. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. WATER GARDENS 105 Water Gardens pools for lilies and other aquatics IT IS possible for any flower lover to grow Water Lilies. All that is necessary is a few square feet of water surface in a sunny spot. For the smaller garden, one can cut a water barrel in two about eighteen inches from the bottom, fill it two-thirds full of rich soil and sink it in the ground at least six inches, although deeper is better. Plant one or two LiUes, then fill with water. The next water garden in size may be made of a hogshead (about six feet in diamete
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. WATER GARDENS 105 Water Gardens pools for lilies and other aquatics IT IS possible for any flower lover to grow Water Lilies. All that is necessary is a few square feet of water surface in a sunny spot. For the smaller garden, one can cut a water barrel in two about eighteen inches from the bottom, fill it two-thirds full of rich soil and sink it in the ground at least six inches, although deeper is better. Plant one or two LiUes, then fill with water. The next water garden in size may be made of a hogshead (about six feet in diameter). Saw in half (to make two ponds); sink in the ground as before; and plant five or six Lilies in each. These ponds should be flushed with a garden hose at least once a week to prevent stagnation. Larger pools lend themselves to a wider variety of treatment as to shape, size and kinds of plants used. First of all it should be decided whether the pool is to fit into a formal scheme, in which case it should be regular in outline; or is to serve as a naturalistic feature and, is, therefore, to be treated informally. FORMAL POOLS For a small, brick pond excavate to a depth of about two and one- half feet, curving the sides to an angle of about forty-five degrees. Lay the floors first and then the sides, covering the whole with a coating of cement. Concrete pools are made in practically the same manner except that the frost line must be considered (See details in Fig. 94). In arranging the water supply for such a pool, it is found V«Tf lo^ai'. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jennings, Arthur J; Johnson, Leonard H. New York, A. T. De La Mare
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