CHAPTER VII 

 WATER 



THE land thus far considered in connection with 

 planting and the development of landscape has 

 been the ordinary well-drained land that is suscep- 

 tible of cultivation. When there is an excess of 

 water, various conditions may develop which will 

 require special treatment. 



MARSHES 



When land is level or spongy, water may be re- 

 tained, producing a swampy condition. Swamps 

 are not unfrequently found at watersheds, so that 

 water may flow from a swamp in two or more direc- 

 tions. Swamps in such locations are very useful in 

 retaining water for supplying springs issuing from 

 hillsides below and for keeping up a continuous 

 flow in streams. Swamps are not only useful in 

 this way, but they are often beautiful features in a 

 landscape. They insure open space, across which 



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