Water-Lilies And How to Grow Them, With Chapters On the Proper Making of Ponds And the Use of Accessory Plants
The book Water-Lilies And How to Grow Them, With Chapters On the Proper Making of Ponds And the Use of Accessory Plants was written by author Conard, Henry Shoemaker, 1874- Here you can read free online of Water-Lilies And How to Grow Them, With Chapters On the Proper Making of Ponds And the Use of Accessory Plants book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Water-Lilies And How to Grow Them, With Chapters On the Proper Making of Ponds And the Use of Accessory Plants a good or bad book?
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m. The petals are narrow and pointed, and of a dull rather than a snowy whiteness. The leaves reach a diameter of eighteen to twenty inches, and are bright green on both sides. While this is not a showy species, it is graceful and pleasing. It is very easily increased, either by seeds or tubers. In the fall the main stem, as big as one's fist, or bigger, hardens and ripens Il6 WATER-LILIES into a rough tuber. It should be taken in- doors about the first of November, or earlier, if ripe, and kep...t in dry sand. Pringle says he has seen them lying on the ground in dried- up pools in Mexico, like old pine cones. In spring each tuber gives rise to several lusty plants for summer blooming. This hardy character is shared by its offspring, William Stone, Mrs. C. W. Ward and Stella Gurney, making these the best ones for most of us. THE BEST WHITE NOT OFFERED A nearly allied species is Nymphcea ampla, from tropical America. While it resembles N . flavo-virens in colour, the flower is larger (four to seven inches across) and the petals broader, and rounder.
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