132 GARDENS OF ENGLAND 



one desires. The double white arrow-head, the 

 arum lUy, where the climate is mild, as in the 

 South of England and in Ireland, the noble 

 spearwort {Ranunculus lingua), the willow-herb 

 {Epilobium), irises, globe-flowers, or TrolMus, and 

 for bold effect, the great-leaved gunneras {G-. 

 manicata and G-. scahra) are a few families without 

 which the lake or pond side is bereft of interest 

 and beauty. 



But perhaps the garden affords no means of 

 growing water plants, then an opportunity is 

 offered by what is called " the bog-garden," wherein 

 a host of beautiful flowers may be grown. There 

 is such a little flower haunt in the rock-garden at 

 Kew, where the trilliums, orchises. Primula rosea, 

 and other gems are quite at home in the moist 

 soil. In the springtime of the year those who 

 contemplate forming such a feature should seek 

 the moist woodland, and take a lesson from Dame 

 Nature, who scatters the golden flowers of the 

 kingcup over the damp earth, and by many a 

 murmuring brook. 



