. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. THE ROCK GARDEN 101 ROCKS AND STONES The best effect is obtained by using stones from the place itself or a nearby source as their color and formation will be quite naturalistic. Select those that have been lying on the surface and have an old, weather-beaten appearance. They will, of course, be of all sizes; the average size will depend on the size of the rock garden. A large garden demands large stones, but even in a small garden a few large st6nes help the appearance wonderfully. It is also wise to select a type of stone that does
. The complete home landscape. Landscape gardening; Gardens. THE ROCK GARDEN 101 ROCKS AND STONES The best effect is obtained by using stones from the place itself or a nearby source as their color and formation will be quite naturalistic. Select those that have been lying on the surface and have an old, weather-beaten appearance. They will, of course, be of all sizes; the average size will depend on the size of the rock garden. A large garden demands large stones, but even in a small garden a few large st6nes help the appearance wonderfully. It is also wise to select a type of stone that does not crumble easily and then keep to the one kind throughout the garden. The two chief classes of rock are igneous and stratified (Fig. 91). The former is recognized by the irregular shape of its fragments and the fact that no layers are seen in its formationâgranite is a good example of this type. The other may be recognized immediately by the parallel, horizontal lines, which form the strata of the stone. These are seen very clearly in limestone rocks, shales, The two important styles in rock gardening are the outcome of the use of the two widely different forms of stone described above. If the stratified stone is used, the rock garden should be arranged to follow that stratification throughout the garden in "uniform irregu- ; That is, the one _ plane of stone, although broken in various places, should be seen right through the garden. This does not mean, however, that all stones should be laid on the same lines and angle. In Nature, large pieces are broken off outcropping ledges by natural forces, with the result that the dislodged pieces tumble down in any position, but the unity is still apparent in the stratification and , ^ -r-, t cleavage. In buildmg O the rock garden this ef- Fig. 91.âThe two chief classes of rock Slr( fied- ^Lor^cz. â. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanc
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