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House & Garden 
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a Bog Garden 
S. LEONARD BASTIN 
O NE of the most difficult things in 
flower gardening is the culture of 
bog and marsh plants. It is not 
easy to ensure the continuous moisture 
which is essential to the well-being of 
these interesting subjects, but here is 
one way in which it may be^done in 
almost any location. 
A basin about 3' deep is dug in the 
ground and lined with cement, leaving 
a hole.in the center of the bottom and 
several near the top, around the sides. 
The hole at the bottom is closed with 
a wooden bung, so that it could be 
used to drain the basin entirely if that 
should ever be necessary. 
Such a basin can be of any reasonable 
diameter, a convenient size being 6'. 
Half the excavation, after the lining has 
set, is filled with broken bricks, stone, 
etc., and the remainder is heaped with 
soil suitable for the plants to be grown. 
Such an arrangement provides actual 
bog conditions and the plants should 
do well. Only in extremely dry weather 
will it be necessary to give any water 
in order to keep the soil in the properly 
soaked condition. 
In the matter of locating your bog 
garden, attention must of course be paid 
to the requirements of the plants as 
regards sunlight and shade. Some species 
grow naturally in dense woods where no 
sunlight reaches them during the grow¬ 
ing season. It would be just as unfair 
to expect these to do well in the open 
as it would be to demand success of 
the sun - loving kinds when planted 
in the shade. Decide then, what 
species you wish to grow, and let the 
site of the artificial bog be congenial 
to them. 
The excavation is lined with cement or concrete to make a 
water-tight receptacle which will -keep the plant - roots moist 
The Framing of Your Books 
{Continued from page 41) 
room devoted to this purpose. If pos¬ 
sible, the walls should either be paneled 
or plain, of dark.oak, mahogany, cypress 
or whitewood, stained and waxed. This 
will produce a feeling of solidity and 
richness, keeping the books in harmony 
with their surroundings. If, however, 
wood is not practical, fabrics or wall 
paper can be used, but it should be free 
from decorative pattern, the books fur¬ 
nishing the only decoration necessary. 
Dull red, old blue, leather brown or 
green in soft attractive tones may be 
used for wall coverings, but should not 
be of conspicuous colors, as it detracts 
from the interest of the books. 
The size and height of the room 
should determine the size of the shelves, 
but the effect is much more agreeable, 
being less formal and severe, when the 
shelves do not extend to the ceiling. 
In the Attic 
An attic bedroom can have shelves 
built in the openings under the eaves, 
with two drawers below that can be 
used for storage. If this room should 
happen to be the guest chamber, be 
sure to have plenty of interesting read¬ 
ing matter, of varied character. This 
does not necessarily mean that it must 
be the very latest, but of a diverting 
character in case your guest is unable 
to sleep. English furniture designers, 
realizing how essential this is, frequently 
introduce a bookshelf, and shelf for a 
candle, into the bed design. A narrow 
shelf over a day bed in the boudoir is 
quite decorative, and is very convenient 
to rest your favorite books upon. 
The Kitchen Library 
No one possessing numbers of books 
will question the desirability of a classi¬ 
fication of subject matter. Even the 
kitchen should have its built-in shelves, 
for recipes and kitchen problems. The 
library would have reference books, and 
those of solid reading; and the living 
room restful literature. 
