PART I.] CULTURAL 9 



satisfied with the old bricks themselves, accompanied by 

 clinkers and other offensive rubbish, few trouble themselves 

 about the rock treasures that often lie beneath the sod. 

 Considering the large sums that are spent in sham rocks, 

 and the greater value in every way of natural rock, masses of 

 it are most valuable to those who care for the picturesque in 

 garden scenery. The illustration on the opposite page gives a 

 feeble notion of one of the rocks that a friend of mine has 

 succeeded in unearthing. His place was somewhat liberally 

 strewn with rock on the surface ; but the owner was anxious 

 for more ; and by digging out the earth, he has formed a 

 beautiful gorge between two flanks of rock; and by clearing 

 away the earth from the flank of a nose of rock that just 

 projects above a grassy knoll, he has discovered beautiful 

 wrinkles, crevices, and other charms in it. Thus by a little 

 persevering searching and digging, has been produced a scene 

 as interesting as in an alpine country, and one which offers such 

 a variety of aspects that one could desire for a rock-garden. 

 Many kinds of rock plants may be grown on it in the best 

 manner, and arranged on it with the happiest effect. 



Stone Pathway in Rock Garden at Warley Place, Essex. 



It would seem redundant to advise country folk to develop 

 the beauty of natural rocks where they happen to have any 

 but it is not so, as I have seen artificial rock being formed in 

 places where there were acres of beautiful rocks hidden away 

 in the underwood ! Even where no desire is felt for the 

 cultivation of alpine plants, the effect of the rock on the 

 landscape should be thought of, as it is often very precious. 



