Plants About a Fish Pond.
I have a nice fish pond that till recently has been outside of my yard, but finding that the cattle would spoil the banks I am now taking it into my yard enclosure and wish to make it an ornament, which it really is. What kinds of plants are suitable to plant in the water and around it that would make it showy? I have now the Egyptian lotus growing in it.
W. C. L.
Pennsville, Pa.
One great point in making the planting should be to secure plants which are hardy, and another to select those appropriate to the situation. Both of these ends can be secured by using the water and bog plants which flourish in that locality. These might be named, but that would not assist in securing them. The practical way is to look up a number of ponds and streams and visit them every month during spring and summer, and see how many interesting plants may be found. Mark their positions, and in autumn visit the places again and remove such as are wanted and plant them in similar situations about the pond. Willows of different kinds and black ash and poplars and alder trees can furnish shade, and several kinds of shrubs can be used to ornament the banks.