PART I.] CULTURAL 55 



The following are the bog and marsh plants at present most 

 worthy of culture ; but there are many not yet in cultivation, 

 equally lovely. 



A SELECTION OF MARSH PLANTS. 



Anagailis tenella ; Calla palustris ; Caltha in var. ; Campanula 

 hederacea ; Chrysobactron Hookeri ; Coptis trifolia ; Cornus 

 canadensis ; Crinum capense ; Cypripedium spectabile ; Drosera ; 

 Epipactis ; Galax ; Gentiana ; Helonias ; Iris Monnieri, 

 ochroleuca, sibirica ; Leucojum sestivum, Hernandezii ; Linnsea ; 

 Parnassia ; Lycopodium in var. ; Menyanthes trifoliata ; 

 Myosotis dissitiflora, palustris; Nierembergia rivularis; Orchis 

 latifolia and vars., laxiflora, maculata ; Orontium aquaticum ; 

 Pinguicula in var. ; Primula rosea, sikkimensis, farinosa ; 

 Pthexia virginica ; Sagittaria in var. ; Sarracenia purpurea ; 

 Saxifraga Hirculus ; Spigelia marilandica ; Swertia perennis ; 

 Tradescantia virginica ; Trillium ; Lastrea Thelypteris. 



The above are suitable for the select marsh bed kept for the 

 most beautiful and rare plants ; and among these, as has been 

 stated, should be planted nothing which cannot be readily kept 

 within bounds. To them lovers of British plants might like to 

 add such native plants as Malaxis paludosa ; but it is better, as 

 a rule, to select the finest, no matter whence they come. Among 

 the most interesting plants for the bog-garden are the Pitcher- 

 plants of North America. Some may doubt if the American 

 Pitcher-plant (Sarracenia purpurea) would prove hardy in the 

 open air in this country. It certainly is so,, as one might expect 

 from its high northern range in America. It will thrive in the 

 wettest part of the bog-garden and in its native country I 

 usually observed the Pitchers half buried in the water and 

 sphagnum, the roots being in water. 



As however no natural opportunities occur in many places, the 

 plan followed by a very successful cultivator may be useful here. 



MR LATIMER CLARK ON FORMING A BOG-GARDEN. 



" Artificial Bogs How to make them and what to plant in them. 

 All that is requisite to form a bog-garden is to form a hollow 

 space which will contain water. The simplest way is to buy a large 



