Right — Aquatics blend delightfully 
with formal lines of pool. 
Below — ’Twould be hard to imagine 
a more charming spot than this. The 
planting will be colorful the season 
through. 









Pools in the 
Formal Manner 
Formal pools are of many types. Sometimes they are 
placed in the open lawn, again we surround them with 
beds and gardens or one can locate them against a wall 
or terrace. In any case they should be upon one of the 
axes of the garden, lined up with a doorway, a principal 
window or with some feature in the garden such as per- 
gola, gateway, or just a modest seat at the end of the 
path. 
PLANTING THE FORMAL POOL 
The number of plants used in a formal pool depends upon both its size and 
the taste of the owner. It may be practically filled with aquatics of various kinds 
leaving the water surface visible but here and there, or a more restrained planting 
may be made and the water left to show its sparkling surface more completely. 
If in an open piece of lawn, better plant sparingly, but if surrounded with flowers, 
more plants will not be out of place. Well planted and in a sunny location, lilies 
and most other aquatics are inclined to grow too vigorously. To keep them within 
bounds, you must continually keep pulling off leaves and thinning out the plants. 
ARRANGING AQUATICS 
Plants may be arranged either with the 
taller ones, like Lotus, in the center, Water 
Lilies around them and other kinds at the 
margins; or in pools viewed mostly from 
one side, the larger ones at the rear and 
the rest grouped in the center and at the 
margins. Good taste will aid you in this. 
Color combinations seem to just naturally 
take care of themselves as practically all 
aquatics go together well. 
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WINTER CARE 
AQUATICS 
Besides the Water Lilies, 
both hardy and tropical, try 
these aquatics — Water Pop- 
py, Flowering Rush, Parrot 
Feather, Giant Arrowhead, 
Umbrella Palm, Lotus Lily, 
Water Hyacinth, Pickerel 
Rush, Water Calla, Water 
Iris. For moist margins, 
Marsh Marigold, Forget-Me- 
Not. 
It’s not enough to do this once each season, it must be done every few weeks. 
Well built, properly reinforced pools easily come through the winter by simply 
covering with boards and over them a foot and a half or two feet of straw, leaves 
or hay. This will prevent severe freezing. Hardy lilies and fish live over all right 
unless ice shuts off their air. Umbrella Palm, Calla, Taro and other tender aquatics 
must be wintered indoors. 
Cross-section sketches 
trom many possible forms 
for formal pools 


