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Fred’k H. Horsford, Charlotte, Vermont. 
THE BOG AND WATER GARDEN. 
YMPHiEAS 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 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 course, much .better, where they are to be had, and 
with wet or boggy places bordering them, bog-plants can be grown. When these 
wet margins have only a clay or sandy soil, better results can be obtained by 
adding 6 inchesTof 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 grow 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 spe¬ 
cies herein mentioned 
do not need this protec¬ 
tion from winds ; yet a 
few such bog - shrubs 
would be quite in place 
if planted among and 
around them. 
Sucli water-loving 
species as Azalea vis- 
cosa } Rosa Carolina , 
Ilex verticillala , Loni- 
cera oblongifolia, Le¬ 
dum lalifolium ) Myrica 
gale , Andromeda poli- 
folia , Pyrus arbulifolia 
and R ho dor a Canade?i- 
sis , 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 Cornussto- 
lonifera or C sericea . 
Among the vines that 
may be used for moist 
grounds along brooks, 
etc., are Clemalis Virginiana and Ampelopsis quinquefolia. Vilis riparia 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. 
A Summer Day’s Gleaning’. 
BOG AND AQUATIC PLANTS. 
ACORUS Calamus (Sweet Flag). A bog-plant or sub-aquatic, but will live in /—Notprepaid—> Prepaid , 
moist garden soil. The long, light green leaves are quite pretty, especially JEaeh iDoz. Each oz. 
as seen growing naturally. Height 2 to 4 feet.. • • • . • • • So 10 So®8o So 11 So 95 
A. —, var. variegatus (Variegated Sweet Flag). Does well in either moist or 
dry soils. A fine variegated plant.15 1 2 5 *6 1 35 
ALISMA Plantago .15 17 
CALLA palustris (Water Arum, or American 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 
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