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aud aided and abetted their inclinations. If grasses and 

 twigs had caught on a small projection of the shore 

 and a little vegetation had sprung up and soil thus 

 collected, I lengthened and broadened the projection and 

 planted it with clumps of grasses, such as flag, bamboo, 

 pampas grass, and the hardy 

 JEhblalia Japonica. Back of 

 these, on more solid ground, I 

 planted a willo^^• and an alder, 

 with some irises, aud tender 

 cannas and caladiums 

 elephant ears. I was 

 careful, moreover, to 

 be conservative even 

 in this natural treat- 

 ment of my shores. 

 There was no frequent 

 repetition of the prom- 

 ontory and bay idea. 

 At only a few points 

 was any change made 

 in the original line of 

 the shore. Such changes 

 as I did make, however, 

 were forcible and marked and carefully adjusted in the exact 

 direction and angle that the stream would be likely to take 

 when it worked its fantastic w^ay before a ]-apid current or 

 overflow. Grasses and shrubs suited to low grounds, of the 

 kinds I have named, were scattered in small groups about 

 the points running back, sometimes quite a distance, up the 



PAMPAS GRASS. 

 ^GVNERIUM ARGENTEUM.) 



