. Partial X'ieiv of our Tender Water Lily Pond Aquatic Department Many of our friends and customers who have seen =^=^===^==^^^^^^=^ our displays of Water Lilies and Aquatics at the various Expositions during recent years, and particularly at St. Louis in 1904, where our Aquatic exhibit was conceded to be the one grand feature of the Horticultural Department, and for which we were awarded the Grand Prize, will appreciate this specialty of our business. We first offered this class of plants in 1884. A small cement basin 10 by 25 feet, supplemented with a few half-barrels, was ample to propagate
. Partial X'ieiv of our Tender Water Lily Pond Aquatic Department Many of our friends and customers who have seen =^=^===^==^^^^^^=^ our displays of Water Lilies and Aquatics at the various Expositions during recent years, and particularly at St. Louis in 1904, where our Aquatic exhibit was conceded to be the one grand feature of the Horticultural Department, and for which we were awarded the Grand Prize, will appreciate this specialty of our business. We first offered this class of plants in 1884. A small cement basin 10 by 25 feet, supplemented with a few half-barrels, was ample to propagate and grow all that we required at that date. These facilities were extended each season until finally in 1905 we began our present extensive Aquatic or Water Lily gardens, which cover about eight acres. These are located in what was at the time a low, marshy piece of ground on the banks of the Dela- ware river, which formerly produced nothing but rank weeds, malaria and mosquitoes. The same spot is now one of the most interesting features of our Nursery, and is enjoyed by thousands of visitors each season. And as the simple conditions under which they can be grown become better known, we expect that many now unsightly wet, waste places will be turned into Lily ponds, enhanc- ing the beauty of the landscape. An erroneous impression which we occasionally hear when the making of a Water Lily pond is suggested, is the danger of possibly providing a breeding place for mosquitoes. A very few gold fish, in fact a few fish of any kind, will Unpacking keep a large pond absolutely free from these insects. Imported Plants
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