172 GARDENS PAST AND PRESENT 



(Impatient), rare as a British wild flower, might 

 also find a foothold by the path. Quite distinct 

 from all these would be the feathered columbine 

 (Thalictrum), of different species; and in the au- 

 tumn the purple spikes of Lythrum salicaria are 

 handsome, which is apt to be aggressive if given 

 a place where it may not be allowed to spread 

 freely. The same may be said of the willow herbs 

 the strong-growing rose-coloured " codlins and 

 cream," a popular name for which no reasonable 

 explanation can be offered, and the much more 

 desirable and elegant French willow, of which there 

 is a pretty white variety, but which may not be 

 admitted into a garden. Ferns of various kinds 

 would also find a congenial home in the drier but 

 still moist outskirts of the plantation. 



Along lines such as have been indicated we may 

 perhaps be able to work out for ourselves some 

 possibilities of bog gardening according to the lot 

 which has fallen in our way. 



