds of “tinkling watei-s” add to the fairy- 
likc surroundings. ^ 
Heretofore, tiiose fond of water-jdants 
iav(, gioiMi tiiein in tidjs, wbieiiare unsight¬ 
ly, and too contracted for any satisfactory 
oolleidion. Mr. Louis 11. .Meyer of .Staten 
sland, in two iiools before bis dwelling lias 
grown a modest collection of Ny ni|)lia;as. .M r. 
aquatic houses will be among the delightful 
resoi-ts of American gardens, where the 
night-blooming, as well as otlier intei-esting 
water-plants, may be studied. 
Adjoining the Palm liouse in the new range 
of greenhouses of Ex-Governor Samuel .J. 
'I'ilden, at Greystone, Yonkers-on-the-Hud- 
son, is an aquatic house where the tank Ls to 
be sunk in tlie ground, and its margin em- 
bcllished with water growth. All around 
the sides of the pool will be rock-work, which 
will provide ample oppoitunit}' for an ex¬ 
tensive collection of mosses and other inter¬ 
esting plants tliat will flourtsh under like 
conditions. 
.Soutli of Xew York many of tlie choicest 
water pfants may lie grown out-doors in 
summer, in tlie sunken iiarterrc in front 
of the large Palm house in Fairmount Park, 
Philadelnliia. are two lare-e iiasins in which 
the ordinary Wliite Pond-Lilies, to tliose su¬ 
perb pink and blue natives of the eastern 
continents. The specimens of white, nig it- 
blooming Water-Lilies from JBrazil, Vicloria 
»'e(/fa, the flowers of which are P2 inches ni 
diameter, have iittracted marlted iittentiou 
this summer. The Sacred I.otus of 
Nelumbium speciostirn,, the leaves of " uc 
we, some of them, over two feet in ^ ’ 
also blossomed in this tank, as did i • “ > 
the Yellow Nelumbo, or water Chiufluap 
There are but three aquatic 
tationinthe United States, althoug 
are some in course of erection. ^ 1 1- » 
son’s house is a delightful 
fairy-iike and refreshing is a .-, 0,1 with 
foi-water and rock plants baud 
a Cham of greenhouses. At tne » 
side of the front of the picture is < 
^ rock work, among which ai ® ,g, 
^orns and Lycopodiums, , f tlirive 
tvater vines, and blooming phiu s ■ 
'vhere there is moisture. This rooM « 
.Jay Gould in his Jlosque Palm luni.so, has a 
fountain where a few aquatic plants thrive. 
jMr Charles .i. Osborn has a small pool, 
wliich is fringed by water-growth, and a 
lockwork bank suirouuding it. This is 
formed of peculiar rocks found in New York 
State, which are admirably suited for rock¬ 
eries in aquatic houses.. This is placed op- 
nosite an end of the building wliere the wall 
s entirely upholstered by Lycopodium, 
wliich is studded with groups of grasses, 
" 7 *^ nriiiv ni»'ht-blooming flowers, like the 
ed foi many „ g,^,.y 
miclnb-ht, when they throw out the 
about niK nio ’ ,,.j .g ,„.e many 
‘“‘’^iSiZwSS^-iatethe privile^ 
!^S:^the expansion of B-e m^n^ 
viewing tl^ 2;;-::a“;harming giadP 
eentblossoms^^^^^^ is not far distant whet 
tioiis. rnc 
the be.-uitiful lavender blue Nympheea iiruti- 
\ folia, the pink X. stellatn rosi’a. the bright 
red .V. rubra, to.gether with our native X. 
odorala, the dwarf Cliinese -V. FygmKa, and 
many other charming aquatics thrive and 
bloom in luxuriance. The hardier kinds re¬ 
main in their positions the year ronnd, the 
basins being covered with boards in winter. 
The freezing of the surface of the water does 
not injure them, all that is ueces.sary is to 
prevent the roots from becomingfrozen. Very 
tender species are taken up in the fall with 
their roots entire, planted in tubs and wintered 
in a greenhouse. At Bordentown, N. J., Mr. E. 
D. Sturtevaut has grown Victoria regia in an 
out-door tank, treating it like a tender annual. 
Tlie establishment of aquatic houses, and 
the aw.akening of an Interest in the fanciful 
growth that is suitable for proximity to 
water. Mill undoubtedly lead to the beauti¬ 
fying of manjf much neglected brooksldes 
and water courses on estates othei-Mise fine- 
Ij' cultivated. NcM-port. 
