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sophila muralis, the pink, or elegans, the white) adds a graceful touch. 

 The ornamental grasses look well combined in various places with the 

 various blooming perennials. The annual Larkspurs and Lupines 

 are both good blue subjects. Portulacas, SanvitaUas, Bouncing Bet 

 (Saponaria ocymoides) and Nemophila are of just the proper habit 



This picture shows a closer, more intimate view of a rock garden. In this instance 



it is employed most fittingly as an ornamental feature between the inner flower 



garden and the outer semi-wild parts 



for the rockery. Speaking of rock gardens in California, even as far 

 south as Los Angeles, a writer in a paper there says: "These rock 

 gardens are positively alluring, for if one but follows a bank having 

 a turn in direction of but a quarter circle he may find at one end the 

 Edelweiss of the European Alps, and at the other, through gradual tran- 

 sitional plant zones, cacti from the desert sands. Next to the alpines 

 is often brought in fern dells with tricklmg streams and waterfalls." 



(For Perennials useful for Rockery, see Contents.) 



Always consult Index to Contents. Familiarize yourself with it. There 



are hundreds of good things in this book that will escape your attention if 



you do not use the Index freely. 



