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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



Perhaps the most charming plants to commence with are our 



own native bog plants Pinguicula, Drosera, Parnassia, Menyanthes, 



Viola palustris, Anagallis tenella, Nartheciu, Os- 



Native bog plants, munda, Lastrea Oreopteris, Thelypteris spinulosa, 



and other Ferns ; Sibthorpia europsea, Linnsea 



borealis, Primula farinosa, Campanula hederacea, Chrysosplenium 



alternifolium and oppositifolium ; Saxifraga Hirculus, aizoides, stel- 



laris, Caltha, and Marsh Orchises. These, and a host of plants from 



our marshes and the summits of our higher mountains, will flourish 



as freely as in their native habitats, and may all be grown in a few 



square feet of bog ; while Rhododendrons, Kalmias, dwarf Ferns, and 



Sedges will serve for the bolder features. 



One of the great charms of the bog garden is that everything 



Mocassin-flower. 



thrives and multiplies in it, and nothing droops or dies, but the real 

 difficulty is to prevent the stronger plants from overgrowing, and 

 eventually destroying, the weaker. A small pool of water filled 

 with water plants is a charming addition to the bog garden. 



In the bog garden many of our most beautiful plants, which in a 

 summer like that of 1895 have been languishing for moisture in the 

 borders, may be grown to perfection surpassing in beauty all our 

 former impressions of them. Of primary importance, of course, is 

 the position, and where this is naturally of a moist, boggy or 

 swampy character, matters will be much simplified. We will assume 

 there is such a spot at disposal, a swampy, treacherous, and, as we 

 are wont to regard it, useless piece of land, under water the greater 

 part of the year. Such a spot will be sure of its crop of naturally 

 water-loving plants, such as Rushes, Sedges, or the like, and the first 



