. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. WHERE ONE SIDE ONLY IS TO BE UTILISED. Vi(H£JJE BOTH SIDES ARE USED FOR PLANTING. FIG. 375.—BOUNDARY WALLS shrubs is a long one, but there should in every case be a goodly number of dwarf conifers of the Savin class, such as Juniperus compressus nanus and the ordinary J. Sabina. Very choice, delicate plants should be grown in a portion of the garden specially allotted to them, in order to avoid risk of their becoming overwhelmed and lost. Very many of the choicest species succeed best in the moraine. It is a common but misguided practice t
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. WHERE ONE SIDE ONLY IS TO BE UTILISED. Vi(H£JJE BOTH SIDES ARE USED FOR PLANTING. FIG. 375.—BOUNDARY WALLS shrubs is a long one, but there should in every case be a goodly number of dwarf conifers of the Savin class, such as Juniperus compressus nanus and the ordinary J. Sabina. Very choice, delicate plants should be grown in a portion of the garden specially allotted to them, in order to avoid risk of their becoming overwhelmed and lost. Very many of the choicest species succeed best in the moraine. It is a common but misguided practice to plant yuccas in the rock gardens. No plants are more hopelessly out of keeping with the general character. These and any plant or shrub which has anything of a tropical aspect miist be rigidly excluded. No difficulty should be experienced in respect of the situation of the rock garden, for there are numberless species to suit every aspect. The shade, and even the proximity, of trees must be carefully avoided. Generally speaking, the more open and exposed the situation the better, pro- vided some sort of shelter can be furnished against cutting or excessively bois- terous winds. In every case the rock garden should be as far as possible from the dwelling-house, and the transition to it should be gradual. It is a great mistake to cramp the rock garden unless the space available is very circum- scribed, for the greater the freedom the greater will be the illusion of reality. Fur- thermore, nearly all alpines love light and air. There are various forms of rock garden, such as the dell, the ravine, the miniature cliff, the knoll. Many different types will be found in the illustrations. Even in the smallest back- yard there is scope for a square yard or two of such construction as is seen in Figs. 359, 360 and 363. The mere fact of its being an odd corner should not fic 376—bog and water garden. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have
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