. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. Part I. RUIN AND WALL GARDENS. 43 pactly gathered up near the surface, they must be placed in a chink with a Httle moist soil, which will enable them to exist until they have struck root into the interstices of the wall. In this way I have seen several interesting species of ferns established, and also the silvery Saxifrages, and can assure the reader that the appearance of the starry rosettes of these little rock-plants (the kinds with incrusted leaves, like S. hvigifolia, and S. lingulata) growing flat against the wall
. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. Part I. RUIN AND WALL GARDENS. 43 pactly gathered up near the surface, they must be placed in a chink with a Httle moist soil, which will enable them to exist until they have struck root into the interstices of the wall. In this way I have seen several interesting species of ferns established, and also the silvery Saxifrages, and can assure the reader that the appearance of the starry rosettes of these little rock-plants (the kinds with incrusted leaves, like S. hvigifolia, and S. lingulata) growing flat against the wall will prove strikingly beautiful. All the best kinds for our purpose, those that can be readily obtained and established without trouble, are marked with an asterisk in the list of selections which will be found farther on, and should be chosen by the doubters and beginners in this culture. While many have old ruins and walls on which to grow alpine plants, others will have no means of enjoying them this way ; but all may succeed perfectly with the plan sug- gested in the next figure. By building a rough stone wall, and packing the intervals as firmly as possible with loam and sandy peat, and putting, perhaps, a little mortar on the outside of the largest interstices, a host of brilliant gems may be grown witli almost as little attention as we bestow. A rude stone wall covered with Alpine Plants. on the common Ivy. Thoroughly consolidated, the mate- rials of the wall would afford precisely the kind of nutriment required by the plants. To many species the wall would prove a more congenial home than any but the best con- structed rock-garden. In many parts of the country the rains would keep the walls in a sufficiently moist condition, the top being always left somewhat concave ; in dry districts. 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 perf
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