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might be introduced. Then such a wild garden has the 

 great merit of permanence and inexpensiveness, for if 

 arranged with some judgment at first, the colony may 

 almost be left to take care of itself. If the owner were to 

 go away for ten years, time would so add to its attrac- 

 tions, that he might on his return find it more beautiful 

 than ever. 



CHAPTER XX. 

 ROCKWORK. 



That there is a general love for the rough picturesque- 

 ness of rocks and crags, is shown by the frequency with 

 which the former, in either good taste or bad, are used 



Fig. 68. — SIMPLE POBM OF ROCKWORK. 



for adorning home grounds. With rocks we may trans- 

 fer material for garden embellishment from nature, that 

 remains wholly unchanged with the removal. 



The effectiveness of rockwork depends largely upon 

 the manner in which it is formed. Figure 68 represents 

 one of the simplest ways of using rocks and stones for 

 garden adornment. Stones of most any size that can be 

 handled are set a part of their length in the soil of a bed, 

 somewhat mound-like in shape, and at such distances 

 apart as to allow some plants to grow between them. 

 They are better for being elongated, mostly setting them 

 then with their longest way at right angles with the sur- 

 face of the soil. 



