60 FERNS 



rocks and ferns or an artistical sectional 

 arrangement, as fancy dictates. The latter 

 is much more satisfactory in every way and 

 may be as picturesque and informal as the 

 material will admit or the ingenuity of the 

 builder suggest. 



Plate 22 shows the skeleton of a corner 

 rock garden shaded by lilac shrubbery draped 

 with Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinque- 

 folia) on one side and by an eight-foot screen 

 on the other, with a vine-laden wire frieze 

 across the open front. One-foot netting 

 fastened well up on the screen at one end 

 and to the tree trunk on the other holds the 

 green portiere, which is easily pushed aside. 



MAKING SHADE WITH VINES 



In the absence of shrubbery or trees, a 

 shaded retreat could be affected with the 

 vine alone. 



An odd lot of calcareous sand, rock 

 and pudding stone compose the larger 

 part of the rockwork. These stones look 



