126 WALL AND WATER GARDENS 



has an advantage over these in that it aims at simple 

 beauty of rock and water and vegetation unhampered 

 by the strict traditional laws that give the gardens 

 of Japan a certain stiffness, and suggest a certain 

 whimsicality to a Western eye. 



In some large places there are bathing pools, but 

 few have bathing pools that are beautifully planned. 

 A bath in running water in the early sunlight of our 

 summer days would be a much appreciated addition 

 to the delights of many a good garden. It might be 

 a beautiful thing in itself, with a long swimming-pool ; 

 the lower end in sunlight ; the upper giving access 

 to a small building, perhaps of classical design, stand- 

 ing in a grove of Ilex; or it might take such a form as 

 that of this pool at the Villa d'Este, that wonderful 

 Italian garden of wall and water. 



PLANTS ROOTING UNDER WATER BUT CLOSE TO 

 THE BANK 



Rumex Hydrolapathum. Butomus umbellatus. 



Phragmites communis. Typha latifolia. 



Scirpus lacustris. A cor us Calamus. 



Iris Pseud-acorus. Sparganium ramosum. 



Alisma Plant ago. Car ex pseudo-Cyperus. 

 Menyanthes trifoliata. 



PLANTS FOR WATER ONE TO FOUR FEET DEEP 



Ranunculus aquatilis. Villarsia nymphceoides. 



Sagittaria sagittifolia. Stratiotes aloides. 



Hottonia pahtstris. Aponogeton dis tacky on. 



Pondeteria cordata. Nymphcea^ in great variety. 



