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be grown under such conditions. In the garden beautiful 
we want everything to look as natural as possible, and 
this can only be done by following Nature’s teaching as 
exemplified in our natural lakes and watercourses. Of 
course, where there is no natural supply of water, pipes 
must be laid so as to replenish the waste by leakage and 
evaporation. Hints as to growing aquatics in sunk tubes, 
etc., are given in the section devoted to these plants. See 
Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8, and 20. 
Bos' Gardens. — A bog garden means a naturally 
damp spot, partly in sun and in shade, with either a natural 
or an artificial bed of peat in which to grow many kinds 
of orchids, lilies, irises, and plants generally that like a 
little moisture and a peaty soil. Such a garden may be 
formed on a small or a large scale in any low-lying part 
of the garden. No special design is required. Groups of 
peat-loving shrubs like Kalmias, Rhododendrons, Andro- 
medas, and Heaths may be planted in a bed slightly ele- 
vated above the ordinary level and the remaining space 
devoted to the dwarf plants planted in irregular masses. 
Flat stones should be laid here and there to <step on and 
form a rugged kind of path. If the natural earth be not 
of a peaty nature, excavate the soil to a depth of one to 
two feet and fill up with peat or bog earth. If a small 
stream of water can meander through the bog garden so 
mudh the better, as then many plants that revel in mois- 
ture may be grown to add to the beauty and picturesque- 
ness of the spot. See Fig. 18. 
Topiary Gardens — In the sixteenth, seventeenth and 
eighteenth centuries our forbears were extremely partial to 
the cultivation of severely clipped Yew and Box trees as a 
prominent feature in garden design. The idea was introduced 
from Holland, and was known as topiary work or topiary 
gardening. We, however, consider “Vegetable Sculpture" or 
“Barber's Gardening " to be a more appropriate name for it. 
The feature consisted of Yew and Box trees principally 
trimmed into all sorts of shapes in mimicry of peacocks, lions, 
and other animalsfand objects. These, with formal clipped 
hedges, and geometrical flower beds, edged with dwarf box, 
