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for rockwork — Treatment of natural valley — 

 Formation of banks — Example of a " valley " 

 garden — Points to be noted in excavations — 

 The hollow garden — Gradient of slopes — 

 Drainage — Aspect — Bank and knoll types and 

 their treatment — Rock bed — Very large rock 

 garden — Difficulties connected with this type 

 of garden — Points to be noted in artificial rock 

 gardens ....... 38 



CHAPTER V 



THE ROCKWORK 



Kind of rock to use and what to avoid — Principles of 

 particular construction — Types of rockwork to 

 avoid — The placing of individual rocks — Fissures 

 and how to make them — Strata — Principles of 

 general construction — Paths — Steps — The 

 moraine ....... 64 



CHAPTER VI 



THE SOIL 



Importance of climate — Best type of soil — Supplying 

 deficiencies in soil — Necessity of loosening 

 ground — Drainage ..... 85 



CHAPTER VII 



THE BOG GARDEN 



Position — Natural bog garden — Artificial bog garden 



— The stream ...... 95 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE WILD AND WATER GARDENS 



The wild garden — Treatment — List of plants suit- 

 able — The water garden — Treatment — List of 

 plants suitable . . . . . .108 



