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quently give immense flowers as large as dinner 

 plates, as stated in another chapter, "The Iris 

 Family." 



For early spring blooming the Holland Bulbs 

 may also be planted along the water's edge, and 

 lend a particularly charming effect where the 

 blooming plants can reflect themselves in the 

 water as in a mirror. 



It will now require only another little step, and 

 just a wee use of the imagination to evolve a 

 Japanese garden out of our plans. 



We will imagine that our lily pond is located 

 in some secluded spot, and an irregular ground 

 formation thereabout will heighten the effect. A 

 pathway winding over the little lawn in an irreg- 

 ular formation, constructed of broken bits of flag 

 stone with the grass growing up between, pos- 

 sibly a little arching rustic bridge if we are so for- 

 tunate as to have a little brook instead of a pond, 

 and nearby, a rustic summer house constructed of 

 rough undressed cedar, all more or less secluded 

 by shrubbery, with possibly just a few Oogwoods 

 amongst them, and mayhaps a Flowering Cherry 

 Tree or two, and easily we can see how such a 

 beauty spot would fit in with romance and moon- 

 lit nights. 



