52 FERNS 



style, which should always be simple and 

 unpretentious. 



THE CIRCULAR ROCKERY A CONVENIENCE 



As a matter of convenience, I have a cir- 

 cular rockery on my lawn. Careful selection 

 of stone gives a varied outline; a curved 

 slab of calcareous rock is highly valued, as 

 it is so advanced in decay that layers are 

 easily sprung and ferns inserted as fancy 

 dictates. Regularity ceases with the mar- 

 ginal tier of stones. Four good-sized rocks 

 artistically irregular in shape are placed at 

 right angles slightly inclined toward the 

 centre; the space between the big stones 

 is walled up to a height of two or more feet, 

 with a six-inch wall across the open front. 

 This gives four large receptacles below the 

 central pocket, with a twelve-inch border 

 and no end of tiny nooks for tucking in 

 petite members of the fern family. 



Unless a rockery is in a sheltered nook 

 the height should be limited to two and a half 



