That Rock-Garden of Ours 



CHAPTER I 



The fascination of gardening Our Nature-corner Broad 

 catholicity of taste called for The scouted " primrose 

 by the river's brim " The great charm of association 

 The preservation of our native Flora Nature's power 

 of recuperation The aristocratic rock-garden, and the 

 rockery of the artisan The necessary material Whence 

 procured A clinkery Nature's rock-gardens A corkery 

 Judicious and injudicious building-up Tree-roots 

 Approximation to natural conditions Shade, sunshine, 

 moisture, or the absence of it Suitable soils The 

 heresy of under-planting What to plant Continuous 

 variation as time passes The freemasonry linking to- 

 gether kindred spirits. 



IT has been laid down by no mean authority 

 that gardening is one of the purest of earthly 

 pleasures, and to all who have come under its 

 fascination the statement would appear a very 

 reasonable one. Our gardening may take the 

 practical form of cultivating long rows of succulent 

 lettuce, crisp celery, or such wealth of tender and 



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