A Garden in Berkshire. 



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some good water-plants, 

 the greater number of 

 them being natives. On 

 river banks and in the 

 shallow waters of marshy 

 places we often pass these 

 good plants by with but 

 scant notice because they 

 are so closely pressed by 

 masses of other less in- 

 teresting vegetation ; but, 

 brought into the garden, 

 one is better able to appre- 

 ciate their rare beauty. 

 The water forget-me-not 

 we all know, but the fine 

 leaves and spreading 

 lace-like flowers of the ~^^ 

 water plantain {Alisma 

 flantago) and the 

 almost tropical quality ' 

 of the bloom of the 

 flowering rush 



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 PLAN (fig. 20) AND PHOTOGRAPH 



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FIG. 30. — FLOWER BORDER NEAR BACK GATE. VIEW POINT " H 



PLANTING PLAN (FIG. 29). 



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