;6 ROCK AND WATER GARDENS 



to provide the necessary moisture. Such gardens are, 

 however, very costly to build, and require great skill to 

 prevent their looking unnatural and out of place. 



Once planted, the bog garden requires little attention, 

 and increases in interest and beauty as the plants become 

 firmly established and seed themselves. From time to 

 time it will be necessary to check the more vigorous 

 growers, or to clear away the mosses from some tender 

 seedling which is in danger of being crowded-out in the 

 struggle for existence. For the rest, we may leave the 

 plants to re-group and arrange themselves, always 

 certain that from January to December, even in the 

 smallest bog garden, we shall not seek pleasure in vain. 



