CHAPTER IX. 
THE BROOK-SIDE, WATER-SIDE, AND BOG GARDENS. 
Soloumon’s Seal and Herb Paris, in copse by streamlet. 
NEARLY all 
landscape gar- 
deners seem to 
have put a 
higher value on 
the lake or fish- 
pond than on 
the brook as an 
ornament to the 
garden; but, 
while we allow 
that many places 
are enhanced in 
beauty and dig- 
nity, by a broad 
expanse of water, 
many pictures 
might be formed by taking advantage of a brook as it 
meanders through woody glade or meadow. No such beauty 
is afforded by a pond or lake, which gives us water in repose— 
