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districts of England and Ireland, and is charming in 

 ditches. A companion for the Marsh Marigold (Caltha) 

 and its varieties is the very large and showy Ranun- 

 culus Lingua, which grows in rich ground to a height 

 of 3 feet or more. 



If with our water-garden we combine the wild- 

 garden herbaceous plants — I mean 

 the handsomer of the hardy flowers 

 that love moist or heavy 

 soil — some of the loveliest 

 effects in gardens will be 

 ours. The margins of lakes 

 and streams are happily 

 not upturned by the spade 

 in winter; and here- 

 abouts, just away from 

 the water-line, many 

 a vigorous and hardy 

 flower (among the 

 thousands now in our 

 gardens) may be grown 

 and will afterwards take 

 care of itself The 

 Globe flowers form 

 beautiful effects in such positions, and would endure 

 as long as the Grass. Near the various Irises that 

 love the water-side might be planted those that thrive 

 in moist ground. The singular Californian Saxifraga 

 peltata is a noble plant for the water-side. It would 



DAY LILT by margin of water. 



