Bog and Aquatic Plants 
A Pond of White Water Lilies. (See page 5G.) 
The Bog and Water Garden 
Nympbaeas and most other aquatics should be planted in a good, rich soil, if the best results are looked 
tor. A mixture of heavy, dark soil and well-composted cow manure is good. The plants should be well 
embedded in the soil under the water. For Sarracenias, a mixture of peat and leaf-mold in any wet, sandy 
^ 01 1 will answer. 1 he location should not be too cold. If the moisture is furnished by cold springs, the 
plants should not be set very near them. Most aquatics need still water. They do not like a current or 
the disturbance of strong waves. 
Water Lilies and other aquatics are often grown in tubs sunk in the ground. Ponds or pools are, of 
corn se, much better, where they are to be had, and with wet or boggy places bordering them, bog plants 
can )e grown. W hen these wet margins have only a clay or sandy soil, better results can be obtained by 
adding (> inches of peat as a top-dressing, which makes a pretty fair depth for bog plants. But before this 
is done, all grass and sedge roots should be eradicated. Many bog plants do not require peat, but will 
gio\\ in any wet, sandy or other soil which is always moist; others require not only peat, but need some 
shelter from the winds, such as low trees or small shrubs afford. Most of the species herein mentioned do 
not need this protection from winds; yet a few such bog shrubs would be quite in place if planted among 
and around them. 
Such water-loving species as Azalea viscosa, Rosa Carolina , Ilex verticillata, Lonicera oblougi folia, 
Ledum lati folium, Myrica gale, Andromeda' poll folia, Pyrus arbuti folia and JRhodora Canadensis, though 
they do well planted in moist garden soil, are found growing naturally in bogs and swamps. For the mar¬ 
gins of bogs there are few more attractive shrubs than Cornus stolonifera or C. cericea. Among the 
vines that may be used for moist grounds along brooks, etc., are Clematis Virginiana and Ampelopsis 
qumque folia. \ it is mparia is also common along the banks of streams, and climbs over bushes and 
trees, making a good companion for the Virgin’s Bower, Bittersweet, Moonseed and Woodbine. 
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