. The book of water gardening; giving in full detail all the practical information necessary to the selection, grouping and successful cultivation of aquatic and other plants required in the making of a water garden and its surroundings, and covering all conditions from that of the amateur with a few plants in tubs to the large estate or park. Water gardens. THE BOOK OF i ER GARDENING pool, fed with cold spring water. The color of the flowers is rosy carmine with orange stamens. Selections of the Best Hardy VC^ater Lines The best six hardy lilies for all purposes should include the following:
. The book of water gardening; giving in full detail all the practical information necessary to the selection, grouping and successful cultivation of aquatic and other plants required in the making of a water garden and its surroundings, and covering all conditions from that of the amateur with a few plants in tubs to the large estate or park. Water gardens. THE BOOK OF i ER GARDENING pool, fed with cold spring water. The color of the flowers is rosy carmine with orange stamens. Selections of the Best Hardy VC^ater Lines The best six hardy lilies for all purposes should include the following: Nymphaea Marliacea albida, white; Nymphaea Marliacea rosea, pink; Nymphaea Marliacea chromatella, yellow; Nymphaea gloriosa, red; Nymphaea odorata Caro- liniana, flesh pink; Nymphaea Robinsoni, orange red. The besl twelve should include the foregoing with the following additional six: Nymphaea Gladstoniana, white; Nymphaea tuberosa rubra, rosy red; Nymphaea gloriosa, carmine rose; Nymphaea W. B. Shaw, bright rose pink; Nymphaea alba candidissima, white; Nymphaea tuberosa Richardsoni, white. The best eighteen would include all of the above with the addition of Nymphaea lucida, rosy vermilion; Nymphaea odorata Luciana, rosy pink; Nymphaea odorata, white; Nymphaea fulva, yellow shaded pink; Nymphaea Wm. Doogue, soft shell pink; Nymphaea odorata rosea, rose pink. The best of the small flowered forms are: Nymphaea pygmaea, white; Nymphaea pygmaea helvola, yellow; Nymphaea Mexicana, yellow; Nymphaea Laydekerj rosea, rose pink; Nymphaea Seignoureti, yellow shaded pink and car- mine ; Nymphaea odorata minor, Dr. \V. \V. Evans, Hamilton, Va. AN AMATEUR" S POOL [60]. 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 Bisset, Peter, 1869-. New York : A. T. De La Mare printing and Pub. Co. , ltd.
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