THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



Perhaps the most charming plants to commence with are our own 

 native bog plants — Pinguicula, Drosera, Parnassia, Menyanthes, Viola 

 palustris, Anagallis tenella, Narthecium, Osmunda, Lastrea Oreopteris, 

 Thelypteris spinulosa, and other Ferns ; Sibthorpia europaea, Linnaea 

 borealis, Primula farinosa, Campanula hederacea, Chrysosplenium 

 alternifolium and oppositifolium ; Saxifraga Hirculus, aizoides, stel- 

 laris, Caltha, and Marsh Orchises. These, and a host of plants from 

 our marshes and the summits of our higher mountains, will flourish 

 as freely as in their native habitats, and may all be grown in a few 



Cypripedih 



Trillinin. Sarracenia. 



A bog garden. 



Pinguicula. 



square feet of bog ; while Rhododendrons, Kalmias, dwarf Ferns, and 

 Sedges will serve for the bolder features. 



One of the great charms of the bog garden is that everything 

 thrives and multiplies in it, and nothing droops or dies, but the real 

 difficulty is to prevent the stronger plants from overgrowing, and 

 eventually destroying, the weaker. A small pool of water filled 

 with water plants is a charming addition to the bog garden. The 

 only precaution needed is to destroy the weeds before they 

 gain strength — a single plant of Sheep Rot (Hydrocotyle), for 

 example, would smother and ruin the entire bog in a season. — 

 Latimer Clark. 



