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margin of pond, or fountain basin, placed in a pot, 

 which will prevent its running about too much. 



Next we have the distinct and showy purple 

 Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria), a ditch and marsh 

 plant, abundant in many parts of Britain. There 

 is a variety of this plant known in nurseries and 

 gardens by the name of L. roseum superbum, 

 which should be in every garden, whether the 

 owner takes an interest in English plants or not. 

 This, planted by the side of ornamental water, 

 makes a splendid object, and is also a first-rate 

 border plant. The colour of its long spikes of 

 flowers is of the most charming character. So, 

 whatever you do in British flowers, do not forget 

 Lythrum roseum superbum, or, in more correct 

 language, the fine rose-coloured variety of the 

 common Loosestrife. It may now be had in the 

 nurseries, and is used as a flower-garden plant in 

 some parts of the North. It may be easily 

 raised from seed, which is offered in some 

 catalogues. 



The common Herniary (Herniaria glabra) and 

 Scleranthus pefennis are two very dwarf green 

 spreading plants, found in some of the southern 

 and central counties of England, and which would 

 furnish a neat Lycppodium-like effect on rockwork 



