10 LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



and heavy manuring, but in the two latter cases the 

 expense of preparation and maintenance is very much 

 increased. 



Strongly Marked Natural Features, like Rocks and Water, 

 Distant Views, etc. 



These prominent natural features often found on build- 

 ing lots and surroundings should always be carefully con- 

 sidered, for they may be made to add wonderful beauty 

 and variety if properly handled. 



ROCKS. 



Large boulders arid ledges should be preserved wherever 

 possible, but the small boulders, loose rocks, and cobbles 

 should all be put out of sight in well-kept grounds. The 

 latter may be utilized for foundations for small buildings 

 and for filling in the beds of walks and drives, or otherwise 

 disposed of where out of view. The practice of dumping 

 them along the roadside, which we find in many country 

 places, cannot be too severely condemned, for it renders the 

 destruction of weeds and brush that come up among them 

 almost an impossibility. If all the loose stones and cobbles 

 could be removed from the borders of our roadways 

 throughout the country, weeds and other objectionable 

 growth could be easily kept down and the roadsides be soon 

 covered with grass and desirable trees and shrubs. 



Ledges and boiilders serve as a nucleus around which to 

 group the ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, and give an 

 added naturalness and beauty that can be obtained in no 

 other way. Large boulders may often be arranged in such 

 a way as to give a steep embankment the appearance of a 

 projecting ledge as in Fig. 2, arid which shows them 

 arranged -upon both sides of a cut through which a drive 



