. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 46 The American Florist. Sept. I, Aquatic Plants in Artificial Basins. To grow aquatics successfully water is aa absolute necessity of course, but one need not seek a water course or a pond to produce good and satisfactory results in the attetnpt to cultivate them. I'our yeari ago I constructed out of orilinary brick and cement a basin about seven feet across by fifteen inches deep and planted it with the beautiful Nym- pliea odorata, which commenced to bloom iHe first season, and has continued to throw up hundred
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 46 The American Florist. Sept. I, Aquatic Plants in Artificial Basins. To grow aquatics successfully water is aa absolute necessity of course, but one need not seek a water course or a pond to produce good and satisfactory results in the attetnpt to cultivate them. I'our yeari ago I constructed out of orilinary brick and cement a basin about seven feet across by fifteen inches deep and planted it with the beautiful Nym- pliea odorata, which commenced to bloom iHe first season, and has continued to throw up hundreds of large perfect flowers every season, and has bloomed continuously this season since the middle of May to the present time and at this writing (August 6) there are quantities of flowers. Two 3'ears ago I constructed two more of these basins and had them planted with Nymphea flava and N. cierulea, all of which do well. Last season I cleaned out one of these basins, put in about six inches of very rich earth, and planted a single root of the Nelumbiuni speciosum, which has grown until the little basin is completely filled with it, furnishing this season so far, twenty-six exquisitely colored flowers, from eight to ten inches across, and borne upon foot stalks stand- ing five and six feet above the water and many of the leaves reaching a diameter of eighteen to twenty inches. My inter- est has so increased in this beautiful gem of the aquatics that I intend to give them more space another season and perfect cultivation. Our winter season is so mild that no care of the roots is required except to mulch and cover with water. In one of my other basins I deposited last season a single root of Pontederia crassipes, which in a short time covered the water, giving some flowers late in the season. A few of the roots were wintered in the tank in thegreenhouseaudtransferred this spring to the basin again, where it has grown into a solid mass, and we have hundreds of the beautiful lavende
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