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the paths leading through it will probably 

 have to be on almost the same level as the 

 plants, or at least more nearly so than in the 

 types of gardens hitherto described. There- 

 fore, in order to show the plants to advantage, 

 and to be in keeping with the surroundings, 

 the rocks should be considerably larger and 

 the whole scheme worked out on bolder and 

 broader lines. Where, for instance, in the 

 valley type, the level spots cover a couple of 

 square yards or so, three or four times that 

 extent would be scarcely sufficient here. 

 Again, when in the former case the bank 

 rises 6 feet in a distance of as many yards, 

 here it may take 15 or 20 yards, and the 

 eventual height from the bottom of the valleys 

 to the tops of the hills will be anything from 

 10 feet to 30 feet. The inclines should 

 always be more gradual than in any of the 

 gardens thus far noticed. In fact, to put the 

 whole matter concisely, in the former types 

 the idea was to copy some small portion of an 

 alpine scene, while in this it is to produce, 

 though on a very reduced scale, the scene in 

 its entirety. 



