CHAPTER IV 



THE ARTIFICIAL ROCK GARDEN 



What can be done with a level field — Laying out the garden 

 — Boldness of design — Preparing banks 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 — Rocky bed — Very large rock garden — 

 Difficulties connected with this type of garden — Points 

 to be noted in artificial rock gardens. 



Even more care and study are required to lay- 

 out the artificial rock garden to the best 

 advantage than is the case v\^ith the natural 

 rock garden ; for w^hereas in the latter the 

 position chosen will to a great extent, if not 

 altogether, determine the type it has to be, 

 this is not so v^ith the artificial garden, or at 

 least not to the same extent. Take, for example, 

 a narrow field, sloping gradually from one end 



to the other, which all will agree does not 



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