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be possible to extend the aquatic idea by permitting the overflo-\v 

 from the pond to descend through an artiticially-created bog, and 

 which will be mainly a question of labour, and can be made by 

 instalments. The soil should be excavated to a depth of 2 feet 

 or so, and the bottom be puddled with clay, and on the clay a bed 

 of peat should be laid. A perforated iron pipe should run through 

 the bog for the purpose of supplying water when necessary. The 

 bog may either be in connection with the Lily pond or be a 

 separate and independent idea ; but these are details Avhich will 

 suggest themselves to any person of intelligence who thinks the 

 matter over. I appi-nd a list of 



Aquatic and Bog Plants. — The following may be of use to 

 beginners : — Is'ympluea alba, N. odorata (white Water Lilies), 

 Nupliar lutea (yellow Water Lily), Butomus umbellatus (Flower- 

 ing Rush), Menyanthes trifoliata (Buck Bean), Hottonia palustris 

 (Water Violet), Acorus calamus (Sweet Flag), Alisma Plantago 

 (Water Plantain), Calla palustris (Bog Ai'um), Calla ajthiopica 

 (Ethiopian Lily), Apouogeton distachyon (Cape Pond Weed) — this 

 is a lovely little plant with Hawthorn-scented flowers, and may 

 be easily grown in an earthenware pan in the oi)en air or green- 

 house, or in a room — Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold), Iris 

 Pseudacorus (Water Flag), Pontederia cordata (Pickerell Weed), 

 Sagittaria sagittifolia plena (Double Arrowhead), Typha angusti- 

 folia (Long-leaved Cat's-tail), T. latifolia (Cat's-tail Flag), Oron- 

 tium aquaticum (Golden Club) Stratiotes aloides (Water Soldier), 

 Tulbaghia alliacea (Water Onion). Among what are termed bog 

 plants are Arundo Donax (Great Reed), Astilbe rivularis (False 

 Goat's-beard), Bambusa Metake (Bamboo), Cypripedium specta- 

 bilis (Lady's Slipper) — a beautiful orchidaceous plant, should 

 occupy the highest and driest part of the bog — Gunnera scabra, 

 Habenaria ciliaris (yellow-fringed Orchis), H. nivea (Surrey Orchis), 

 Juncus conglomeratus variegatus (Variegated Rush), Lobelia car- 

 dinalis, Lysimachia clethroides (Loosestrife), JMimulus cardinalis 

 (Monkey llower), Myosotis palustris semperfloreus (Forget-me-not), 

 Osmunda regalis (Jloyal Fern), Phormium tenax (New Zealand 

 Flax), Polygonum Sieboldi (Siebold's Buckwheat), Saxifraga aqua- 

 tica (Water Saxifrage), Sarraceuia purpurea (Hardy Pitcher plant), 

 Spinea Aruncus, S. palmata, S. Ulmaria ti.-pl., S. venusta ; all 

 the Spirteas or Meadow Sweets are beautiful, also Lythrum Sali- 

 caria and L. rubrum compactum. Besides these named above 

 there are the families of Carex (Sedges), Eciuisetums (Horsetails), 

 EiDilobiums (Willow Weeds), Eriophorum (Cotton Grass), Iris 

 from Japan and elsewhere, Trilliums (Wood Lily), that might be 

 planted en masse to create special features if the bog was extensive. 



