them the rounded leaves of tall spikes of Saxtfraga peltata and Formation 

 seeds of Mimulus and Limnantbes Douglasii will help to make of a Pond 

 a brave show. Here is the exact place for Gunneras, whose 

 great leaves will make so handsome a contrast with the narrow 

 growth of Rush and Iris. 



In forming a pond it is desirable that there should be 

 a shallow margin on at least one side, so that the marsh and 

 bog plants can be given the place they most desire, and should 

 the bank be steep all round, it would be well to take away a 

 large quantity of earth on one side, so as to form a flat and 

 marshy piece of ground, about one foot above the surface of the 

 water ; the earth removed for this purpose could be piled up so 

 as to cause a portion of the bank elsewhere to be quite high in 

 places. Upon these mounds a different treatment would be 

 necessary ; shrubs and flowering trees and creeping Roses should 

 be allowed to grow and to hang over the edges, reflecting their 

 bright tints in the deep shadows of the limpid mirror. 



The interest of a pool or brook is much enhanced, if it be 

 possible to go down to the very edge of the stream, and stone 

 steps roughly placed down the bank, and embellished with gay 

 rock and other plants not particularly requiring much moisture, 

 will invite the wanderer to the water's surface, upon which the 

 many lovely Water Lilies and white Water Buttercup should 

 float. But stones for steps and " rockeries " appear to be 

 stumbling blocks to many, and have led to such appalling 

 results, that I am convinced it were better to refrain from their 

 use altogether, rather than misplace them, so as to form a too 

 artificial result. 



A large water garden, made of imitation stone and rocks, 

 with waterfalls and all complete, once suddenly appeared to my 



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