<)ii> small (lc\icr>: loi- in- 

 stance, tiic t'orcu'roimd slopes 

 upwani to meet the l)aek- 

 groiind, a total of li\c inches; 

 tall shiMihs at the front arc 

 made to lead into ones less 

 tall farther hack, lariic-leax'cd 

 plants such as alder and l)ii-ch 

 are in the innnedi;ite fore- 

 tii'onnd. willow and other 

 .sinall-lea\ cd plants at the 

 rear. Icaxcs of water lilies 

 and i)ickeri'l weed are '4i-aded 

 hack from larjjcr to smaller; 

 wliilc conspicuous colors, the 

 red of Turk's cap lilies and 

 the white of azaleas, are 

 placed well forward and the 

 piu'ple pickerel weed carries 

 the eye hack where the ell'ect 

 of distance and shadow is 

 <lesired. "' • 



The story of the ^-rou}) 

 tells itself at sight: one frog- 

 is molting its skin, "swallow- 

 ing it off " in typical frogfasli- 

 ion; a second is dashing from 

 the water to catch a white- 

 footed mouse descending from 

 a deserted song sparrow's 

 nest; another is croaking, 

 with \()cal sacs and thi'oat 

 expanded; a fourth is demon- 

 strating how large a mouth- 

 ful of young water snakes a 

 liullfrog can master. Still 

 anctther is making it plain 

 that a frog's tongue is fas- 

 teiK'd in front and thr'own 

 out of the mouth to catch 

 insects. One frog has within 

 his rolled tongue a hnmhle- 

 bee from the white azal(>a 

 flowers. .\ smaller hullfro^- i- 



A nioutliful of 

 y u n K water- 

 siiake.s 



Comfortably 

 floating in the 

 .Inly potid 



Catching insects 

 al)oiit the azalea 

 Hnwer.s 



Shedding the 

 skin, '■ swallowing 

 It off " in frog 

 fashion 



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