280 MY GARDEN 



ANNUALS 



English Field Poppy 



Borage cfficinalis, Borage 



Argemone Mexicana, Mexican Poppy 



Corn Flowers 



Toadflax 



Sunflowers 



Nicotiana 



PLANTS FOB DAMP SITUATIONS 



Marsh and water gardening is best carried out upon 

 rather a broad scale that is, good stretches of one sort 

 of plant, of course regulated by the size of one's avail- 

 able space. A large majority of marsh plants are ram- 

 pant "doers" and prosper at such a rate that they 

 quickly crowd out their lesser brethren unless steps are 

 taken to protect them. And so if the space to be 

 planted is of no great size, these enthusiastic colonizers 

 should be omitted and choice made among the more 

 conservative stay-at-homes. If, however, one has a 

 fairly broad marsh or extensive waterside at one's dis- 

 posal one may use these larger subjects with fine effect, 

 and with them the moisture-loving trees and shrubs. 

 Most of the marsh plants need little care when once 

 established, spreading or seeding generously, and for 

 this I am devoutly thankful, for I cannot love the 

 marsh and its handsome tenantry as dearly as the land- 

 lubbers among my plants. Whether it is that pottering 

 about among them is neither very practical nor agree- 



