Dreer's garden calendar for 1888 . dreersgardencale1888henr Year: 1888 84 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. Watep Water Lilies can be grown in a very simple yet effective way by the use of oil barrels cut in two. The tubs can be arranged in a row, each one a little higher than the one next to it. The tubs may be connected with abort pieces of hose; a small stream of water can be kept constantly 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 groups, in rook- eries, etc. About the middle of May the tubs should
Dreer's garden calendar for 1888 . dreersgardencale1888henr Year: 1888 84 DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. Watep Water Lilies can be grown in a very simple yet effective way by the use of oil barrels cut in two. The tubs can be arranged in a row, each one a little higher than the one next to it. The tubs may be connected with abort pieces of hose; a small stream of water can be kept constantly 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 groups, in rook- eries, etc. About the middle of May the tubs should be placed in position and filled to half their depth with 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. If placed in groups the centre tub can be filled with Nelumbium Speciosum, and the surrounding ones with Nymphseas and other aquatic plants. The space between the tubs can be filled with good compost, and planted with Tuberous Begonias, Se- dums, 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 re- gions, have proven to be entirely hardy in this country, enduring any degree of cold short of actual freezing. They may be grown and flow- ered in a large tub, nr in a cement basin sunk in the ground, where the wnter is 12 or 15 inches deep. N. Luteuin. Though a native of this country, it is not common. The flowers are a rich sul- phur-yellow, as large as a quart bowl, and have a strong fra- grance. This will be found one of the most effective, and should be in every collection. 50 cts. each. >'. Nuciferum Album Striatum. The flow- ers of this are white, the edge of each petal irregularly marked and splashed with crimson. $ each. S. Nuciferum Ro- seum. Flowers of a uniform deep rose pink color, much darker than Speciosum. First size, $
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