How to manage a Garden 



with advantage have smaller stones strewn over it for 

 the purpose of diminishing the evaporation. By judicious 

 placing of the stones it should be possible to cater for 

 all varieties of alpine plants those which like sunshine, 

 those loving shade, those which like to grow upwards, 

 and those which droop down. It will be understood 

 that an artificial construction such as a rockery will 

 in dry weather need copious supplies of water, and 

 should therefore be placed in close proximity to that 

 important element. 



Wall Gardens. 



It is not my intention to spend any great space on this 

 subject, although it is one of great interest, but I should 

 like to call the attention of amateurs to the fact that 

 they have here a grand opportunity of adding a very 

 pleasing feature to their garden without much fear of 

 going wrong, and without any great expense in money 

 or labour. Wall gardens could of course be made very 

 elaborate, but that is not here intended. It will have 

 been noticed by many in their country travels that in 

 some old walls we find some very interesting specimens 

 of plants growing in the dry mortar. Wallflowers figure 

 prominently in this category. Now if these plants find 

 sufficient nourishment in the dry mortar, not only to 

 maintain their existence, but in many cases to flower 

 profusely, surely they would increase their vigour and 

 their floriferousness if better nourishment were afforded 

 them. Most readers also will in the course of their 

 rural rambles have seen what we might call stone hedges. 

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