CHAPTER VII 



THE BOG GARDEN 



Position — Natural bog garden — Artificial bog garden — 

 The stream. 



A BOG garden, on any extensive scale at least, 

 should not be amongst the rockwork, but 

 should rather adjoin it in such a way that the 

 approach to the rock garden may lead through 

 it. But marshy patches of, say, from 5 to lo 

 square yards in area, here and there through- 

 out the garden, will be found an additional 

 attraction, and give scope for a wider range 

 of plants. 



These spots should have a variety of aspects, 

 some in shade and others in the sun, to suit 

 the requirements of the different plants ; they 

 should not have any formal or well-defined 

 outline, but should merge imperceptibly 



from the rockwork. To those who are 



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