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PRACTICE OF GARDENING. 



Part III; 



6523. Propagation and culture The same as for herbaceous plants, taking into consideration the dif- 

 ference in the soil and site. 



Subsect. 5. Flowers for ornamenting Rocks, or Aggregations of Stones, Flints, Scoriat 

 formed in imitation of Rocky Surfaces, fye. 



6524 In strict propriety, mountain or rock plants onlv should be introduced on artificial rock-work ; 

 but natural mountains and rocks are always moist and cool, and the plants which have their habitations 

 there would not always thrive on dry ridges of earth and stones. On a small stale, therefore, choice is 

 generally made of such plants as are not tall and rampant, and as grow naturally in a dry soil. In the 

 following list, as in the others, the most ornamental of them are distinguished by a letter (s), and those 

 which flower the greater part of the summer by a figure (3), &c. 



Perennials. Achillea alpina 3, montana, 

 Aju^.a alpina, pyramidalis 3, Alche- 

 milla alpina, ptntaphylla, Alyssum 

 montanum,murale,. saxatile, Anemone 

 alpina, apennina, baldensis, Pulsatil- 

 la 3, p. major 3, Anthemis montana, 



. Anthyllis montana, Antirrhinum al- 

 pmum, Aquilegia alpina, Arabis al- 

 pina 3, bellidifolia 3, lucida 3, sibi- 

 rica 3,Arenaria montana 3, saxatilis 3, 

 Arnica montana 3, Artemisia rupes- 

 tris, Astragalus alpinus, hypoglottis, 

 montanus s, uralensis 3, Athainanta 

 libanotis, Bartsia alpina 3, Betonica 

 alopecurus, Campanula carpatica 3, 

 collina 3, rapunculoides 3, rotundi- 

 folia, saxatilis 3 n, Cardamine pe- 

 troea 3, Centaurea montana,Cerastium 

 dioicum, Cheiranthus helveticus S, 

 Cherleria sedoides, Chrysanthemum 

 montanum, Cochlearia saxatilis, Cu- 

 cubalus behen, Dianthus collinus, 



hyssopifolius, plumarius, virginicus, 

 Draba aizoides, ciliaris, stellata, Epi- 

 lobium montanum, Epimedium alpi- 

 num 3, Geranium pyrenaicum, Geum 

 montanum, m. minor, Gnaphalium 

 margaritaceum 3,Hedysarum saxatile, 

 Hypericum montanum 3, .llecebrum 

 paronychia 3, Phjsalls alkekengi,Vim- 

 pinella saxifraga, Podalyria australis 3, 

 Potentilla rupestris, Rubus articus 3, 

 chamaemorus 3, rosiefolius 3, saxati- 

 lis 3, Saxifraga aizoides, nivalis, op- 

 positifolia, pennsylvanica, petra:a, ro- 

 tundifolia, sarmento.^a, Sedum for- 

 sterianum, giaucum, hybridum, ru- 

 pestre, sexangulare, villosum, Silene 

 alpestris, rupestris, saxatilis, saxifraga, 

 Telephium imperati, Teucrium mon- 

 tanum, Thlaspi alpestre, Thymus 

 vulgaris, Tormentilla reptans, Trifo- 

 lium alpestre, montanum, repens ma. 

 culatum, Valeriana montana, pyre- 



naica, Veronica montana, saxatilis, 

 Viola lutes, montana. 

 Bulbs. Allium carinatum, Fritillaria 



Oxalis acetosella, violacea 3 

 Biennhils A IVKttm delloideum 3, Cam- 

 j>anula cervieariao, thyrsoidea 3, Car- 

 duus marianus, Carlina vulgaris, 

 Cheiranthus cheiri, incanus, Cochle- 

 aria glastifolia, Digitalis purpurea, p. 

 flo albo.Echium vulgare,(inaphalium 

 luteo-album, Hedysarum coronarium, 

 Marrubium alysson,Teucnum monta- 

 num 3, Thlapsi saxatile, Wrbena offi- 

 cinalis 

 Hardy Annuals. Alyssum caycinum 3, 

 Antirrhinum chalepense ,C impanula 

 perfoliata, Geranium mi schatum, 

 Momordica elaterium, Resvda odor- 

 ata, Scorzoneva picroides, tingitana, 

 Silene acteon, behen, Trifo >um po- 

 lonicum, Viola tricolor. 



