. Goodell's seeds, bulbs, roses, rare water lilies, chrysanthemums and other plants. Nurseries Massachusetts Amherst Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 34 GOODELL'S SEEDS AND PLANTS. AQUATIC PLANTS. The cultivation of "water plants has increased very rapidly during the past few years. Grand displays of them are now made in the public parks of nearly all the large and some of the smaller cities, where they always attract the admiration of crowds of visitors. No more attractive fea- ture can be added to any private place than a water garden,
. Goodell's seeds, bulbs, roses, rare water lilies, chrysanthemums and other plants. Nurseries Massachusetts Amherst Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 34 GOODELL'S SEEDS AND PLANTS. AQUATIC PLANTS. The cultivation of "water plants has increased very rapidly during the past few years. Grand displays of them are now made in the public parks of nearly all the large and some of the smaller cities, where they always attract the admiration of crowds of visitors. No more attractive fea- ture can be added to any private place than a water garden, and no other class of plants will give so much pleasure to the owner or require so little care w7hen once properly started. Those who have a warm, shallow pond, with a rich, muddy bottom, can cultivate them with trifling expense Artificial ponds or tanks can be constructed of any size or shape desired by excavating the soil to a depth of two feet, covering the sides with an inch of cement. They can also be grown with good success in tubs made by sawing barrels or hogsheads in two. The soil for all kinds of aquatics should be composed of equal parts of good loam and old thoroughly decayed stable or cow manure, well mixed. Put 8 to 12 inches of this in the bottom of the tank or tubs, firmly packed down, then cover with two inches of sand or fine gravel to keep the soil down. After planting the roots fill up with 6 to 12 inches of water, which is ample and better than more. The water should be changed several times during the summer. Tanks or tubs should be placed where they will get the benefit of the sun for at least 6 or 8 hours during the day. Move tubs to a cellar in winter and cover tanks with boards, leaves or straw to keep out severe frost. The best time to move and plant all kinds of water plants in the open air is about the first of June and none of the tender kinds should be put out any earlier in this latitude. My collection of ornamental aquatics is one of the finest
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