Garden Ornaments

, fascinating specialties have been evolved. This is particularly true of the garden pool which lends its

ous purposes and was a prominent feature in their festivals. It was also used ornamentally for feasts where the walls were decorated with the beautiful blossoms that were repeated in the centerpiece for the elaborately-spread table. Not content with this use for d

ing the Colonial period, they have to-day, with the coming in of the formal and Italian gardens, grown to be one of the most interesting

ed grass and drooping foliage, it is a pleasure to come suddenly upon a pond where over-hanging plants cast lengthened shadows far over the s

atic plants and fish. These scattered apparently carelessly over the surface of the water add much to its picturesqueness. This is particularly true during the

hing and sparkling in the sunlight, they dive into the water below, drying themselves on the large pads that float artistically on the surface. Over yonder is a large gray cat bird calling to its mate. We can but note the fine proportion, the poise of the black head and the beauty of the satin gray coat which is pr

ish darting in and out for food. For a small beginning of a water garden, why not try a pocket in the rock? It is a very easy matter to arrange for lilies in a case like this. All you have to do is to cement the hollow, put in your loam and plant one or two roots. It is these diminuti

ave a circular formation for the planting of your lilies. Then, too, the treatment of the planting should be determined by the formality or informality of the plan.

l; it should rather be broken here and there, so that there will be open space

sun-loving plants to whom shadow is objectionable. There is another reason why the sunshine should fall unobstr

king of pools with both fish and plants, carefully carried out so that they are properly balanced, results in the water nev

o things are easy to accomplish, yet many people fail in them. Cement is the only proper material to be used for foundation. Some people have an idea that puddle

d for several inches with broken stone. Over this should be put Portland cement, using one part of the former to three of sand. Some people cement it for six inches w

is added to it. Possibly this is not to be obtained and if so, a quart of ground bone allowed to each bushel of soil will bring abou

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ches and then carefully cemented. Now you are ready to plant your pool, the soil being taken into consideration. If, by some chance, you are not able to secure the kind recommended, it can be made of three parts ro

l worth the trial. Nothing should be used that has a diameter of less than two feet and the greater the surface space the better will be the result. Tub culture requires two-thirds filling of soil and c

e practical. The reason for this is that they are easily removed in winter and the water is kept much cleaner when the earth is free from tubers. It must be remembered that each plant requires from

eed enough to stock a large pond. There is an old theory,-doubted by many, that the old fish turn cannibals and devour their progeny. These people advise the putting of roots and stoc

the water is deep enough to allow no freezing of the crown of the plant. They should be planted about the first of May and both varieties can be

former is a giant water weed with dark green ovate leaves and light stems. It is a quick grower and considered by authorities to be one of the best oxygenators in existence. The latter, sometimes known as Washington grass, is also popular. It has brilliant glossy green leaves, fan-sha

planted or in the early spring of dried blood manure. The proper way of using this is to bro

r has to be added, it should be some that has stood in the sun for several days, as cold water injures the growth. The condition for growth is the same for both the tender and the hardy Nymph?as with the exception that t

that they may do better. For the tender kind, do not put them out until they are well started. They should be sown in pots or pans, covering the seeds with one-fourth of an inch of sand, giving them a thorough watering and allowing them to drain for an hour

dekria Rosea, which is a French hybrid and one of the earliest in introduction. Only a few specimen plants are found cultivated at the present time. The flowers are of delicate pink with a deep golden center that deepens into a dark shade of rose, presenting a novel feature in that it seemingly is one plant showing different colors. Another variety of this same order is the Laydek

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rom East Africa, produces flowers eight to ten inches across of deep creamy white, faintly tinged with blue that deepen until the tips are a lig

ed flowers often showing from twelve to eighteen blooms at a single time, also the Dentata w

ting as one can watch them from their start until blossoming. The Victoria Trickeri is also desirable. In good condition its leaves are from four and a half to five and a half feet across, a single plant having from twelve to fif

feet high with leaves fifteen inches long, the flower towering above, the foliage white with dark blotches at the base of each petal. Then there is the Butterfly Lily, a tender sub

pretty aquatic plant with floating leaves and larg

oss and resembling the costliest and rarest orchid flowers. The Dalmatica is one of the finest of the German type. It grows four feet high with exceptionally large flowers of fine lavender, the falls shaded blue. The Japanese Iris is the grandest of all the hardy ones and the best are the doub

n leaves, striped white and feathery plumed. Mix it with the Pampas grass and you will note the artistic result. This grows very rapidly from seed planted in the spring and is useful for decorative purposes. The

a most desirable feature for both small and large gardens, and everyon

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