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the rockery, as the Jlsters, Wood Anemones, Violets, and, in 

 fact, all kinds of plants that will thrive on a rock should be 

 planted indiscriminately, without order, so as to form a variety 

 of flowering plants in every month of the season. Plants 

 growing in this manner, always assume their natural habits, 

 and are fine specimens, for young beginners in botany, and 

 the junior members of families that are studying that delight- 

 ful science: perhaps there is no greater inducement to its 

 researches, than a fine collection of hardy native plants on 

 the rockery; especially if the beautiful tribe of ferns is to be 

 studied, which will thrive well on rocks. 



Planting the rockery, is merely attended with inserting the 

 plants between the stones, in the soil, in their natural situa- 

 tions ; either on the sunny or shady side: if the rockery is 

 covered with leaves and pine or hemlock brush in the winter, 

 the plants will flower much better in the spring. Let it be 

 remembered, that most native plants in woods, are indulged 

 by nature with a covering of leaves in the winter, and there- 

 fore the utility requires no further comment. 



AHT. 8. Ornamental Waters and Bridges. 



There is nothing that I am acquainted with, that gives more 

 ease, and has so fine an effect in the ornamental and flower 

 garden department, as ornamental waters, in any form they 

 can be introduced ; it gives a relief to the eye, from too much 

 sameness of the living part of the created world ; and calls to 

 mind, the utility that is derived from its presence as a me- 

 dium conductor of food, to an organized kingdom. Indepen- 

 dent of this, the cooling aspect it assumes, forms a fine feature 

 in rural scenery. 



No correct definition, that I am acquainted with, can be 

 given on the formation of ornamental water; therefore it 

 must, like many other things, depend entirely on the taste of 

 those who wish to introduce it, but in all cases, the margin or 

 boundary should have a natural appearance, and seem to be 

 a necessary appendage. 



