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ALPINE FLOWERS 



[PART I. 



host of plants from our marshes, and from the summits of our 

 higher mountains, will flourish as freely as in their native habitats, 

 and may all be grown in a few square feet of bog ; while dwarf 

 Rhododendrons, Kalmias, Gunnera scabra, the larger Grasses, 

 Ferns, Carexes, etc., will serve for the bolder features. 



" I have not space to enumerate the many foreign bog plants of 

 exquisite beauty which abound, and which may be obtained from 

 our nurseries, although many of the best are not yet introduced into 

 this country ; in fact, one of the great charms of the bog-garden is 

 that everything thrives and multiplies in it, and nothing ever droops- 

 or dies, the only difficulty being to prevent the stronger plants from 

 overgrowing and eventually destroying the weaker ones." 



Ferns on an old wall. 



