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CONCRETE MIXTURE 
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Usc three wheelbarrows full of gravel, 
barrows full of sand and one sack of cement, 
a good concrete mixture for the average pool, 
ing work you should use a wheelbarrow three*quarters 
full of sifted sand to one sack of cement. All concrete 
work should be in the neighborhood of six inches thick. 
Reinforcing of this concrete may be accomplished through 
the aid of ordinary chicken wire laid in the center of this 
concrete. The sloping walls of the informal pool have a 
great tendency to prevent breakage as the pressure exerted 
when the water freezes during the winter time is not as 
great as if the walls were straight. Therefore, the slant¬ 
ing walls really have two good features; one 
is that they do not crack as easily during 
the winter time, and the other that it is much 
cheaper to build the walls than if you would 
have to build a form to retain them. 
FISH CAN NOT BE PUT IN A NEW POOL 
A newly constructed pool must be seasoned. That 
when the 
pool is filled with water for the first time the water absorbes the lime 
contenu in the concrete. This is fatal to the fish as their fins get ragged 
and rotten. It usually ends in Fungus which is a white cotton like 
groi^h on their fins, tails, and body. 
HOW TO Water Lilies are easily grown. In 
PLANT, natural conditions Water Lilies root 
in rich soil in the shallow water of 
a marsh or pond where there is plenty of sun¬ 
light. These conditions are easily reproduced 
in the garden. 
In a natural pond the Water Lilies may be 
planted where the water is 1 to 2 feet deep. If 
the bottom is sand or gravel, the roots may be 
planted in a basket of soil and sunk an inch 
below the bottom level. Otherwise they may be 
simply pushed under the soil or anchor^ with 
a stone if the bottom is too soft to hold them. 
Small pools, including tubs, may best be 
partly fill^ with soil—6 inches of soil, 6 inches 
of water is correct. In larger pools a satisfac¬ 
tory method is to use tubs or boxes and plant 
in the manner illustrated in the diagram. 
At least one cubic foot of soil should be 
allowed for each Water Lily, and more if pos¬ 
sible. To obtain satisfactory growth in boxes 
they must be large enough to provide plenty of 
nourishment. A single plant in a box 2 feet 
square and a foot deep, filled with proper soil, 
will develop remarkable blooms. 
It is best (though not necessary) to have a 
separate container for each Water Lily, as the 
leaf-spread averages 3 feet in diameter. Shal¬ 
low water plants should be planted in contain¬ 
ers separate from the lilies. 
It is poor practice to drain the pool before 
planting. Boxes and pails in which the liliea 
are planted can be easily set in the pool. It is 
also quite simple to set plants in soil beneath 
the water, as we always do In commercial 
propagation. 
HOW TO KEEP THE POOL CLEAR 
While plenty of sunlight is absolutely necessary for the proper 
growth of water lilies, the bad feature of this excessive sunlight is that 
it turns water green. 
Many inquiries are re¬ 
ceived from people 
each summer as: 
*’What can I do to 
keep the water clear?** 
While c h e m i c a 1 s 
may be resorted to, 
it is best to refrain 
from using them. It 
is excessive sunlight 
that creates the bacteria 
formations that causes 
water to turn green 
and it is subdued light 
that will reverse the 
course and clear the 
water on its own ac¬ 
cord. In other words, 
if you were to take a 
bottle or glass jar full 
of this green water 
from the pond and 
place it in your base¬ 
ment, in about a week 
this water would be 
clear. Therefore, it is 
not possible to have a 
clear pool unless you 
plant enough water 
lilies to cover at least 
60 or 70 per cent of 
the water surface with 
the leaves. If you cre¬ 
ate enough natural 
shade for the body of 
water, you will have a 
nice dear pool. 
THE SUCCESSFUL WATER GARDEN 
The success with water gardens depends on quite a number of 
features. One of the most important of these features is sufficient 
sunlight and equally important is the depth of the pond. A number 
of subjects may be taken into consideration when you determine the 
depth of your pool. If you only consider the planting of water lilies, 
then your pool will be deep enough if you make it from 18 to 20 inches, 
but if you want to keep goldhsh in your pool and you want to keep 
them over the winter, you should have a certain water depth of usually 
about 36 inches, and in some localities even deeper water is required. 
One can readily understand that everything should be taken into con¬ 
sideration in order to have the type of pool that will take care of your 
particular requirements. 
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