a 12, 1819; ] 
DRY- WALL GARDENS. 
LYINE-GARDENING provides great scope = = 
te i 
on of rock-garden, wever, One is 
n regia impressed by the scenic fort ex- 
pend on the тос nume 
instances, appear pl as to attract diui 
tion to thems e plants i ug ене 
all b 8, or p rojo from capacio 
fissures, ею ng sparse ee patchy greenery 
barely sutticient uggest the mission to 
the rock- y rden DE Between vegetation а 
natural rock there is. alw har 
mony, and when interpreted with на and 
displayed RBI a3 seen in vo good rock- 
асап, е interest and att seh of such a 
harmony ole with the yea 
This afünity between Miki 
weathered stone is excellen 
rowth 
y been borrow 
as an phason way of clothing 
old masonry that has коор eglected, with a 
Meses ving plan 
ments for introducing of -walls into: 
ie that they oc much less 
ос 
ш 
Е 
Еге 
ita m 
rock-garden exists, the dry-wall may still be 
represented, surrendering to it those: ‘plants ot 
free and vigorous grow ot that readily 
be dispensed w ith o n the m dnte PE pies] 
while to the Pe Meo proper we entrust such 
plants as call hus cien. aà Сеш to maintain 
me in or of a 
ry-wall ip bee сенй by ay of a eee 
wie uld -act as a support to 
of soll "behind, while the latt Mods. F dE. Я 
moist, root run for the plants at all s 
The work of Ойша a dry-wall is not difficult 
and is we e powe: all n. 
the wall, d. а БЕУ 
of fair! pis uniform thickness the Nim, of a run 
ustin 
hard nor too soft; if-the latter 
disintegrate rapidly under 1 
Bine es this further advanta, vast in th 
ledges and joints. 
exposed edge, to admit 
xd Maries g the nate EN ee ud in рл ве 
eedin bac 
an inch or more hind. dii is vus one beneath, the 
De эд die formed will s 
ais. А wall built on the led, 
THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
of soil between tne courses should be sufficient 
to bed be stones securely. 
oil used in dry j-walls rire: be good 
with a libe ral amount of grit and 
able or — d alk. It К 
[ H rea 
their fullest extent. 
f the plant id be kept just ыа: the 
ace ої tne mall, rooted cuttings 
and seedlings iss th a results; plant: 
hat have become root-bound in pots do 
t become established so readily dry- 
wall may made and planted фи time 
uring autumn, win or spring 
very wet or pasty the wo 
ad nded, as wet earth shrinks whan dry, and 
leaves air passages that are harmful to the 
тоо 
During their first: season, the plants should be 
sprayed over mornin. and evening іп dry 
weather with clear кке In times of drought 
and course 
After е “firs i se watering is rarely es 
sary, as the roots will hen be рен established, 
Fic. 73.—A FINE CLUMP OF PUE SUAVIS 
GROWING IN A DRY WALL 
and will usually find ae йө of moisture 
in the cool рза 
and ene hee of the various sub- 
eld to those of artistió tastes. 
both 
ordi obtain varied effects, from leaf 
and flower, it is advisable to e, in advance, 
a gh plan on paper of th in groupings. 
т 
grow to be esti d correctly, and also the 
bit of each Leger In ret way large, bushy 
subjects will not get mixed up with plants o 
smaller, finer ко A that in any haphazard 
planti ng w would e y occur. The following is 
ы mois of ne suitable for a dry wall expose 
olim 
systé —Acantholimons, Androsace lanu- 
recede sharply from me ground ye d with an eee ier dn pam ntosa, Arenaria montana, Alys 
ardet ле tha у be as much as six gums in variety, la hirta, erias of all 
ене foot of Ж height obtained. ry- varieti Cheiranthus Allionii, -Campanulas 
walls of this nature may gen x iuc recom- ` (dwa rts), Calamintha alpina, iem Ш 
ended for hot, dry situations. n upright graniticus, D. mic crolepis, caesius, D. 
all the incline or “ batter " need "се be two де lectus, D. suavis (see fig 73), D. айша; 
inches to every of height, and such а w: pions: D. deltoides, Draba aizoides, D. 
most readily meets the conditions of moist dis- simum pulchellum, Geum monta- 
tricts. Whatever type of wall is adopted, embed. num, “Gypso repens, Coris, 
the stones firml fill all joints and vacant~ fragile, H e mui , H. тер Hutchinsia alpina, 
paces behind them with soil, making th ris in variety. ‘Tris stylosa, Linum narbonense, 
thoroughly rigid as the building L. arboreum, Lithos уиге kinds, prostra- 
my the gee ed ago: tum and i variety should b soi 
e es, so far as is Viscaria splendens кеч 
the Joints | of the I р. possibl from lime), hum ; 
wer course, while ihe duet 
hypogaea, Oenolberá riparia, Ónosma tauric 
175 
Phy teuma orbiculare, Papaver alpinum, P. n 
caule, Plumbago Larpentae, Saponaria Fn 
splende b ifraga Aiz Cotyledon, 8. 
ru argin nata, oai 
asyphy yllur mE. ru S. 
spuriur im, 8. А,  Semporvivums in EAT. 
poer alpestris, S. Schafta, Thymus Serpyllum in 
Tunica sanitrage and its double form, 
lii 
wee 
zillii, V. incana, V. rupestris, Viola 
gracilis a auschneria californica. 
Plants for dry walls in the shade :—Adonis 
vernalis, Anemone narcissiflora, A. blanda, A. 
angulosa, A. Hepatica, Aule balearica, A. 
caespitosa, sarum europaeurt 1, Cardamime tritolia, 
Campanula ` carpatica muralis, С. pus asilla, 
Cyclamens in int: Dientes formosa, Epime- 
diums, Erinus pinus, Haberlea rhodopensis) 
Mazus Lege Myosotis in variety, Mentha 
Requie Nierembergia rivularis, Omphalodes 
verna, хань m olygala Chamae- 
imula fa F A =. е 
тау plants for sunny dry walls :—Cistus 
in variety, Helianthemums, Lavender, 1: 
kewensis (see fig. 75), С. schipkaensis, C. Beanii, 
ia iv nia Simonii, Cotoneaster adpressa, C. 
and C. rupestris. Z'hos. Smith 
- VEGETABLES. CRM 
POTATOS. 
In gardens where the soil is rich or 
laden with humus owing to man 
gris ed Potatos of аку varieties аг 
rank, and by August 
falls Poa, one line рее АЕРЫ 
arieties seem to be — rally of this habit, 
master and Snowball 
standing their height and vigour, sand 
down and smother dwarfer sorts 
em. 
wart disease 
B. oe on 
тре 8 
pat d, c re, Arran Chief, riches 
of hi езине, 
th 
the t s, but I understand this 
is now being controlled. The crux of the q 
lies i t that hundreds of people prefer 
or adhe rtain varieties because they suc 
planting is to ig and the t A 
ken as еў улы >р ones being с 
No sane has ped Bip usd t o my knowledge ia 
cut or uncut 
is over ; 
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