12 n tbe Stufcs of natural Scenery* 



later in summer among the grass. The Grass of Parnassus, 

 with chaste and beautiful flowers of a snowy whiteness, and 

 numerous other things, make this dreary waste as beautiful 

 and interesting as life and only life can make it. 



Dwarf shrubs of the heath family are here common, in 

 fact, they make one of the redeeming features of the often 

 desolate scene. The blueberries and cranberries, and, some- 

 times, purple heather and cross-leaved heath, are found in 

 large patches on the higher ground among the bog-plants. 

 In America the white alder (Clethrd), various vacciniums, 

 and sheep laurel partake of the nature of bog-plants, as 

 do also, among the herbaceous vegetation, veratrum, some 

 lilies, orchids, and pitcher-plants. 



In parks and gardens such plants can be successfully 

 grown in places where the land is naturally low, or in moist 

 places in rockeries. Bog-plants are veiy numerous and 

 beautiful ; few weeds thrive in a peaty soil. Mosses abound, 

 and the greatest attraction in bogs with arborescent vege- 

 tation are the rich masses and great variety of ferns, some 

 small and only remarkable because of their great number ; 

 others tall and stately with the most exquisitely divided 

 foliage. 



Open, grassy fields on high ground are chiefly a result 

 of cultivation, although in the course of time they may 

 have been reclaimed by nature. If surrounded by woods 

 and left uncultivated they soon become a part of the wood. 

 Grassy fields and pastures give an impression of peace and 

 quiet. Like the meadow, they are rich in flowers through- 

 out the season. On open hillsides, blue asters, purple 

 gerardias, and golden rods are plentiful in summer and 



