them the rounded leaves of tall spikes of Saxifraga peltata and Formation 
seeds of Mimulus and Limnanthes Douglasii will help to make of a Pond 
a brave show. Here is the exact place for Gunneras, whose 
great leaves will make so handsome a contrast with the narrow 
growth of Rush and Iris. 
In forming a pond it is desirable that there should be 
a shallow margin on at least one side, so that the marsh and 
bog plants can be given the place they most desire, and should 
the bank be steep all round, it would be well to take away a 
large quantity of earth on one side, so as to form a flat and 
marshy piece of ground, about one foot above the surface of the 
water; the earth removed for this purpose could be piled up so 
as to cause a portion of the bank elsewhere to be quite high in 
places. Upon these mounds a different treatment would be 
necessary ; shrubs and flowering trees and creeping Roses should 
be allowed to grow and to hang over the edges, reflecting their 
bright tints in the deep shadows of the limpid mirror. 
The interest of a pool or brook is much enhanced, if it be 
possible to go down to the very edge of the stream, and stone 
steps roughly placed down the bank, and embellished with gay 
rock and other plants not particularly requiring much moisture, 
will invite the wanderer to the water’s surface, upon which the 
many lovely Water Lilies and white Water Buttercup should 
float. But stones for steps and “rockeries” appear to be 
stumbling blocks to many, and have led to such appalling 
results, that I am convinced it were better to refrain from their 
use altogether, rather than misplace them, so as to form a too 
artificial result. 
A large water garden, made of imitation stone and rocks, 
with waterfalls and all complete, once suddenly appeared to my 
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