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HARDY NYMPHAEAS AND NELUMBIUMS THE WATER GARDENING IDEA BOOK HOW TO BUILD, PLANT, AND MAINTAIN PONDS, FOUNTAINS, AND BASINS PETER BISSET Copyright © 1924 Peter Bisset Copyright © 2015 by Skyhorse Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews or articles. All inquiries should be addressed to Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018. Skyhorse Publishing books may be purchased in bulk at special discounts for sales promotion, corporate gifts, fund-raising, or educational purposes. Special editions can also be created to specifications. For details, contact the Special Sales Department, Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018 or [email protected]. Skyhorse® and Skyhorse Publishing® are registered trademarks of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.®, a Delaware corporation. Visit our website at www.skyhorsepublishing.com. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file. Cover design by Laura Shaw Print ISBN: 978-1-62914-718-5 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63220-181-2 Printed in China AN AMATEUR’S WATER GARDEN Contents CHAPTER I FOREWORD II PONDS AND BASINS The Importance of a Carefully Selected Site—Making Artificial Ponds An Excellent Material for Artificial Pond Making Excavating Natural Ponds Basins for the Amateur III WINDBREAKS AND MARGINS IV SOIL Making the Compost—Fertilizers Soil for Seedlings V PLANTING AND WINTERING Planting in Soil on Bottom of Pond Planting in Soil in Boxes or Tubs Cultural Directions for Aquatics Wintering Tubers and Rhizomes VI HARDY WATERLILIES Selections of the Best Hardy Waterlilies VII NELUMBIUMS Their Desirability in the Water Garden In Boxes Submerged in Pond Grown in Boxes or Half Barrels Grown in Tubs on the Lawn VIII HEATING THE TROPICAL LILY BASIN IX TENDER OR TROPICAL WATERLILIES Day Flowering Night Flowering X VICTORIA REGIA XI THE SMALL WATER GARDEN Selections of the Best Waterlilies and Aquatic Plants for the Beginner XII MISCELLANEOUS AQUATIC PLANTS XIII THE AQUATIC PLANT GREENHOUSE Waterlilies for Winter Flowering XIV PROPAGATION OF WATERLILIES Raising Waterlilies from Seed Propagation of Tender Waterlilies By division—hybridizing and Seed Saving Waterlilies that Bear Seed XV FOR THE COMMERCIAL CUT FLOWER GROWER Suitable Ponds, Culture, and Varieties XVI TENDER SUBTROPICAL PLANTS FOR MARGINS AND BORDERS XVII HARDY PERENNIALS FOR MARGIN AND BORDER PLANTING XVIII NATIVE ORCHIDS, SARRACENIAS, AND OTHER BOG PLANTS XIX HARDY FERNS XX ORNAMENTAL GRASSES AND BAMBOOS XXI INSECTS, DISEASES, AND ENEMIES Aphides—A destructive Leaf Miner Nymphaea Leaf Beetle—other Larval Pests A Fungoid disease—Algae and Confervae—rats and Mice The Water Snake—Turtles—Crawfish XXII GOLD AND OTHER FISH FOR PONDS Images Adiantum pedatum Aponogeton distachyus, Leaf and Flower of Arundo donax macrophylla Asplenum angustifolium filix femina Bocconia cordata Brick Wall, Plan for a Calathea zebrina Clematis paniculata Cyperus alternifolius papyrus Cypripedium reginae designs for Small Water Gardens on the Lawn Dicentra spectabilis digitalis purpurea dionaea muscipula dryopteris cristatum marginalis Eichhornia speciosa Erianthus ravennae Eulalia gracillima univittata japonica variegata Fatsia papyrifera Fountain Basin, A Goldfish Gunnera scabra Gynerium argenteum heated Pool, A Suggestion for a Heating a Pool or Basin from the Boiler of Dwelling House Hemerocallis fulva Inlet for Water to Pond Kalmia latifolia at the Edge of a Pond Limnocharis humboldti Mertensia virginica Musa ensete Nelumbium pekinensis rubrum pekinensis rubrum flore pleno Root or rhizome of roseum plenum Shiroman Nymphaea alba bisseti Comanche dentata magnifica dentata superba devoniensis Escarboucle Eugenia de Land gigantea var. hudsoniana gladstoniana gloriosa gracilis Jubilee marliacea albida marliacea chromatella marliacea rosea Mrs. Edwards Whitaker Mrs. G. H. Pring ordorata luciana odorata W. B. Shaw omarana
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