©n tbe Stubs of IRatural Scenery. n 



plants, or, if less steep, covered l>y woods of spruce or pine. 

 Farther down, the meadow gradually rises into undulating 

 fields, or disappears among deciduous woods. 



The meadow, as seen in alpine regions, is the best model 

 for a lawn on moderately rich ground, and by proper means 

 it can be reproduced in the garden. The lawn, void of 

 all vegetation except grass, when well cared for, is beauti- 

 ful ; still it is desirable to make it as natural as possible 

 in many places. Meadow saffron and crocus, harebells, 

 primroses, daisies, daffodils, and lilies are a few among 

 the numerous plants that may lie used for this purpose. 



Far inland, formed by the growth of mosses and the 

 decay of vegetable matter in marshy ground, the peat bogs, 

 peculiar to some countries, in many respects resemble a 

 marsh or meadow. The soil here is black and watery, and 

 the flora is wholly different. The vegetation is scanty, con- 

 sisting of sharp, grayish grasses, cottongrass, sweet gale, 

 hagberry, alder, and birch. The trees are few, and scat- 

 tered on the higher knolls that formed the islands Ions aa - o, 

 when the bog was a lake. In many places there are still 

 black pools of water with the innumerable flowers of the 

 water anemone and the wild calla growing in the shallow 

 water near the margin. Here is also found the large spear- 

 wort, some senecios with bright golden-yellow flowers, and 

 the marsh mangold, which grows in all moist ground. On 

 higher, but moist ground, the sundews (Drosera) are numer- 

 ous, and the bird's-eye primrose fomis tufts of small, mealy 

 leaves, among the grass and, in summer, paints the whole 

 expanse with bright rosy-red rlowers. Scattered in irregular 

 and loose masses, the blue windflower or gentian, is seen 



