. The book of water gardening;. Aquatic plants. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK OF ^!Z\^ATER GARDENING bust plants, with long roots that often run from fifteen to twenty feet in a season; on this account, unless the roots can be confined, they are unsuited for growth in a pond with other plants. They like a rich, deep, clay soil, to which has been added from four to six inches of cow manure, spread evenly over the soil and dug in. The best form of pond or tank for Nelumbiums is a long, narrow one, just wide enough to allow of the flowers being gathered from the walks on either side. NELUMBIUM SPE
. The book of water gardening;. Aquatic plants. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK OF ^!Z\^ATER GARDENING bust plants, with long roots that often run from fifteen to twenty feet in a season; on this account, unless the roots can be confined, they are unsuited for growth in a pond with other plants. They like a rich, deep, clay soil, to which has been added from four to six inches of cow manure, spread evenly over the soil and dug in. The best form of pond or tank for Nelumbiums is a long, narrow one, just wide enough to allow of the flowers being gathered from the walks on either side. NELUMBIUM SPECIOSUM AT H. A. DREERS, RIVERTON, N. J. In tnis pona NelumDiums are cultivated on an extensive scale for the sale of the roots or rhizomes of the pond. This would give a width of from six to seven feet for the pond, and a walk of from three to four feet on each side, with every alternate walk wide enough to allow of the passage of a wagon with manure. The Nelumbiums do not require as much water above the soil as the water lilies, for they root very deep in the mud, far below the frost line; therefore, a depth of twelve inches of water will be quite sufficient for them. After the first preparation of the soil as described for both water lilies and [135]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bisset, Peter. [from old catalog]. New York, A. T. De La Mare printing and publishing co. , ltd.
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