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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



IN order to make the reader comprehend better the 

 preceding remarks, he is referred to the Plate con- 

 taining the ground-plan of a Rockery for Alpines, 

 Fig. 1. Being, however, upon rather an extensive 

 scale, one for smaller collections is shown at Fig. 2. 

 But such matters can be added to or taken from 

 ad libitum. 



Plate, Fig. 1. 



a Is the rock-work in front, b The Pond, c Is the 

 space allotted for the bog, for the culture of Eriopho- 

 rum, Narthecium, Drosera, Pinguicula, and other 

 marshy or bog-plants, e e e Is that portion of the 

 Pond containing the different species of grasses, d Is 

 the border for dwarfish shrubs ; and, surrounding the 

 Pond at ///, is the space mentioned for maritime 

 plants. At h is the path along the foot of the 

 Rockery, and which joins with the walks iiii on the 

 opposite side of the Pond, and which, at the same 

 time, surrounds the whole, gg Is a lawn or green, 

 containing some white and scarlet thorns. At , the 

 small leaden pipe, in form of a rillet of water, runs 



