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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



the Siberian Rheum undulatum are also effective plants for the 

 waterside. Of an entirely different type is the noble Arundo donax. 

 The Pampas Grass (Gynerium argenteum) and its early flowering 

 companion, Arundo conspicua, from New Zealand, may also be 

 mentioned as graceful plants for the waterside. Much dvvarfer, but 

 also effective, is the Elymus, with broad glaucous foliage contrasting 

 well with the fine deep green foliage of Carex pendula or the still 

 finer Carex riparia and Cyperus longus. 



Natural grouping of waterside plants. 



The plants just mentioned as suitable for the waterside are valued 

 mostly on account of their foliage. But among flowering plants also 



handsome varieties may be found that might with 

 Flowering plants, great advantage be used for decoration at the 



waterside much oftener than is at present the 

 case. Few things are brighter than the brilliant purple flowers 

 of Lythrum Salicaria var. roseum superbum, or the large yellow 

 flowers of Inula, Helenium and Telekia speciosa. Groups of Iris 

 Kaempferi and the well-known Iris germanica, also look exceed- 

 ingly well on the margin of a pond, and the "flowering" Fern 

 (Osmunda regalis) delights in that position. Senecio japonica grows 

 really well only when its roots can find abundance of moisture ; its 

 large deeply-cut leaves are as handsome as its deep yellow flowers, 

 4 inches across, and borne on a stem 3 feet to 4 feet high. A similar 

 position is required by Spiraea gigantea, which bears its flowers on 

 stems 5 feet to 6 feet above the ground. Spiraea Aruncus, though 



