. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. there are miniature peaks, cliffs, and ravines with perhaps bog and water. Of the general arrangements of the rock-garden I can offer no better guidance than is conveyed by the various illustrations in this book; wishing, however, thereby merely to point in the right direction, as it is desirable that in these matters we should have endless variety. The most usual and deplorable of the faults in making rock- work is that of so arranging the stones that they seem to have as little connec- tion with the soil of the s
. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. there are miniature peaks, cliffs, and ravines with perhaps bog and water. Of the general arrangements of the rock-garden I can offer no better guidance than is conveyed by the various illustrations in this book; wishing, however, thereby merely to point in the right direction, as it is desirable that in these matters we should have endless variety. The most usual and deplorable of the faults in making rock- work is that of so arranging the stones that they seem to have as little connec- tion with the soil of the spot as if thrown out of a cart, indeed less so. Instead of al- lowing what may be temied the founda- tions, or apparent foundations, of the rock-garden to bare' ly show their upper ridges above the earth, as in Fig. 4, and thereby sug- gesting much more endurable ideas of " rock " than those arising from the con- templation of the bold and unnatural looking masses usu- ally seen, the stones are often placed on the ground with bricklayer in setting explain exactly what. Fig. 6.—Wrong. much the same idea that animates a bricks. The two preceding cuts will I mean; both are accurately engraved from photographs, both represent small portions of artificial rockwork ; the ugliest of the two was much the most difficult and expensive to make. A few loads of well-selected stones, allowed to peep from some. 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 Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London : J. Murray
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