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FRED’K H. HORSFORD, CHARLOTTE, VERMONT. 
The Bog and Water Garden. 
Nymphaeas and most other aquatics should be‘planted in a good, rich soil, if the best results are 
looked for. 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 soil will 
answer. The location 
should not be too cold. 
If the moisture is fur¬ 
nished 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 dis- 
lurbance of strong 
waves. 
Water Lilies and other 
aquatics are often grown 
in tubs sunk in the 
ground. Ponds or pools 
are, of course, much 
better, where they are 
to be had, and with wet 
or boggy places border¬ 
ing them, bog-plants 
can be grown. When 
White Water Lilies. these wet margins have 
.■ | . . , ..... °nly a clav or sandy 
soil, better results can be obtained by adding 6 inches of peat as a top dressing, which makes a prettv 
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 grow in any wet, sandy or other soil which is always moist : 
°rr r ? r ^ u,re 9°^ onl y peat, but need some shelter from the winds, such as low trees or small shrubs 
alTord. 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 verlicillata, Lonicera oblongifolia. 
Ledum la/t/ohum, Mvrica gale, Andromeda polifolia % Pyrus arbutifolia and Rhodora ca?iade?isis. 
though they do well planted in moist garden soil, are found growing naturallv in bogs and swamps. For 
the margins of bogs there are few more attractive shrubs than Cor?ius stolohifera or C. sericea. Among 
the vines that may be used for moist grounds along brooks, etc., are Clematis virginiana and Ambelobsis 
(juviquejol'ia. Vihs ?~tparta 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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BOG AND AQUATIC PLANTS.*' 
ACORU8 Cnlamua. SWEET Flag. A hog-plant or sub-aquatic, but will ,-Not prepaid-. —Prepaid-—, 
live in moist garden soil. The long, light green leaves are quite pretty Each Doz. Each Doz. 
especially ns seen growing naturally. Height 2 to 4 feet.$0 10 $0 80 $011 $0 os 
A. - , var. varlogntus. Does well in either moist or dry soil. A fine varie- 
gated plant. 
ALI8MA Plnntngo. Water Plantain. 
CALLA pnluatrls. Water Calla. This little native somewhat resembles the 
cultivated Calla, both in leaf and flower. It is a bog plant, and likes a peaty 
soil and moisture, and will thrive in sun or shade in the right soil.15 
CALTHA blflorn [=C. paluatrla]. It - 
O. Ilptoaopnla ... . !.**.*.* 
C. pnlustrla. Marsh Marigold. Every one who has seen this plant in its 
profusion of golden bloom in early spring will remember it. It is the most 
lavish of its color of any of our wild flowers. Broad patches of solid bloom 
are scattered along the meadow brooks wherever it has established itself, 
for low ground, where there is plenty of moisture, it is one of the best. It 
forces well in pots. 
C. —, var. flora piano . *!.*..*!!!! 
DION/EA musclpuln. Venus’ Fly-trap. An interesting little carniverous 
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