July, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



345 



the enjoyment of the people, and there will 

 be thousands who will hail the mottled hoods 

 of this strangely beautiful plant as the first 

 sign of returning spring. 



On a great estate near Philadelphia is a 

 two-acre bog garden where skunk cabbage is 

 appreciated, especially for its foliage effect 

 before the trees leaf out. New England 

 asters were planted among them to hide 

 the cabbage leaves during their period of 

 coarseness. 



All the common ferns that like wet places, 

 whether in shade or sunshine, and all the 

 familiar wildflowers of the swamp (arrow- 

 head, sweet flag, turtlehead, and others here 

 pictured) are regularly cultivated and sold 

 by nurserymen, although it must be con- 

 fessed that their chief demand comes from 

 Europe. 



, Other native perennials of this kind worth 

 saving are the swamp calla (Calla palustris) ; 

 turtlehead (Chelone Lyoni) ; golden club 

 (Orontium aquaticum) ; buck bean (Meny- 

 anthes trifoliata) ; dark green bulrush (Scirpus 

 atrovirens) ; grass of Parnassus (Parnassia 

 Caroliniana), deer grass, shooting star, 

 swamp violet and adder's tongue. 



Among the best native shrubs for bog 

 gardens are: wild rosemary {Andromeda 

 polijolia); white azalea (Azalea viscosa); 

 dwarf cassandra (Cassandra) ; button-bush 

 (Cephalanthus occidentalis) ; high-bush 

 huckleberry (Gaylussacia jrondosa); black 

 alder (Ilex verticillata) ; sheep laurel (Kalmia 

 angustijolia) ; swamp laurel (Kalmia glauca) ; 

 Labrador tea (Ledum latijolium); long- 

 stalked winter-berry (Nemopanthes Cana- 

 densis); red choke-berry (Pyrus arbuti- 

 folins); rhodora (Azalea Canadensis); deer- 

 berry (Vaccinium stamineum); high-bush 

 blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum). Mr. 

 F. W. Barclay also recommends Itea Vir~ 

 ginica, and common elder. 



VI. THE COLLECTOR'S BOG GARDEN 



Do you like to grow "one of everything" 

 in a small space in your backyard, discarding 

 the things you do not like and propagating 

 the things that take your fancy? Bog 

 gardening makes a good backyard hobby, 

 for suburbs or country. It can be incidental 

 to a water-lily basin or a rockery. I do not 

 know of any in America. Use the overflow 

 from a yard fountain or any place that is 

 constantly wet. This is the most practical 

 kind of bog garden for the greatest number, 

 for anyone who is sure of having plenty of 

 water may get some muck and sphagnum and 

 grow insectivorous plants and orchids. 



There seems to be nothing about bog 

 gardening in American horticultural litera- 

 ture. The best directions that I know of 

 for making a bog garden are those in William 

 Robinson's "English Flower Garden" 

 (Chapter XXL, 8th edition). The passage 

 is too long to be quoted here, but I will gladly 

 copy it entire for anyone who is seriously con- 

 sidering making a bog garden, and will also 

 tell where rare bog plants may be secured. 



[The Garden Magazine will be glad to 

 send a liberal check for a good illustrated 

 account of any American bog garden made 

 as a result of the above suggestions. Editor.] 



For the hardy exotic bog garden — the best yellow flag Iris Pseadaconts. Also shows a favorite way of growing 

 teg plants, i. e., on the margin of a water-lily pond 



For the spectacular bog garden — the American TurK's-cap lily (Lilium superbum) 



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