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confusion is out of place on a well-ordered 

 lawn; therefore we have recourse to some- 

 thing " 'twixt Art and Nature." Happily the 

 stone-wall abominations, with dry, cramped 

 pockets in which no respectable fern would 

 attempt to grow, are things of the past. 



The more exposed the position, however, 

 the greater the need of something approach- 

 ing regularity, in outline at least, for proper 

 deference must be paid to the lawn mower. 

 It is wise also to consider the feelings of the 

 trimmer, else something besides grass will be 

 cut off with the shears. 



Whatever form of architecture is adopted, 

 see to it that there is a soil connection through 

 every pocket and crevice with the earth be- 

 neath, and that the top soil is firmed down 

 to that which is underneath, otherwise capil- 

 lary attraction will have no more chance of 

 keeping the earth damp than in an imper- 

 fectly drained flower pot. This is the funda- 

 mental principle on which depends success- 

 ful garden rockwork or rockeries. 



Environments usually suggest the proper 



