The water gardening idea book : how to build, plant, & maintain ponds, fountains, and basins

210 Pages·2015·7.85 MB·English

by  Peter Bisset

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
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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