THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



mill, remain, gives a wonderful opportunity 

 for a water-garden, where the native pond- 

 lilies, the giant arrowhead, the water hya- 

 cinth and the pickerel weed may be planted. 

 Many reeds and iris may fringe its edges, 

 and swamp willows, maples and white birches 

 may extend protecting arms over the quiet, 

 secluded water. 



At the head of such a pond, the shy, bril- 

 liant cardinal flower will be found in its home, 

 and lovely ferns will grow in the cool mois- 

 ture along the banks. 



It would be impossible, in this short 

 chapter, to enumerate a tithe of all the 

 native growth available for such a wild gar- 

 den, and those mentioned are chosen at ran- 

 dom. A recent bulletin of the state of Con- 

 necticut, describing "the flowering plants and 

 ferns of Connecticut, growing without culti- 

 vation," enumerates more than eight hundred 

 species, which will afford some idea of the 

 infinite variety of native plants available for 

 such a garden. 



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