CHAPTBE XIII 



THE WATER GARDEN 



This affords one of the most fascinating forms of 

 gardening and one of the simplest and least exacting, 

 for, once put into operation in the early spring little 

 further attention is required. Unlike the flower gar- 

 den with its constant call for cultivation, tying up of 

 plants, watering and general supervision, the water 

 garden will need little more than to turn on the water 

 as the water in the pool evaporates and, once or twice 

 during the summer, to thin out the lily pads so that 

 they do not crowd. 



Where one is so fortunate as to have a stream of 

 water flowing through the grounds, as is often the 

 happy instance in New England grounds, one can 

 arrange an overflow in a low bit of ground by hollow- 

 ing out and puddling with clay so that a most natur- 

 alistic appearing pool will result. The edges should 

 be banked with rocks and planted with moisture-lov- 

 ing plants, such as the iris, planted in clumps. The 

 iris appears to such fine advantage in such situations 

 that it is worth constructing a waterside garden for 



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