Illustrations 



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32 METHOD OF MODIFYING STEEP SHORES . . . . . . . . 66 



33 How TO MAKE A WALK ON SLOPING GROUND . . . .*-.... 66 



34 METHOD OF PLACING GRADE STAKES .67 



35 DRAINS OF ROUND TILE AND STONE DRAINS 69 



36 CURVED ROAD ROUNDING A SHRUBBERY ....... 73 



37 WALK LAID TO THE TOP OF A HILL. How TO AVOID STEEP GRADES . 74 



38 GRADING THE SIDES OF A SUNKEN ROAD ....... 75 



39 GAUGE USED IN ROAD-MAKING 76 



40 SHELL WALK ON Low GROUND ......... 77 



41 DRAINED WALK OR DRIVE ON Low GROUND 77 



42 SIMPLE GRAVEL PATH 77 



43 LARGE DRIVE WITH SURFACE DRAINAGE 78 



44 NATURAL GROUP OF OAKS So 



45 COMPOSITE GROUP OF TREES AND SHRUBS SHOWING PICTURESQUE SKY-LINE 81 



46 MIXED PLANTATION OF DECIDUOUS TREES AND EVERGREENS ... 82 



47 SCREEN PLANTING 83 



48 RHODODENDRON DAURICUM AS UNDERGROWTH IN A WOOD ... 85 



49 GROUP AND SPECIMEN SHRUBS NEAR A WALK 86 



50 FINE PLANTING, SHOWING EFFECT OF LIGHT AND SHADE .... 90 



51 WEEPING BIRCH AS A SPECIMEN TREE 91 



52 BOLD GROUPING OF TREES. LOMBARDY POPULAR AND PINE. ROYAL 



GARDENS, KEW ........... 94 



53 TYPICAL WOODLAND FLOWERS THE WOOD ANEMONE (A. syhestHs) . 97 



54 PRIMROSE GROWING IN OLD PASTURE 99 



55 TYPICAL RIPARIAN VEGETATION GREEN HELLEBORE ( Veratrum viridc] . 103 



56 DWARF MULLEIN (Ramondia Pyrenaica). A TYPICAL ROCK PLANT . . 104 



57 A. METHOD OF CUTTING AND ROLLING SODS. B. SECTION OF THE EDGE 



OF A LAWN, SODDED .......... 107 



58 SECTION OF A TERRACE. A. SODS. B. SEEDED GROUND. C. WALK . 108 



59 LAWN WITH ROUNDED SURFACE in 



60 LAWN FORMING A SHALLOW DELL 112 



61 UNDULATED LAWN 112 



62 CROCUS, GROWING IN THE GRASS 113 



63 ROCKY SUMMIT OF A KNOLL .116 



64 SANDSTONE ROCKS PROTRUDING THROUGH A HILLSIDE . . . .117 



65 SECTION OF A SUNKEN WALK WITH ROCKY SIDES 117 



66 SMALL ROCKERY AGAINST A WALL 118 



67 ROCKY BANK OF A RIVULET , 118 



68 SEC'] ION OF A ROCKERY 119 



69 POND-LIKE CISTERN WITH FOUNTAIN 121 



70 SECTION OF SMALL ARTIFICIAL STREAM WITH CONCRETE BOTTOM ; ROCKY 



BANKS 122 



71 SAME AS 70 ; WITH GRASSY BANKS ....... 122 



72 LAKE AND WATERSIDE PLANTING, RED MAPLES AND OAKS . . .123 



73 SECTION OF ARTIFICIAL WATER WITH CONCRETE BOTTOM, ROCKY BANKS, 



AND FOUNTAIN ......"..... 124 



74 FLOWER-BEDS . . . . . . . . '3 1 



75 WELL-KEPT HEDGE ; FORMAL LINES BROKEN BY FINE PLANTING . .134 



