CHAPTER IX. 



THE BROOK-SIDE, WATEK-SIDE, AND BOG GARDENS. 



ISTearly all 

 landscape gar- 

 deners seem to 

 have p u t a 

 hidier value on 

 tlie lake or fisli- 

 |)()nd than on 

 tlie lirook as an 

 ornament to the 

 garden ; but, 

 while we allow 

 that many places 

 are enhanced in 

 heautv and dig- 

 nitv, bv a broad 

 expanse of water, 



Solomon's Seal and Herb Paris, in copse by streamlet. nianV pictUrCS 



might be formed by taking advantage of a brook as it 

 meanders through woody glade or meadow. No such beauty 

 is afforded by a pond or lake, which gives us water in repose — 



