Value of Vegetable Soils 1 1 



and complete in Nature's own way. In very large 

 degree mountain, bog and marsh plants, Trillium, 

 Meconopsis, Lady's Slippers and the like prefer rich 

 vegetable soils, peat, loam and leaf mould, in about 

 equal parts, though to some of them a cool position 

 with moisture is equally important. Into this latter 

 category fall naturally some of the Phimulas, as rosea, 

 denticulata and its great following, sikkimensis, Bul- 

 leyana and others, to each of which a cool or shady 

 place with some degree of moisture is a necessity. In 

 Chapters IV. and XIV., those dealing respectively with 

 "The Bog Garden" and "Shade-loving alpines," the 

 question of a suitable soil for given plants will permit 

 of discussion in fuller detail. 



