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flowers, joyous in the sun? No one worthily; for 

 many mountain-swamp regions are as yet as Httle 

 known to us as those of the Himalaya, with their giant 

 Primroses and many strange flowers. One thing, how- 

 ever, we may gather from our small experiences — that 

 many plants commonly termed ' alpine,' and found on 

 high mountains, are true bog-plants. This must be 

 clear to anyone who has seen our pretty Bird's-eye 

 Primrose in the oozing mountain bogs of Westmore- 

 land, or the Bavarian Gentian in the spongy soil by 

 alpine rivulets, or the Gentianella (Gentiana acaulis) in 

 the snow water. 



Bogs are not often found near our gardens nowadays, 

 but, wherever they are, there are many handsome 

 flowers from other countries that will thrive in them as 

 freely as in their native wastes, and among these the 

 strange and beautiful Pitcher Plants of the bogs of 

 North-Eastern America which are hardy here too. 



PARTRIDGE BEEEY (Gaoltheria) . 



