House & Garden 
WATER GARDENS 
By WILLIAM THICKER 
O NE of the most charming features of 
any landscape is the association of 
water in one of its varied forms. Whatever 
the climate or situation there is no natural 
scene that may not be made more beautiful 
by the presence of it. The delight it 
affords when an ornament of the home 
grounds is but a slight modification of the 
joy it gives when discovered in Nature’s 
wild haunts. Here the cataract’s foaming 
rush, sweeping everything before it in its 
course; here, a limpid stream, meandering 
between the hills, chattering over stony 
ways, stealing on forever! What finer 
ornament than water in its quieter mood, 
flowing beside lawn and grassy plots, or a 
picture of a placid lake, its still smooth 
surface now and again disturbed by the dash 
of bass or the plash of an oar, as a boat with 
living freight plies between the stately foliage 
of the oriental lotus or the water nymphaea. 
Alluring as these are, they need not be the 
necessary requirements for water gardening. 
Opportunities are on every hand. Not only 
in the large, formal gardens of the affluent, but 
in small places, wherever there is any moisture 
in the soil, water gardening is a possibility. 
Nay more, in lieu of a natural supply of 
water, a water garden may be constructed at 
little expense. In many cases, the owner of 
a small place views disconsolately a waste 
hollow made uninhabitable by an oozing 
marsh. With what little pains could the 
unsightly pool now reeking with miasma, 
breeding malaria and swarming with mos¬ 
quitoes, be converted into a realm of life and 
beauty. Where once was a spot to be 
avoided would be the most charming part of 
his place. Instead of disease a wholesome 
air now dwells, and an inviting nook lures 
A TREATMENT OK STREAM AND LAKE 
In the Estate of Mr. Joseph TV. Jenkins , Jr., near Baltimore 
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