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A rock-garden in the making facing \^ 



Proper way to place rocks 139 



Dripping water and bog garden . . . . . . ,, 140 



Wild Pinks in rock-garden ,,141 



Evergreen Candytuft ,,142 



Protecting Alpines from wet 143 



Cistus salvifolius . ,,146 



Cytisus Kewensis 147 



Alpine house at Kew . . . . . . . . . 156 



Interior of Alpine house . 157 



Nepeta and other flowers . . . ' . . . . 160 



Cerastium in dry wall 161 



A dry wall in November ......... 162 



Same wall a year after ,,163 



Paved walk between Lavender 166 



Trillium grandiflorum roseum 167 



A Water-Lily pond ,,170 



Hardy Nymphaeas - . . . 171 



Erica mediterranea hybrida 182 



Erica carnea 183 



Plan of lawn-tennis court ......... 190 



A suburban flower-garden ,,191 



Japanese Windflower .......... 196 



Walk of Evening Primroses . . . . . . . 197 



^Esculus parviflora . . . . . . . . . 216 



The Amelanchier 217 



The Catalpa in flower 224 



Seed-pods of Catalpa ,,225 



Large-flowered Winter Sweet 226 



A beautiful Rock Rose . . .... . . . 227 



Broom Cytisus praecox . . . 230 



Daphne Gwenka . . . ... . . 231 



Escallonia langleyensis . . ... . . 234 



The Golden Bell . . . . . . . . . . 235 



Catkins of Garrya elliptica . ... . . . 236 



Branch of the Snowdrop Tree . . . . V- . . . 237 



Hydrangeas in the south-west . . . . ' 238 



The big panicled Hydrangea . . . . ; . . 239 



The Sea Buckthorn -. . - . . - > . . . 240 



An aged Laburnum in flower. _^ ' ' 1A: 2 4 J 



Magnolia soulangeana . - .--^ ; }) 244 



Magnolia stellata . . . 245 



Pernettya shoot . . . 246 



Mock Orange 247 



Double Gorse ,,258 



The Japanese Snowball Tree ,,259 



