. zomes in boxes or tubs. After they have made one or two floating leaves trans- plant into their permanent positions. There are more failures caused by planting dormant rhizomes in deep water ten inches or over than from any other cause. Winter and Future Treatment. Hardy Nymphaeas and Nelumbiums need no care during the winter, provided the water is of sufficient depth so that it will not freeze to the crown of the plants., In ce- ment tanks drain off all the water and fill in with leaves or cover with boards and leaves or litter. Tubs rriay be wintered by emptying the water and removing to a
. zomes in boxes or tubs. After they have made one or two floating leaves trans- plant into their permanent positions. There are more failures caused by planting dormant rhizomes in deep water ten inches or over than from any other cause. Winter and Future Treatment. Hardy Nymphaeas and Nelumbiums need no care during the winter, provided the water is of sufficient depth so that it will not freeze to the crown of the plants., In ce- ment tanks drain off all the water and fill in with leaves or cover with boards and leaves or litter. Tubs rriay be wintered by emptying the water and removing to a cool cellar or greenhouse, or they may be covered with leaves and soil in the garden in such a manner that they will not freeze. If grown in tubs or boxes the plants should receive a top-dressing of bone meal at the rate of one pound to each plant, just as growth starts in spring. It should be distributed evenly over the surface of the soil, and a little sand or fine soil spread over all to keep it from floating away. The second spring after planting it will be advisable to transplant all such plants as have made a strong growth. This should be done by washing away most of the soil from the roots, removing all side growths and re- planting the strong roots into fresh soil as before. The side growths, if planted two or three together, will also make flowering plants the same season. Lilies which are grown in beds of soil or in natural ponds will be much benefited by an application in spring of Dried Blood manure, broadcasted on the surface of the water at the rate of one pound to every ten square feet of surface. Tender Nymphasas require to be wintered in tubs or tanks in a green- house where a temperature of 60° is maintained. As strong plants are quite troublesome to winter, even under favorable con- ditions, we advise to leave them out and get new plants each season. Nelumbiums. These are supplied in tubers, and should not be planted before May 1st. The treatment is the sam
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