2 3 8 THE NEW GARDENING 



enough to take a 6-inch drain pipe : one at the upper 

 part as a feed, and another at the lower part as a take- 

 away. The former will receive the pipe which collects 

 the water from the small side drains and takes it to the 

 chosen spot ; it is well to trap the mouth of this pipe in 

 order to prevent animals getting in. The latter will of 

 course be kept stopped until occasion arises for emptying 

 the pool, when it will be opened and the water run off. 



By such simple and inexpensive means can a new and 

 beautiful feature be added to the garden. The judicious 

 flower-lover will endeavour to choose a site for the water- 

 garden where the surroundings are, or can be made, 

 harmonious and agreeable. He will think of his scheme 

 as a beautiful and artistic whole not merely the pool, 

 but the ground, the shrubs, the trees in its vicinity. He 

 will try to contrive an appropriate approach an area 

 of stone-strewn ground planted with ferns, with Bamboos, 

 with bold isolated clumps of Torch Lilies (Kniphofia), 

 ornamental Rhubarb (Rheum palmatum), broad-leaved 

 Saxifrages (Megasea), and the gigantic foliage of the 

 great Gunnera manicata. Nearer the water he will 

 establish colonies of the splendid Primula Japonica, the 

 newer species of Primula described in chapter vi., such 

 as Unique, pulverulenta and Bulleyana ; and the ex- 

 quisite Primula rosea. These beautiful plants will 

 luxuriate in the moist soil, and so will the lovely white 

 Wood Lily, Trillium grandiflorum, a colony of which is a 

 delicious picture of chaste cool beauty, especially with 

 shade. The water Forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris, 

 must not be forgotten. Small bits thrust between stones 

 in moist soil will establish themselves, spread and bloom 

 with almost incredible rapidity ; and their pale blue 

 flowers will be charming near the rosy Primula. 



What might be termed the embroidery of the water- 



