| HOW TO BUILD A LILY POOL 
DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION 
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The Ideal Construction for Informal Pool 
where Grass and Soil Stop at Water’s Edge 
and No Frames Are Used 
Informal or irregularly shaped pools are generally 
made with sloping sides and without forms. Determine 
the shape by staking or by laying a hose in the form de- 
sired. 
Excavate the soil to a depth 6” below the bottom of 
the completed pool to allow for thickness of cement bot- 
tom. The minimum depth desirable for growing water 
lilies is 18”, but 24” is better; however, lilies can be 
made to grow satisfactorily in pools that are 1’ deep 
where the soil is spread over the entire bottom. Either 
reinforcing rods or a heavy grade of hog wire, usually 
Y%” or %” is advisable to insure long life of pool. 
KEEP YOUR PLANTS" ay 
HEALTHY and FREE 
FROM INJURIOUS INSECTS 
(WATCH FOR APHIS DURING MONTH OF AUGUST) If no forms are to be used along the sides, the sides 
have to be made sloping, generally at an angle of 45° or 
less, which partly depends on the depth of the pool. 
Tricker's AQUATICIDE 
For the control of injurious insects on Water Lilies, Shallow 
Water and Aquatic Plants. A summer spray compound especially 
prepared in Tricker’s laboratories for the eftective control of aphis 
and other insects which might attack water lilies and other aquatic 
plants. If directions on package for using this spray are followed 
you can use it without fear of harming plants or fishes. Equally 
effective on both chewing and sucking insects. It is also an excel- 
lent summer spray for the control of insects on trees, shrubs, plants 
in leaf and on greenhouse plants. Full directions for use are given 
on containers. 
When a rectangular shaped pool is built, the vertical 
sides of course require forms. 
In making the excavation, it will also be necessary to 
decide whether the sides of the pool are to be brought 
to the level of the ground and later covered perhaps 
with rocks, or whether they are to be formed so as to 
enable the bank to be brought right down to the water’s 
edge so that no concrete would show in any portion of 
the pool. The means of doing this is illustrated above, 
which also shows the manner in which the entire pool 
; is constructed. 
1 Pint, 65e 1 Quart, $1.25 Sprayers, 25e 
One pint “‘Aquaticide’”’ will make 4 gallons of 3% spraying solution. After the excavation has been completed, the bottom should 
be carefully leveled to receive the concrete. When the concrete 
has set for a period of two weeks, a water-proofing coat of 
SMOOTH-ON (see page 24) will fill the cracks and make the 
pool watertight. In the case of old pools which have developed 
small cracks or a porous condition, TRICKER’S CONCRETE 
ENAMEL (see page 24) will seal up the cement and at the 
same time will add life and beauty to the pool. 
MAGIKIL Jelly Kills Ants 
Goodbye ants. Magikil Jelly is a clean, odorless bait packed 
in handy tubes. Full directions with each tube show just 
how to destroy ants easily and quickly. 
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TROPICAL FISH — THEIR BREEDING 
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