. Jardins pour les petites maisons de campagne. Les jardins. Rock Gardens 243. FIG. 363.-TREATJIENT CORXER IMPAIR de touffes de choix. douzaine sih'vre et la saxifrage moussue, mais les rochers, bien que grand et bon, sont placés de telle façon que non seulement ne parviennent pas à s'il vous plaît, mais ne s'pas de bon-plantation. Stratifié correctement les pierres, d'autre part, sont admirablement adaptée aux besoins des plantes. Le meilleur genre de roche à employer est porté à la température calcaire, qui est beau en soi. La pierre naturelle doit être utilisé partout où il se produit dans le district. Pierre- sable charlottes someA^hat rapidh", mais

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. Gardens for small country houses. Gardens. Rock Gardens 243. FIG. 363.—TREATJIENT OF AX ODD CORXER. dozen clumps of choice sih'erv and mossy saxifrages, but the rocks, though large and good, are so placed that not only do thev fail to please, but thev do not readily permit of proper-planting. Stones properly stratified, on the other hand, are admirably adapted to the needs of the plants. The best all-round kind of rock to employ is weather-worn limestone, which is beautiful in itself. Natural stone should be used wherever it occurs in the district. Sand- stone crumbles someA^hat rapidh', but the grit thus produced is a valuable rooting medium. A-oid, as -ou v"ould the plague, all manner of brickbats, clinkers, concrete and tree trunks. Alwavs laA- the stones with their broadest face downwards. If these simple rules be obeyed, the rock garden will appear to be something inherent in the soil, and not a mere fortuitous medley of stones. It is desir- able that all the rocks should dip the same way. It used to be thought that it was necessary to have all stones dipping backward into the soil, but experience has shown that this is not so. The reverse slope shown in Fig. 367 at A will conserve moisture quite as effectually as the slopes indi- cated at C and E. The forma- tion shown also in Fig. 367 by B and D has been f o u n d successful from e'erv point of view. The actual appearance of rocks laid as shown by is seen in respectively, whole of the soil underlying the rock garden must be thoroughly trenched and worked to a depth of at least two and a half feet, and deeper stih if possible. Plenty of leaf mould, or thoroughly rotten manure, should be in- corporated in the soil. C and E and 360 Figs. 359 The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver,

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