. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1414 The American Florist. May 4, and E. perfoUatum, Rhexia Virginica, Mimulus riogens, Chelone glabra, Chelone Lyonii, Sabbatia chloroides, Iris versi- color, Iris Pseudacorus, and, if wanted, all the forms of the Japanese iris. "Of true aquatics we have all the nym- phasas, both native and hardy hybrids, Nelumbium luteum and N. speciosum, the pretty little floating heart, limnanthe mum, the pickerel weed, Alisma Plantago, Caltha palustris, the utricularias, the saggitarias, Nuphar advena, the water shield,
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1414 The American Florist. May 4, and E. perfoUatum, Rhexia Virginica, Mimulus riogens, Chelone glabra, Chelone Lyonii, Sabbatia chloroides, Iris versi- color, Iris Pseudacorus, and, if wanted, all the forms of the Japanese iris. "Of true aquatics we have all the nym- phasas, both native and hardy hybrids, Nelumbium luteum and N. speciosum, the pretty little floating heart, limnanthe mum, the pickerel weed, Alisma Plantago, Caltha palustris, the utricularias, the saggitarias, Nuphar advena, the water shield, the water poppy, the flags, the rushes and sedges, all of which can be used to great advantage and when judi- ciously combined form a most attractive garden; there are besides numbers of varieties of foreign aquatics, both tender and ; On thesame subject, says: "We cordially agree with Mr. Dawson's vigorous handling of the subject of pari; ponds. I think many of the park ponds have been made unnecessarily ngly by engineers or by gardeners who are over- fond of formality and have very little love of natural eflects. As a matter of fact, if a pond is intended to be natural and informal, it is never necessary to use either riprap walls or curbing around the water edge. A shore can always be made of earth protected by natural vege- tation, or of a gentle slope covered with coarse sand or gravel. "Nine times out of ten the diiBculty of properly treating the shore of a pond arises from the slope above and below water being continuous with each other and too steep, and there should be a beach rising a few inches above water on a slope of one in five or one in ten and continuing to the depth of three to six inches below water with the same gentle slope. Such a beach made of gravel of suitable size will stand very heavy wave action. Another difficulty arises where water birds are kept in the park pond, in that they destroy the turf or plants which would
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