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*Chelone Lyoni. 



* Lobelia cardinal**. 



*Monarda didyma. 



*Myosotis palustris. 



But, lest this seem too theoretical let me give the main feat- 

 ures of the best bog garden I saw in England. Here are the 

 largest colonies which Sir Henry Yorke has established, and I 

 have arranged the plants in the order of their bloom. His main 

 pictures are made with: 



Azaleas, May. 



Rhododendrons, June. 



Japan iris, June. 



Golden-banded iris, June. 



""Canadian lily, July. 



Japanese primrose, July. 



fTorch lily, July to September. 



*Purple loosestrife, August. 



fPampas grass, September, October. 



Bamboos (foliage). 



THE GRANDEST BOG LILIES 



The most gorgeous lily we have east of the Rockies is the one 

 that has been well named Lilium superbum. It has flowers about 

 four inches across, orange, spotted with dark purple, and of the 

 Turk's cap type, i. <?., the flowers are drooping and the petals rolled 

 far back. It blooms in August. In sunny meadows or in garden 

 conditions this lily may grow only three feet high and bear four to 

 ten flowers, but in American bog gardens it towers to a height of 

 eight or ten feet, each stem being crowned with a great pyramid of 



* Not hardy North 



