120 WALL AND WATER GARDENS 



ference at the edge of small pools. But much more 

 generally useful are the Willows or Osiers with 

 highly-coloured bark, especially the Cardinal and the 

 Golden Osiers. In winter they quite light up the 

 water-side landscape with their cheerful colouring, 

 which is all the more brilliant if they are cut down 

 every year ; the young rods bearing the brighter 

 bark. Nearly as bright in winter is the Red Dog- 

 wood, also willing to grow near water. 



The Poplars are the largest of the deciduous trees 

 for the river or pond side or anywhere in damp 

 ground. Grand great trees they are the White, the 

 Grey, the Black and also the Aspen Poplar ; but 

 grandest of all and most pictorial is the tall upright 

 Lombardy Poplar. 



Sometimes nearly a straight line of these tall trees 

 will occur near a river, and often have they been so 

 planted with the very best effect ; the strangely clear 

 contrasting line of straight tall tree and level water 

 being acutely accentuated when the one is reflected 

 in the other. 



As mentioned in the last chapter the Spruce and 

 its varieties are damp-loving things. The handsome 

 American Hemlock Spruce is one of the finest, and 

 a grand tree for the water-side or for any damp 

 ground. 



Quinces also love a damp place, and, as true water- 

 side bushes are not many in number they should be 

 more freely planted, for not only do they give a har- 

 vest of excellent fruit, but they are beautiful bushes 

 or small trees. Moreover, they are good at all times 



