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With regard to plants suitable for the bog 

 garden there is a wide and varied selection. 

 Many not strictly bog plants in the ordinary 

 sense are utilised because of their increased 

 vigour under such conditions and this is 

 especially the case with some herbaceous plants 

 which are difficult to do well in hot dry soils. 



It may be useful to mention a few plants 

 which have been found useful for bog gardening. 



Plants for Rich Moist Soil, Peat not 

 being absolutely essential — Artemisia lacti- 



I. spuria, I. Delavayi, I. sibirica and I. Keemp- 

 feri ; Primula japonica and varieties. P. 

 pulverulenta, P. rosea, P. bulleyana and P. 

 Unique ; Mimulus cardinalis ; Podophyllum 

 Emodi and P. pellatum ; Diphylleia cymosa ; 

 Trillium grandiflorum, T. sessile and T. sessile 

 Snow Queen ; Lilium pardalinum. 



Dwarfer Plants which Flourish on the 

 Drier Parts of the Bog. — Ourisia coccinea ; 

 Meconopsis paniculata, M. Wallichii and M. 

 integrifolia ; Primula capitata ; Mimulus Lewisii, 



8pik.i;a Time in the Glasneyin Bog Bed. 

 Plants in flower are Mimulus, Artemisia lactiflora, Astilbe Arendsii and grandis, 



Spiraeas and Meconopsis. 



flora, Lysimachia clethroides and L. ephemerum; 

 Sidalceas candida, spicata, malvseflora. &c. ; 

 Liatris spicata, L. graminifolia and pycnos- 

 tachya ; Monarda didyma ; Lobelias cardinalis, 

 fulgens. Firefly and Gloire de St. Ann's ; Trollius 

 europaeus, T. asiaticus, and the fine garden 

 forms T. T. Smith, Orangeman, Newry Giant 

 and others ; Astilbes Thunbergii, grandis, 

 davidiana, &c; Spiraea camtschatica and the 

 garden hybrids like Fairy, venusta magnifica 

 and others ; Rodgersias pinnata and podophylla ; 

 Saxifraga peltata ; Caltha elata. polvpetala, 

 radicans and palustris plena ; Ranunculus 

 amplexicaulis, and Anemone narcssiflora. 



Plants which Thrive in a Peat Mixture. — 

 Iris aurea. I. monaurea. I. Monnieri. I. monspur. 



M. radicans. M. primuloides ; Dodecatheon 

 Meadia, D. Hendersoni and others ; Orchis, such 

 as foliosa, latifolia, maculata, mascula and 

 purpurea ; Cypripediums in variety ; Saxifraga 

 Fortunei ; Myosotis palustris, &c. ; Sanguinaria 

 canadensis ; Nierembergia rivularis. 



Dwarf Shrubs suitable for the Bog 

 Garden. — Ledum palustre ; Andromeda poli- 

 folia ; Cassandra calyculata nana ; Erica medi- 

 terranea and varieties, Erica vagans ; Myrica 

 Gale ; Epigaea repens ; Gaultheria nummulari- 

 folia, G. procumbens ; Arctostaphylos alpina ; 

 Vacciniums in variety ; Oxycoccus palustris ; 

 Pieris floribunda, Bryanthus empetriformis and 

 other species ; Dabcecia pohfolia, and Rhododen- 

 dron ferrugineum. 



