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overgrown with a wood of trees of light foliage. The rocks 

 may here be imbedded on the steep sides as if tumbled 

 down from time to time during the formation of the ravine, 

 and loose bowlders may be placed in the bottom, forming 

 imaginary remains of a river-bed. Here ferns of all classes 

 and such delicate plants as the diadem flower (Tiarella), the 

 shooting-star (Dodecatheori), mitre- 

 wort (Mitella), hepatica, Solomon's- 

 seal (Polygonatum), and flowers of 

 rocky woods, such as the ginseng F IQ. G^-SANDSTONE ROCKS PRO- 



x ; 7 . x MI r> i TRUDINQ THROUGH A HILLSIDE. 



(Aralia racemosa), will lind a 



natural home, besides many of the finest vines and creepers. 

 More extensive rockeries can be built on a steep hill- 

 side, or on the banks of small lakes or rivers, where the 

 necessary material is easy to obtain. A hillside will form a 

 natural and suitable back- 

 ground, and the work may 

 be made to imitate nature in 

 the best way possible, for it 



FIQ. 65. SECTION OF A SUNKEN WALK 



is on such declivities that WITH ROCKY SIDES - 



cliffs and masses of broken rocks are most often seen in 



mountain regions. 



If no such background can be had, and the rockeries 

 are to be built on almost level ground on the sides of a 

 slightly sunken walk, dark-leaved evergreens, such as rho- 

 dodendrons, pine, spruce, and hemlock, should be planted 

 to form the necessary background, to make a connecting 

 link between the smooth lawn and the picturesque rocks, 

 and to modify the contrast between the two. 



In small places, rockeries may be built about the corner 



