CHAPTER IX 
PLANTS FOR ALPINE, AQUATIC, AND BOG GARDENS 
Wuitsr every garden, no matter how small, should 
contain its herbaceous border, well stocked with hardy 
perennials, only a comparatively small number will admit 
of those delightful features, the bog, aquatic and alpine 
gardens. For this reason I shall not attempt to give 
more than a brief list of the plants suited to each. Ina 
book which attempts to outline all, or at any rate the 
chief points connected with garden design, consideration 
of individual sections must necessarily be brief. I have 
endeavoured to mention all the most deserving plants in 
the following lists, but for further and fuller information 
the reader is advised to consult a work specially dealing 
with the particular ‘‘ garden” in which he is interested. 
A list of deserving plants for inclusion in the alpine 
garden :— 
Gentiana Erigeron 
Scilla Linaria antirrhinifolia 
Soldanella Muscari 
Anemone Pulsatilla Iris pumila 
Veronica Linum narbonnense 
Aubrietia Dracocephalum 
All with blue or purplish flowers. 
Saponaria Bulbocodium 
Colchicum Mesembryanthemum (not hardy) 
Silene Tunica saxifraga 
Armeria Daphne Menziesia 
All with rose or pink flowers. 
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