The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 292 pages of information about The Library of Work and Play.

The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 292 pages of information about The Library of Work and Play.

Lotus, American Nelumbo lutea Good for a pond.

Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris Grows 1-1/2 ft. high.  Blooms
in May.

Pickerel Weed    Pontederia          Grows 3-4 ft. high.  Blooms in
cordata           July.
Pitcher Plant  Darlingtonia          Grows less than 1 ft.  Good for
Californica       bog planting.

Sweet Flag Acorus Calamus Height is 2 ft.  Flowers in early
summer.

Water-lily Nymphaea odorata Sweet-scented, most popular
water-lily.

Water Mint Mentha Aquatica One of the popular mint family. 
Low growing.

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-------------- FOUR WATER-LILIES FOR BEGINNERS ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- NAME COLOUR SPECIAL POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- Nymphaea Gladstoniana White This is a hardy variety " Marliacea Yellow " " " " " dentata White Tender, night blooming plant " Zanzibariensis Blue Tender, day blooming plant.
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-------------- WATER-LILIES FOR SMALL PONDS ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- NAME |COLOUR |REQUIRED DEPTH | | OF WATER ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- Nymphoea alba (hardy) | White |More than 2 ft. " tuberosa (hardy) | White | " " " " Marliacea rosea (hardy) | Pink | " " " " odorata, var. minor |White |Less than 1 ft. (hardy) | | " tetragona (hardy) |Yellow | " " " " Laydekeri, var. |Pink | " " " rosea (hardy) | | " Zanzibariensis (tender) |White | " " " ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- NOTE:—­Any of these forms may be grown in from 1 to 2 ft. of water.
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-------------- TREE TABLE ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- NAME |HEIGHT | SPECIAL POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------
--------- Carolina Poplar |100 ft.|Grows in a dry soil.  Fastest growing street | | tree.  Its dropping fruit is a nuisance. | | Sheds leaves early.
Catalpa         |50ft.  |Lovely white blossoms in June.  Seed pods
|       | stay on into winter.  Quick growing.
|       | Good lawn tree.
English Hawthorn|30ft.  |Flowers in June.  Red berries.  Grows on
|       | dry soils.  Slow grower.  Sharp thorns.
Linden          |90ft.  |Easy to grow.  Fragrant flowers.  Rapid

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