CHAPTER IX 



PLANTS FOR ALPINE, AQUATIC, AND BOG GARDENS 



WHILST every garden, no matter how small, should 

 contain its herbaceous border, well stocked with hardy 

 perennials, only a comparatively small number will admit 

 of those delightful features, the bog, aquatic and alpine 

 gardens. For this reason I shall not attempt to give 

 more than a brief list of the plants suited to each. In a 

 book which attempts to outline all, or at any rate the 

 chief points connected with garden design, consideration 

 of individual sections must necessarily be brief. I have 

 endeavoured to mention all the most deserving plants in 

 the following lists, but for further and fuller information 

 the reader is advised to consult a work specially dealing 

 with the particular " garden " in which he is interested. 



A list of deserving plants for inclusion in the alpine 

 garden : 



Gentiana Erigeron 



Scilla Linaria antirrhinifolia 



Soldanella Muscari 



Anemone Pulsatilla Iris pumila 



Veronica Linum narbonnense 



Aubrietia Dracocephalum 



All with blue or purplish flowers. 



Saponaria Bulbocodium 



Colchicum Mesembryanthemum (not hardy) 



Silene Tunica saxifraga 



Armeria Daphne Menziesia 



All with rose or pink flowers. 



