TREES AND SHRUBS FOR WET GROUND. 309 



shrubs of the northern world, I saw in vast wet bogs in New 

 Jersey dotted here and there, though not of the stature it attains in 

 the warmer states. For a peaty bog in our isles it is the very plant. 

 Stocks of it are not frequent in nurseries. The hybrid form that 

 takes its place in some gardens is not so good as the true wild 

 shrub, a free seeder which there should be no difficulty in 

 increasing. 



