. Dreer's garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. THE BEST PLANTS. View of one of the Ponds at oik Kiverton Nuksfkv. Watep Water Lilies can be ?rown in a very simple vet effective way by use of oil barrels cut in two. Ihe tubs can be arrancred in a row, each one a little higher than the one next to it. The tubs may be connected with short pieces ot ho^e -'a small stream of water can be kept running into the highest tub, the overflow of whi
. Dreer's garden calendar. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs. THE BEST PLANTS. View of one of the Ponds at oik Kiverton Nuksfkv. Watep Water Lilies can be ?rown in a very simple vet effective way by use of oil barrels cut in two. Ihe tubs can be arrancred in a row, each one a little higher than the one next to it. The tubs may be connected with short pieces ot ho^e -'a small stream of water can be kept running into the highest tub, the overflow of which will run from tub to tub thereby changing the water in all. They can also be arranged in groui>s, m rockeries etc. About the middle of May the tubs should be placed in position and filled to half their depth \vith a mixture of loam and well- decayed manure, which should be covered with two inches of sand after the roots are planted to prevent the manure from rising to the top. , ,^ , , . ^. j â j- â:ti. If placed in grou'.sthe centre tub can be filled with ISelumbium Speciosum, and the surrounding ones with Nymphffias and othei- aquatic plants. The space between the tubs can be filled with good compost, and planted with Tuberous Begonias, Sedums, Palms, and other suitable stuff, which will give a beautiful and tropical effect. NELUMBIUM. These wonderful plants, though mostly coming from tropical and semi-tropical regions, have proven to be en- tirely hardy in this country, enduring any degree of cold short of actual freezing. Tliey may be grown and flowered j in a large tub. or in acement basin .sunk in the ground, where the water is 12 or inches deep. I Nelumbium Album Grandifloruin (White Lotus). An exceedingly beautiful variety producing large bold flowers of a pure wiiite color. .$ each. N. Nnciferum Album Striatum. The flowers of this are white, the edge of each petal irregularly marked and splashed with crimson. .$ each. N. Nuciferum Roseum. Flowers of
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