. Water-lilies and how to grow them, with chapters on the proper making of ponds and the use of accessory plants. osed of equal parts ofPortland cement and granitoid siftings. Thesides, where not covered by granitoid, arepuddled with clay in the way just actual process of puddling is describedin detail on page 32. A pond constructed in this manner is per-haps less costly than any other but a puddled 26 WATER-LILIES pond. For a pond lo x 24 ft. the cost wouldbe about as follows: LABOUR Excavating, i man, i day $ Mixing granitoid, sifting cinders, puddling, etc., I man, i day
. Water-lilies and how to grow them, with chapters on the proper making of ponds and the use of accessory plants. osed of equal parts ofPortland cement and granitoid siftings. Thesides, where not covered by granitoid, arepuddled with clay in the way just actual process of puddling is describedin detail on page 32. A pond constructed in this manner is per-haps less costly than any other but a puddled 26 WATER-LILIES pond. For a pond lo x 24 ft. the cost wouldbe about as follows: LABOUR Excavating, i man, i day $ Mixing granitoid, sifting cinders, puddling, etc., I man, i day MATERIAL Cement and granite, also clay Total $34-00 A ID X 24 ft. pond is of course, quite big,and if one is satisfied with something on asmaller scale, say 8x4 ft., the cost is reducedconsiderably. HOME CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION In Country Life in America Mr. B. gives the following account of a smalltank of concrete construction: With the assistance of a workman whohad some knowledge of mixing concrete, Iconstructed a tank, the area of which at thetop is about four by eight feet. The tank is. •a o ^H o E ^H B^ H| Sg ^H a. c ^H 3 IS n •s- hh o I ^ p H^i ;5 a. HH < B hWH v4 !^-^ 9b fi< 0 d 0) ^ «9 W X 11 PS o ? -a?2 S (n , . M l-i Q u JS- g; kj o 1 O c ^ FLh i» 1 1-1 L/1 -a w -- T3 H 4-. 3 < ^ f ^ < S s •5 .2 cu-
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