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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



country. The Hemlock Spruce thrives in wet ground, also the 

 Norway Spruce and the Sitka Spruce. We resort to trees of the 

 Pine tribe to clothe sandy or stony hills, but it is as well to know 

 that for low and wet land we are not obliged to confine ourselves to 

 Willows, Alders and Poplars if for any reason we prefer evergreen 

 trees. In southern parts of Britain, where (after its first youth is 

 past) the Norway Spruce is often a failure, it will yet grow well 

 beside streams and in wet bottoms. The Sitka Spruce a valuable 

 tree is good also, and the Douglas Fir thrives in the shelter of 

 the woods. 



The worst evil of all is the mixed muddle planting which is so 

 common in England and does more to destroy all good effect in 

 our gardens than anything else. Very often the trees are planted 

 to a level face, without any thought of the natural habits or ways 

 of the things planted. The evil arises from trusting to people to 

 plant who have never given a thought to the work from the artistic 

 point of view. 



A not infrequent feature is the ugly, formless pool that no skill 



can make tolerable. Made without any pretence of grace of outline, 



they are disfigurements, sometimes dangers. The 



Ugly pools. best way is often to drain and turn them into 

 ferneries or Azalea gardens. Water is no good 

 if hideous in outline and not large enough to reflect light and to 

 allow of graceful planting of Willow, Dogwood and Reed. Some 

 of the garden architects make little holes and channels in the 

 garden near the house. Absurd features they are, which, like much 

 of their garden ornament, will have to be removed in the fulness 

 of time. 



Arrowheads. 



