. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . environment, let the broad flanksand towering crests of Carn Dearg, Beinn Bhreichand Beinn Eibhinn suffice for that, with the fairexpanse of Loch Ossian at their feet. To turn thisinto an alpine garden little more has been necessarythan to root out the heather and wild grasses fromcertain pockets and hollows, fill them with good soiland plant choice bell-flowers, globe flowers, primulas,saxifrages, speedwells, dianthus, and a rich varietyof other flowering herbs. It is remarkable to seeIncarvillea Delavayi,
. Scottish gardens; being a representative selection of different types, old and new . environment, let the broad flanksand towering crests of Carn Dearg, Beinn Bhreichand Beinn Eibhinn suffice for that, with the fairexpanse of Loch Ossian at their feet. To turn thisinto an alpine garden little more has been necessarythan to root out the heather and wild grasses fromcertain pockets and hollows, fill them with good soiland plant choice bell-flowers, globe flowers, primulas,saxifrages, speedwells, dianthus, and a rich varietyof other flowering herbs. It is remarkable to seeIncarvillea Delavayi, not usually considered patient ofexcessive wet and cold, flourishing here as luxuriantlyas anywhere, spreading into large patches and bearingquantities of its large, gloxinia-like blossoms. Along the lake margin of yellow sand, iris, spiraea,and other water-loving plants make a charming-fringe ; while shelter is provided by masses of Pinusmontana, planted on exposed ridges among theheather. This hardy mountaineer, of dwarf staturebut luxuriant foliage, thrives vigorously under 100. COKKOUR conditions of exposure and soil which are fatal toother trees. It revels in as much wind as it canget, and is able to digest the humic acid in peat,which is so unfavourable to the health of most this part of the ground may be termed wildgarden, inasmuch as flowering exotics appear to begrowing spontaneously among the native heaths andgrasses. But similar efifect could not be obtained80 easily at a lower altitude than Corrour, wherethe native herbage has none of the rank exuberanceof lowland growth. It is subalpine in character, andis composed of many plants exceedingly ornamentalin themselves, such as the various heaths and moor-land berries, the field orchises, the dainty littlecornel {Cornus suecica) and the lovely and fragrantwintergreen {Pyrola intermedia). With these areblended in the most natural manner lowly thicketsof the Himalayan Andromeda (Cassiope) fastigiata,with termin
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