THE BOG GARDEN loi 



not advisable to attempt a bog garden of this 

 description of over 150 or 200 square yards 

 in area. 



But where there is a stream, provided the 

 volume of water is sufficient, there is nothing 

 to limit the size of the garden. It will be 

 necessary, of course, to spread the water from 

 the stream over the bog garden in such a way 

 that it can reach all parts ; and as in all proba- 

 bility the proposed site is not level, the simplest 

 and most efficacious method is to cut small 

 channels running from the stream on either 

 side, in the way the farmer irrigates his fields. 

 This method has also the advantage that the 

 moisture can be regulated at will. Another 

 plan, if the channels are considered unsightly, 

 is to lay pipes with a number of holes bored 

 in them a couple of inches below the surface 

 of the ground and connected with the stream. 

 The great disadvantage of this method is that 

 the pipes are so liable to become choked with 

 mud or leaves. 



The surface of the bog garden should not 

 be flat ; undulating or, more correctly speaking, 

 uneven ground is much to be preferred. This 



