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coiUrasls. Abo\ (.' .ill, k*i slitiibN W- so used as 

 to soften the li;u\I outliiK' aiul help to clothe 

 the bare phues in the rock i^arilen where tinish- 

 int;- touches mav be supplieil by other plants. 



To pio\ ii.le a represeiitati\ e list of shrubs 

 tor purposes atui positions as varied as those 

 to wiiich they may be applied for the adorn- 

 meiil oi the rock L;ardeii wvnild necessitate 

 \ oluniinous extracts Ironi a comprehensive 

 cataloi^ue. Tliose enumerated below arc 



merely desij^Mied to lorm a preliminary selec- 

 tion ot hard- wooded plants easy of cultiva- 

 tion in the varied soils and aspects common 

 to rock i^ardens of ample scope and reason- 

 able pretension. 



CONIFER.T^, 



Cupressus Law^oniatia natia Pinus sylvcstris globosa 



,, ,, Sh.iwii Retinospora Sanderi 



Juniperus Sabiiia prostrata ,, squarrosa siilphtirca 



Picea exc«Isa puinila Thu>a occidcntalis '* I.ittli; Gem " 



,, ,, pvgmaia ,, ,, globosa 



Pinus sylvestris llL-uvronensis Thuyop^is hutt-virens 



Pkat-lovebs. 



Andromeda (loribunda Gaultheria procumbeiis 



,, cassincfolia pulvcru. ., trichophylla 



iLMita Kalinia latifoUa 

 Azalea mollis X sinensis hybrids Menziesia polifolia alba 



., procumbens Mitchella rcpens 



,, rosaiflora Philesia buxifolia 



Bruckenthalia spicutifolia Polygala Chama;buxus 



Cornus canadensis Polygonum vaccinifolium 



Knkianthus japonicus Rhododendron cJliatum 



Erica carnea .. anthopogon 



,i vulgari> aurea „ raccmosutn 



., Alport i M iniricatum 



., Vcitchii \'accinium Vitis Idsea 



EVERC.REKN AND DECIDUOUS. 



Abelia rupestris Hypericum Moserianum 

 Acer pahnatum dissectum ,, patulum Henryi 



Ainygdalus nanus ,. repens 



Herheris buxifolia nana Jamesia americana 



Tliunbergii Lithospennimi prostratum 



,, Wiisona; Magnolia steDala 



Cerasus Watereri Mitrarla coccinea 



Cistus florentinus Nierembergia frutescens 



„ formosus Olearia stellulata 



purpureas Philadelphus niicrophyllus 



Convolvulus Cneorum Philadelphus Manicau d'hermine 

 Cornus Spacthii .. purpureo-maculatus 



, Mas argentea varicgata Poientilla Friedrichseni 

 Coloneastcr adpressa .. Veiichii 



„ horizontalis Prunus prostrata 



Cytisus kewensis .. triloba 



,, schipka;nsis Pyrus japonica pygma-a 

 Daphne Blagayana ,. .. Simonii 



Cneorum Rosmarinus officinalis prostratus 



„ Mezereuui album Rubus dcliclosus 



Deui/ia gracilis carniinea Salix reticulata 



„ campaiiulata Santolina chaina:-cyparissus 



,, Valmiajflora Senecio Gra>ii 



Euonymus radicans keweuMs Spartium junccum 



Kupatorium Weinmannianuni Spira-a decunibens 

 Fendlera rupicola .. Ilacquetii 



Fuchsia corallina Stephanandra flexuosa 



globosa Veronica carnosula 

 Genista pilosa » Bidwilli 



prostrata ., selaginoides 



tinctoriafl.pl. .. glauco-ca-rulea 



Helianthemums in variety .. .\utumn Glory 



Hydrangea hortensis Lindleyana Viburnum Carlesti 

 Hypericum fragile .. plicaium 



Scct]lin<j;s in a Diihlin Roi k 

 (iardcii. 



By K. I.i.ovii ri<\Ki;KK, H.A. 



I.\ Jiiosl rock gardens, I imagine, self-sown 

 seedlings are sacrificed to neatness. The 

 trowel and spade are periodically at 

 woiU on the beds, and the hoe and rake on the 

 paliis. ill a large garden the use o\' these im- 

 plements is, ot course, necessary ; but in the 

 small rock garden, if one is contented to weed 

 bv hand, and to avoid disturbing the surface of 

 bods and paths more than is necessary, a rich 

 reward in the shape of seedlings of many kinds 

 is the result. .\nd not only are these seedlings 

 invaluable for increasing or replenishing one's 

 stock of plants — sometiines of species which are 

 not easily increased — but one gets besides in- 

 teresting natural hybrids, and there is always 

 the chance of some really valuable new sport or 

 cross. Some of the choicest of rock plants, 

 such for instance as the Saxifragas, Faldonside, 

 Cherrytrees, and (niildlbrd Seedling, have 

 originated in this manner as chance naturally 

 sown seedlings. 



.M\' own rock garden is so small and so 

 crowded that the use of gardening tools for 

 weeding purposes is impossible, and in conse- 

 quence 1 weed by hand and get abimdant crops 

 of seedlings on both beds and paths. 1 have 

 studied these with great interest, and a brief 

 account of them may not be out of place in 

 these pages. I should much like to hear some- 

 thing of the experience of other rock gardeners 

 in the same direction. 



First, let me say that my garden is sunny 

 and the soil a light, limy loam. Saxifragas, 

 Sedums, Achilleas, and other grey-leaved 

 things, and, indeed, ail xerophilous plants are 

 thoroughly at home, while moisture-loving or 

 lime-avoiding plants, such as Primulas, Heaths, 

 Himalayan Meconopsis, Gaultherias and so on, 

 can be grown only in special peaty beds. It is 

 among xerophilous plants, therefore, that 

 seedlings are to be expected. 



I may clear the ground at the beginning by 

 mentioning some leading genera in which 

 natural seedlings have not occurred. .Although 

 I have some twenty species of .\chillea. I do 

 not think I ever had a seedling of an\- kind. 

 None out of fifteen species of .Artemisia have 

 sown themselves (except .A. mutellina once), nor 

 anv of at least sixty species of Sempervivum. 