6525. The ground-plan and figure of the elevation of the rock-work rrlust, as in the case of the aqtarium, 

 be made to harmonise with surrounding objects. Simple outlines and surfaces, not too much broken, 

 show the plants to most advantage, and are not so liable to ridicule as imitations of hills or mountains, or 

 high narrow cones, or peaks of seorias in the Chinese manner, which are to be seen in some places, 

 A ground-plan, in the form of a crescent, or of any wavy figure widest towards the middle pari of its 

 length, and with the surface not steeper than forty-five degrees {fig. 619.) will be found well suiteu to the 





less durable materials, such as bricks, pudding-stone, scoriae, &c. which are found in flat countries. 

 Sometimes one side of such rock-works may be nearly perpendicular, in which case, if facing the north 

 it affords an excellent situation for ferns and mosses. ' 



6526. In countries abounding with stone, massy and extensive pieces of rock- work may be formed and 

 shrubs introduced as well as plants, so as to produce a scene of considerable beauty and interest' Its 

 base, and such parts as are near the eye, may be formed of masses of granite or bassalt ; selecting such 

 for the shady side as are already covered with mosses and lichens, especially the lichen atra-flavus geo- 

 graphicus, ventosus, stellaris, &c. These vegetables will not grow on sandstone, and but seldom on 

 limestone, therefore stones of these earths should be kept as much as possible in the more distant parts 

 where they -will be partially covered with shrubs and plants, rooted in proper soil, introduced in the 

 crevices. . When works of this kind are extensive, a winding walk or stair may be led over them and 

 wells, or small reservoirs of water, introduced in some places for mountain bog-plants and aquatics' and 

 for keeping the whole mass moist and cooL * ' 



Subsect, 6. Evergreen-leaved Flowers, or such as are adapted for preserving an Appear- 

 ance of Vegetation on Beds and Borders during the Winter Months. 

 6527. A due proportion of evergreen-leaved fibers is very necessary for enlivening borders in the winter 



ook'dr^rv"hv e f E Cia *" y -V; d M g com P artm ts * surface of turf, which, without some evergreen plants, 

 ook dreary by contrast with the verdant surface. ' 



Perennials. Achillea millefolium, m. 

 flo rubro, Alchemilla alpina, penta- 

 phylla,vulgaris,vpubescens,Anthemis 

 nobilis, n. flo pleno, Bellis perennis, 

 nortensis, h. variegata, h alba, h. fis- 

 tulosa, h. prolifera, Campanula pumi- 

 Ja 3*, Dianthus barbatus, b. atro-ra- 

 bens, hortensis,Gentiana acaulU 3,ver- 

 na 3, Gnaphalium dioicum 3, Lych- 

 nis floscuculi, f. flo. pi. f. flo. albo, 

 viscaria, v. flo. pi. v. flo. albo, Melissa 

 rncuialis, Melittw melissophyllum 



Primula acaulis, auricula, veris, v. 

 eiatior, v. polyanthos, v. flo pleno, 

 Saxifraga caespitosa, cuneifolia, gera- 

 noides, geum, hypnoides, mutata, 

 nivalis, oppositifoha,petraea,umbrosa, 

 Silene acaulis 3, Statice armeria, a. 

 flo. albo, Stipa pennata, Teucrium 

 chamtedrys, montanum, Thymus 

 montanus 3*, serpyllum3s citrict'eru;, 

 vulgaris, zygis *. Veronica hybrida, 

 Viola grandiflora 3, g. flo. IjUo 3, 

 g. flo. maculata 3, odorata ccer. 3,o.!lo. 



p'.eno ccer. 3, o. flo. albo 3, o. flo. pleno 

 albo 3, o. flo. pi. purp. 3. 



Bulbs. Amaryllis lutea, Helleborua 

 hyemalis. 



Biennials. Agro;temma coronaria, c. 

 flo. albo, c. flo. pi. rub. Anchusa 

 italica, paniculata 3, Dianthus arme- 

 ria 3, terrugineus 3, monspeliacus 

 3 s. Hesperis matronaU.,, iberis li- 

 nifolia 3, Lavatera arboiea, silentf 



