. Catalogue of new and rare water lilies, nelumbiums and other choice aquatics, sub-tropical plants, chrysanthemums, Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Aquatic plants Catalogs. THE CULTIVATION OF AQUATICS S^gB only of recent date in this country, and it is safe to assert, tiiai iu no other country in the world ^1 do they receive such attention at tlie present time. Half a centur> agu iheir cultivation was con- (91 fined to palatial gardens in Europe: and at Chatsworlh. the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, the ' Victoria regia was first flow
. Catalogue of new and rare water lilies, nelumbiums and other choice aquatics, sub-tropical plants, chrysanthemums, Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Aquatic plants Catalogs. THE CULTIVATION OF AQUATICS S^gB only of recent date in this country, and it is safe to assert, tiiai iu no other country in the world ^1 do they receive such attention at tlie present time. Half a centur> agu iheir cultivation was con- (91 fined to palatial gardens in Europe: and at Chatsworlh. the seat of the Duke of Devonshire, the ' Victoria regia was first flowered. Here, also, originated ilie grand variety. Devoniensis. one of the choicest in cultivation, and the first and only garden variety previous to X. Sturtevantii. Of late, other varieties liave been introduced, notably, llarliac's of France, wliirh are rapidly becoming more l)oj>uiar. and deservedly so, as they are the choicest of hardy lilies. A host of cultivators are now interested in atjuatic plant^i. and tlie introo|>ularity of th<-s«? plants. Aquatics reonds aU^und. as dofre»juenily swampy ground tliat could be jufliciously converted into a water garden, producing a charmii :.- â . ' . ' landscape. Nehnubiums, bardy Nympba-s. Arundos. hanly ornamental ;es and l)e grown to jxTfection. as cannot l>e the case when restricted to a tank of a few feet u .. , ⢠. -. : . wlien gardens are limited in size, the sjiace occupied by the water ganlen must also l>e limited, and it is to build tanks or basins to grow them in. In selecting the location, due regar ' M 1* had to a stipi>ly of water at all times, and a sheltered 8jx>t where the plants would be pi rom hard winds, yet fully exiH»sed to the sun. The size can be l>etter determine«l by the numi- j lants desiied to grow, or such space as one wishes to d/\T>ie to such a pur|xise The shajte may be a matter of or convenience, iuit an irregular outline is mucli m
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