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case, a certain amount of " live '* rock exists 

 and it is necessary to add to it, the rocks 

 added must observe the same " dip " or forma- 

 tion as the " Hve " rock. 



If these rules be carefully follov^ed, little if 

 any difficulty should be experienced in building 

 the rocks into one another. Each v^ill, how- 

 ever, have to be chosen with some care, in 

 order that it may correspond both with its 

 neighbour and also with the general formation 

 that has been laid out ; that is to say, if it is 

 required to form a corner, the stone chosen 

 should have one of its faces to correspond with 

 and be in the same line as the last previously 

 placed stone, whilst another face will give the 

 direction in which to continue the rockwork. 



Having now dwelt at sufficient length on the 

 way in which the individual rocks should be 

 treated, the next thing is to show how to 

 construct the rockwork in general. 



As was pointed out in a previous chapter, 

 the primary object of the rocks is to keep the 

 soil in position and prevent it being washed 

 down the sides of the garden by heavy rains. 



The most usual and effisctive and also the 



