94 FERNS 



Japanese principles of art are equally 

 applicable to rockwork. Why not a Lilli- 

 putian rockery as well as a garden ? Any- 

 thing under seventy-five pounds' weight is 

 practicable, and not in the least formidable. 

 However, the right kind of rock for the pur- 

 pose is not within the reach of all. 



The majority of nature lovers gravitate 

 toward country byways, always replete with 

 treasure of one sort or another for the 

 naturalist. Sooner or later observant eyes 

 find what they seek. If the quest is for 

 rocks, rocks grooved and punctured with 

 alluring pockets will surely protrude from 

 stone wall or stone heap, or perchance an 

 isolated specimen may crop up at our feet 

 and tempt us to extricate a marvellous 

 conglomerate seemingly designed for this 

 special use. 



Magnificent quartz crystals like the sixty- 

 pound specimen shown in Plate 23 are not 

 met with every day. Something else would 

 answer as well for a beehive in a wall, con- 

 sequently the original tenants were turned out 



