. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. HARDY FLOWERS. Sodeg. When of sufficient size, pot off the seedlings into 3m. to 4m. or 5in. pots before planting them out. The following are extracts, reproduced with permission, from M. Latour-Marliac's lecture delivered before the Royal Horticultural Society last year, and published in their official Journal. A list of the finest kinds is first given, but these have been described. He then mentions that the Nymphseas are nearly all of equal hardiness, but "frequently differ among themselves
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. HARDY FLOWERS. Sodeg. When of sufficient size, pot off the seedlings into 3m. to 4m. or 5in. pots before planting them out. The following are extracts, reproduced with permission, from M. Latour-Marliac's lecture delivered before the Royal Horticultural Society last year, and published in their official Journal. A list of the finest kinds is first given, but these have been described. He then mentions that the Nymphseas are nearly all of equal hardiness, but "frequently differ among themselves in their early or late blooming, in their standing up above the water or floating on it, in their flowers being many or few, or in their general structure and growth being compact or wide spreading. Some of them form strong clumps which constantly increase in strength, but do not spread about, whilst others are of a roaming nature, their stolons and interlacing rhizomes wandering over a large space, and quickly spreading across the roots of other varieties. In natural lakes and ponds it is impossible to prevent this confusion ; but this irregular growth should not be permitted in artificial basins and aquaria, where rai l, plant in the collection should remain distinct ami thrive independently; besides, it would nol only produce inextricable confusion amongst the plants, but the weaker ones would be smothered by the stronger. In order to obviate this difficulty, it is indispensable that the Water- lilies should be planted separately and at proper distances, or else in pots or in stonework basins, of which the sides and bottom have been carefully cemented. It is very important that the basins should be divided into several compartments by partitions, which should not be higher than three-fourths of the depth of the water, in such a way that they only prevent the roots and rhizomes from meeting, w ithout preventing the leaves from intermingling on the surface. A depth of 2ft. is
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