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house to the water's edge, yet either boundary of the 

 place may be shut in with a solid mass of trees and 

 shrubs, and in front of them could come, with excellent 

 effect, a garden of herbaceous plants, blooming through- 

 out the different seasons of the year, making the plants 

 more or less suited to the low ground gradually predom- 

 inate as the shore is approached. Near the shore, the 



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straight path could be forked out, enclosing a pool, or 

 miniature landlocked bay, which might be scooped out 

 from the stream, and dotted -^ith pond-lilies. On either 

 side should be natural shore, for it is a pity to use arti- 

 ficial-looking cut stone on the shores of any stream ; the 

 water is so much more attractive lapping up on a 

 pebble or sandy beach, or even a border of grasses and 

 rushes. 



Excellent effects may be produced by making a little 



