Title: The aquarium
Identifier: aquarium4431897mule (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Mulertt, Hugo
Subjects: Aquarium animals; Aquarium fishes; Aquariums
Publisher: Brooklyn, N. Y. : H. Mulertt
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THE AQUARIUM, APRIL, 1897. 105 There is a manifest inclination towards centralizing on a few reliable varieties of fruits, flowers and vegetables, dis- carding the ni'merons inferior sorts. The watchword is for a plant that gives the greatest results with least outlay. Merit alone—not advertising or special hobbies—shall be the only criterion by which a plant is sustained. The peo- ple's plant—the beau-ideal of horticul- ture — must have not only theoretical advertising points but a substantial com- bination of practical excellencies, as. gained universal admiration in growing, crowded and overflowing nations, long, long before young America was born, and she, too, must step into ranks and fol- low the example of the more frugal Orient. The entrancing beauty, grace and fragrance of the water lily has been the watchword of the poets and artists throughout all time; but the powers of the pen and brush are inadequate to give it justice; and if the half were told it would be considered a fancy ^'
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-M fllBfl 4t) 3^ ^ ErROPEAN Water Lily (NymplioBa alba). for instance, in floriculture a plant must produce not only an abundance of beautiful flowers but have the quali- ties of ease of culture, economy of space, and usefulness. Such a com- bination is not possessed by every flower, in fact by very few ; but there are those which, when measured by this unbiased ordeal, will survive the test and be standards in a new horti- culture. One of these is the Water Lily. Ever since the dawn of creation it has proven its eflicient worth and sketch or exaggeration. "The proof of the pudding," however, "is in the eating," and here the reality eclipses the most vivid conceptions of the im- agination. Search the poetry of the ages and nations and condense all the finest expressions into a descriptive rhapsody, then cast your eyes upon the reality—a water lily pond in all its glory and admit that language can never portray a true conception of its won- drous beauty. But its pax'amount beauty needs no praise; let us glance at other

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