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ROCKS 



THE employment of rocks in landscape gardening 

 should be founded on study of the way similar 

 fragments have naturally disposed themselves 

 in the scenery of the territory where they are to be 

 employed. 



To complete the natural beauty and proper effect 

 of rocks in the landscape, rock plants are required, 

 plants that thrive in shallow soil and in the crevices, 

 pockets, and nooks found in such places. 



"They (the rocks) may also occasionally be con- 

 nected with a stretch of wall built of blasted field 

 stone as if for some purpose, like reconstructing a 

 bridge or supporting a steep bank, one had merely 

 taken advantage of the rocks which had naturally 

 accumulated and supplemented the rest with a wall 

 for the same purpose. This also gives the opportu- 

 nity to gather together plants which demand a rocky 

 soil, and which are often very ornamental, especially 

 near water where such rock work is most desirable 

 for a bulwark, dam, strong wall, etc., and in a large 

 park they are almost indispensable. A slight artistic 



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