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of bloom might include marsh marigolds, iris, marsh- 

 mallows, lilies, various eupatoriums, including Joe- 

 Pye weed, some species of helianthus, ironweed, 

 lobelias, snakeheads, ladies' tresses, gentians, asters, 

 and grass of Parnassus. If the banks of a lake are 

 steep and somewhat gravelly or rocky, columbines, 

 saxifrages, harebells, butterfly-weeds, goldenrods, 

 and some of the asters \vould be at home. On steep 

 banks that are moist and shady, one would expect 

 to find trilliums, hepaticas, wild ginger, adder- 

 tongues, bloodroots, squirrel-corn, maidenhair ferns, 

 mosses and liverworts. 



If a lake is near a house or in a city square, it 

 would be allowable to plant the more usual forms 

 of cultivated plants about its borders, but when 

 the graceful wild beauty of a natural lake is desired, 

 one would not expect to see such subjects as lilacs 

 and peonies. 



The designing of artificial lakes, embracing, as 

 it should, some knowledge of engineering, a study 

 of outlines, ability in grading and a wide acquaint- 

 ance with plants, requires great skill in the art of 

 landscape-gardening and furnishes a good test of the 

 designer's proficiency. 



