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GARDEN GUIDE 



Flagstone path through bog-garden and semi-wild 



garden. Good use can be made of Gunneras, Spiraeas , 



Japanese Irises, Knot-grass, Giant Reed and similar 



plants 



GoLDiEANA. Cool, rich 

 soil. Good in acid 

 soil or leaf mold. 

 Large, heavy 

 growth. 

 MARGiNALE. When 

 transplanted in 

 full leaf the 

 plants rarely sur- 

 vive. Like a rich, 

 moist soil and 

 deep shade. 



NOVEBORACENSIS. 



Not good for cut- 

 ting. Easily 

 transplanted. 

 SPINULOSA, var. in- 

 termedia (Spin- 

 ulose Shield Fern) 

 Good in wet, and 

 under trees as 

 well. 

 Thelypteris. Par- 

 tial shade in 

 marshes. 



Lygodium palmatum 

 (The Climbing 

 Fern; Hartford 

 Fern) . This fern 

 is difficult to es- 

 tablish. It is 

 moisture loving. 



Onoclea sensibilis 

 (Sensitive Fern). 

 Wet ditches and 

 rich, moist soil; 

 partial shade. 



Struthiopteris (Ostrich Fern). Burns in full sunshine. 

 OsMUNDA ciNNAMOMEA (Ciuuamou Fern). Moist, rich. 



Claytoniana (Interrupted Fern). Move while dormant. 



REGALis. Peaty; branching; edges of brooks. 

 PoLYPODiuM vuLGARE (CommoTi pofypody). Can be planted up the 

 ledges of gorges. 



WATERSIDE PLANTS 



The selection of plants suitable for the water and waterside 

 is a large one, chief among the first named being, of course, the 

 true Water Lilies or Nymphaeas, while the Rice Plant, or Zizania, 

 the Flowering Rush, or Butomus, also various of the Reed Maces or 

 Typhas can be used with success. 



