128 Encyclopaedia of Gardening 



FLOWER GARDEN continued. 



Arches. Creeper-clad arches afford a ready and inexpensive 

 means of breaking up garden stiffness, and should be introduced 

 wherever there is a legitimate place, such as the junction of paths, 

 divisions between departments of the gardens, ends of lawns, and 

 so on. Those to whom the metal arches of the ironmonger are a 

 convenience need not hesitate to use them, but arches of rustic 

 wood are more suitable. Both kinds can be bought ready made at 

 prices ranging from a few shillings upwards. But the country 

 gardener will perhaps make his own. He may be advised to display 

 liberality in the size and treatment of his principal uprights, not 

 only selecting stout pieces, but dressing them well with tar or 

 creosote, and embedding them the better part of 3 ft. deep. The 

 Roses named above, also Crimson Rambler, Philadelphia Rambler, 

 Blush Rambler, American Pillar, Electra, Alberic Barbier, Mrs. F. 

 W. Flight, and many others are suitable for arches. Any of the 

 hardy Clematises may be used. Honeysuckles may be planted, and 

 most of the plants mentioned under Pergolas below may be used. 



Pergolas. A pergola might be described as a string of connected 

 arches, and it is suitable for forming a cool alley or spanning a long 

 walk. The drawback is the amount of material required, the main 

 advantage is the scope provided for a good collection of plants. In 

 addition to Roses, Clematises, and Honeysuckles, less familiar 

 creepers in the Passion Flower (in mild, sheltered places), the Eccre- 

 mocarpus, Cobaea scandens, Akebia quiiiata, Jasmine, Canary 

 Creeper, Maurandia scandens, Periploca graeca, and Tropaeolums 

 may be planted on pergolas. 



The Scented Garden is a charming corner. Here may be brought 

 together Lavender, Southernwood, Bergamot (highly perfumed 

 when the hand is drawn across the leaves), Sweet Peas, Clove 

 Carnations, Night-scented Stock, Wallflowers, Ambrosia mexicana, 

 Sweet Rocket, Sweet Scabious, Daphne, Lily of the Valley, Helio- 

 trope, Jasmine, Mignonette, Sweet Sultans, Roses, Mock Orange 

 (Philadelphus), Winter Heliotrope (Tussilago), and many other sweet 

 flowers. 



The Rockery. To lovers of Alpine flowers the rockery is the most 

 interesting and important feature of the flower garden in fact, with 

 many it is the flower garden. Not for them the garish joys of 

 bedding, or even the opulent splendour of herbaceous borders. 

 Gardening must be natural, or they find no pleasure in it. Such 

 flower lovers delight in making a garden from the wild and storing 

 it with the beautiful things which they have seen in their travels. 

 There are many districts in which the ground, on being broken up, 

 reveals stone. The rock lies in even strata. No building up of 

 artificial rockwork is needed in such places. Natural rockeries lie 

 ready to hand. In other places there is no stone at all events 

 near the surface and the lover of Alpines finds himself constrained 

 to construct rockeries for his favourites. A problem is thereby 

 created a problem which requires good judgment in the solving. 

 Stone has to be bought and put into position, and there are few 

 tasks in the flower garden more easily spoiled. Building rockwork : 



