May  2,  1901. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDLN ER. 
365 
Peeps  in  I(ock  Gardens 
The  margins  of  water  pools 
can  be  effectively  planted  when 
knowledge,  taste,  and  skill  are 
put  into  practice.  The  figure 
at  the  base  of  this  page  shows 
a  little  pool  in  which  there 
was  used  with  pretty  effect  in 
summer  the  common  little 
Water  Crowfoot,  which  soon 
took  possession  of  the  surface 
and  delighted  in  still  water. 
Had  Ranunculus  aquatili3  been 
an  exotic  and  not  a  native 
plant,  it  would  have  been 
much  sought  after  by  lovers  of 
aquatics,  even  if  it  had  to  have 
a  little  pond  to  itself.  In  the 
foreground,  to  the  right,  is 
Spiraea  or  Astilbe  astilboides, 
which  is  seldom  seen  in  such 
a'  position,  although  it  makes 
a  capital  waterside  plant,  and 
proves  quite  hardy.  Opposite  it 
are  the  rather  handsome  leaves 
of  the  double  Marsh  Marigold, 
Caltha_  palustris  flore  pleno. 
With  its  toes  in  tbe  water, 
it  flowers  far  more  freely  than 
extremely  well  in  its  season, 
of  this  page 
is  much  the 
prettier  of  the 
two,  and  por¬ 
trays  a  minia¬ 
ture  pool,  such 
as  one  may 
sometimes  see 
on  a  rocky  hill 
side,  but  glori¬ 
fied  by  its  be¬ 
ing  surrounded 
by  beautiful 
garden  plants 
arranged  in  a 
most  artistic 
and  pleasing 
way.  Just  ap¬ 
pearing  in  front 
is  one  of  the 
Dodecatheons, 
or  American 
Cowslips,  which 
do  so  well  in  a  moist,  but  not 
too  wet,  spot.  Conspicuously 
seen  in  the  background  is 
one  of  the  Funkias,  or  Plantain 
Lilies,  almost  all  of  which 
like  moisture  also.  By  the  way, 
those  with  yellow  or  varie¬ 
gated  leaves  do  not  look  so 
well  beside  water  as  those  with 
self-coloured  foliage. 
|  In  the  background  are  the 
feathery  flowers  of  a  Spiraea ; 
and  we  have  nothing  which 
associates  better  with  water 
than  the  herbaceous  species  ol 
that  beautiful  genus.  I  am 
not  quite  clear  what  one  was 
grown,  as  it  is  some  time  since 
1  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing 
this  garden,  but  one  can  hardly 
gj  wrong  in  placing  any  of  the 
plants  of  this  section  of  Spiraeas 
in  the  immediate  vicinity  of 
water.  They  like  to  get  their 
roots  into  the  moisture,  and 
grow  with  greater  vigour  and 
attain  greater  beauty  when  in 
such  a  position.  In  the  S.irling- 
shire  garden  where  this  photo¬ 
in  a  dry  border,  and  looks  graph  was  taken,  there  are  nuny  pretty  peeps  such  as  this,  which 
The  illustration  on  the  top  will  serve  to  show  how  much  may  be  done  by  such  accessories  to 
give  additional 
charms  to  a 
rock  garden. — 
S.  Arnott. 
A  Rock-bound  Pool  with  Suitable  Babdv  Plants. 
Hardy  Foliage  and  Flowering  Plants  Encircling  Water. 
Orchid  Sale. 
— At  the  sale  of 
the  collection 
of  exhibition 
Orchids  at  Wal¬ 
ton  Grange, 
Stone,  Stafford¬ 
shire,  by  Messrs 
Protheroe  and 
Morris,  two 
bulbs  and  one 
strong  growth 
of  the  Odonto- 
glossum  Rolfae 
hybrid  realised 
210  guineas, 
while  two  fine 
bulbs  of  the 
Odontoglossum 
crispum  The 
Earl  fetched 
160  guineas. 
