THE GARDEN AND ITS ACCESSORIES 



space that might be a moss-covered wall 

 with flowering rock plants and clinging 

 vines. At all events, if such a bank must 

 of necessity exist, let it be covered with 

 flowering vines and dwarf plants that will 

 clothe its nakedness and give the gardener, 

 who must be a contortionist in order to cut 

 the grass, a cause to rejoice. 



A terrace wall may have as much vari- 

 ety in form and color as the very garden 

 itself, and if constructed so that its surface 

 cracks connect with pockets of loam inside 

 the wall it may be made to flower as a 

 veritable flower-bed. This sort of dry wall 

 terrace must be carefully planned and ex- 

 ecuted if it is to grow other than the true 

 rock-loving plants. It must be sufficiently 

 thick to retain the soil behind it and to 

 prevent the frost from throwing it out in 

 severe weather. The higher the wall the 

 thicker it must be in proportion. It is 

 most important, however, if a wall is to 

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