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in in the slow processes of time, there can be 

 no objection to using it. Of course it will not 

 be of the type seen in other kinds of places; and 

 if a tree of crooked aspect can be planted in a 

 crevice of it, so much the better. 



The use of stone is an art in itself — particu- 

 larly the use of it to produce natural effects. 

 Without going into the kinds which it may be 

 desirable to assemble together and the kinds 

 which should be excluded, it is enough to say 

 that stones from below the surface of the ground 

 are not usually weathered to the degree neces- 

 sary for the best results. Select, therefore, from 

 on top of the ground, or from a creek bed; and 

 consider color combinations and the delicate 

 tones which fungi bring to them more even 

 than you consider form. There will always be 

 found a way to get stones together, whatever 

 their form; but nothing will alter the raw effect 

 of stones that have not been exposed to the ele- 

 ments. And of course seats or bird basins in 

 the wild garden ought never to be of artificial 

 material. Make these things of stones or of 

 stumps or fallen trees, as suggested — or else do 

 not have them at all. 



For the wild garden it is not possible to de- 

 termine as exactly as a planting plan involves, 

 the position of plants — therefore it is practically 



