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plants were grown ; the overflow from this went tumbling in many 

 ways over a series of rocks into the rock garden pond containing 

 Orontium aquaticum, Nymphaeas, and Sagittarias. In turn the 

 overflow from the rock garden was conducted to the bog garden 

 proper, where many masses of Cypripedium spectabile, with fully a 

 score of spikes of its beautiful flowers to each tuft, grew in luxuriance 

 in peat and leaves under a welcome shade. Here, too, Osmundas 

 were rampant together with Primula japonica and a variety of plants 

 already mentioned, and Ourisia coccinea, tightly pressing the surface 

 of a stone, flowered splendidly. E. J. 



In some of the southern counties there is not much marsh land 

 that we can deal with, but in many parts of our islands, especially 



Ireland north and south, and also in mountain 



A natural bog country everywhere, there are many natural bog 



garden. gardens which only need a little development, 



climate, soil and everything else being all we can 

 desire for our bog garden. The peat soil which we seek for in vain 

 in some southern counties is there, and even many of the welcome 

 sorts of plants, such as Heaths and the Sweet Gale, are to be found 

 there if we are shy of attempting the more delicate plants of other 

 countries. Dwarf Rhododendrons and Azaleas and all such plants 

 find in these places the conditions they delight in. Many of the 

 Rhododendrons now coming from China or India will, if we have 

 them on their natural roots or as layers, find there the conditions to suit 

 them, the main thing afterwards being simply to make dry paths 

 to the marsh garden. They need not be always gravelled paths, as 

 merely the trodden-down heath or grass of the place will often do best. 



