. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. Part I. THE ROCK-GARDEN. gentle isolated mound or open sunny spot, and arranged as shown in Figs. 4, j, 27, and 28, would produce a better efifect than several hundred tons placed as in Fig. 6. In dealing with the construction of the bolder masses of rock- work, we cannot have a better guide than Mr. James Backhouse, to whom I am indebted for the following article, which first ap- peared in the ' Field.' If we merely want a certain surface of rock disposed in a picturesque way, such details as these may not. Fig. 7.—Aj Silene alpestris. B
. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. Part I. THE ROCK-GARDEN. gentle isolated mound or open sunny spot, and arranged as shown in Figs. 4, j, 27, and 28, would produce a better efifect than several hundred tons placed as in Fig. 6. In dealing with the construction of the bolder masses of rock- work, we cannot have a better guide than Mr. James Backhouse, to whom I am indebted for the following article, which first ap- peared in the ' Field.' If we merely want a certain surface of rock disposed in a picturesque way, such details as these may not. Fig. 7.—Aj Silene alpestris. B, Lychnis viscaria. c, Silene acaulis, be worthy of attention, but if we wish our rock-gardens to be faithful miniatures of those wild ones which are admitted to be the most exquisite of nature's gardens, then they are of much importance. t " Comparatively few alpines prefer or succeed well in hori- zontal fissures. Those, however, which, like Lychnis viscaria and Silene acaulis, form long tap roots, thrive well in such fis- sures, provided the earth in the fissure is continuous, and leads backward to a sufficient body of soil. Where the horizontal fissures are very narrow (as at A, Fig. 7), owing to the main rocks ;being in contact in places, and leaving only irregular and interrupted fissures, such plants as the charming Lychnis. 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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