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aud aided and abetted their inclinations. If grasses and 

 twigs had caught on a small projection of the shore 

 and a little vegetation had sprung up and soil thus 

 collected, I lengthened and broadened the projection and 

 planted it with clumps of grasses, such as flag, bamboo, 

 pampas grass, and the hardy 

 Eulalia Japonica. Back of 

 these, on more solid ground, I 

 planted a willow and an alder, 

 with some irises, and tender 

 cannas and caladiums or 

 elephant ears. I was 

 careful, moreover, to 

 be conservative even 

 in this natural treat- 

 ment of my shores. 

 There was no frequent 

 repetition of the prom- 

 ontory and bay idea. 

 At only a few points 

 was any change made 

 in the original line of 

 the shore. Such changes 

 as I did make, however, 

 were forcible and marked and carefully adjusted in the exact 

 direction and angle that the stream would be likely to take 

 when it worked its fantastic way before a rapid current or 

 overflow. Grasses and shrubs suited to low grounds, of the 

 kinds I have named, were scattered in small groups about 

 the points running back, sometimes quite a distance, up the 



PAMPAS GRASS. 

 (GYNERIUM ARGENTEUM.) 



