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Planting a Stream Garden 



wall, and a few inches below the outer. By this means 

 the whole margin of the pool will always be in the same 

 moist condition as that of a natural pool, and it will be 

 seen from the section I give that the earth slopes down 

 naturally from the surrounding garden right to the 

 water's edge, and that whereas it is the outer wall that 

 actually retains the water, it is quite covered with soil 

 and vegetation, and that the inner wall, being below 

 the water level, and also covered with soil and plants, 

 is never seen. 



Nothing in the way of water gardening is impossible 

 in such a pond. There will be shallow water along the 

 edge for such plants as love to grow with their roots 

 submerged a few inches. Such are the Arrow Heads 

 (Sagittaria), Water Musk, of which there are several 

 beautiful varieties, in addition to the yellow Mimulus 

 luteus, Mimulus luteus maculosis, and other species 

 and varieties, M. cupreus brilliant being amongst the 

 best. The water forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris 

 semper flor ens , and several varieties thereof, will revel 

 in such conditions. Then there are the smaller grow- 

 ing Reeds and Rushes, Scirpus, Typhas, Carex, 

 Cyperus, the moisture-loving Irises, such as Cupreus, 

 Fcetodissima, and higher up the banks Astilbes, 

 Spirzeas, Eulalias, and many similar plants. It will 

 be found, too, that by the arrangement I have described 

 the earth behind the outer wall will also be kept more 

 or less damp by capillary attraction, and the planting 

 can therefore be carried several feet back from the 

 water's edge with the right vegetation for a pond 

 margin. 



