Planting a Stream Garden 
wall, and a few inches below the outer. By this means 
the whole margin of the pool will always be in the same 
moist condition as that of a natural pool, and it will be 
seen from the section I give that the earth slopes down 
naturally from the surrounding garden right to the 
water’s edge, and that whereas it is the outer wall that 
actually retains the water, it is quite covered with soil 
and vegetation, and that the inner wall, being below 
the water level, and also covered with soil and plants, 
is never seen. 
Nothing in the way of water gardening is impossible 
in such a pond. There will be shallow water along the 
edge for such plants as love to grow with their roots 
submerged a few inches. Such are the Arrow Heads 
(Sagittaria), Water Musk, of which there are several 
beautiful varieties, in addition to the yellow Mimulus 
luteus, Mimulus luteus maculosis, and other species 
and varieties, M. cupreus brilliant being amongst the 
best. The water forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris 
semperflorens, and several varieties thereof, will revel 
in such conditions. Then there are the smaller grow- 
ing Reeds and Rushes, Scirpus, Typhas, Carex, 
Cyperus, the moisture-loving Irises, such as Cupreus, 
Feetodissima, and higher up the banks Astilbes, 
Spiveeas, Eulalias, and many similar plants. It will 
be found, too, that by the arrangement I have described 
the earth behind the outer wall will also be kept more 
or less damp by capillary attraction, and the planting 
can therefore be carried several feet back from the 
water’s edge with the right vegetation for a pond 
margin. 
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