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Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



FIG. 373. — RETAINING OR BOUNDARY WALL OF ROUGH UNHEWN BLOCKS. 



FIG. 374. — BOUNDARY WALL WITH ITS TOP PLANTED WITH SHRUBS. 



the eye with pleasure 

 may well result in the 

 creation of a delightful 

 effect. A judicious use 

 of compact shrubs will 

 add greatly to that 

 appearance of solidity 

 which every rock garden 

 should present. In a 

 well-planned rockery the 

 eye should not see too 

 much at a time, but 

 should be gently led from 

 one prospect to another. 

 Suitable shrubs further 

 this purpose. The larger 

 heaths are useful, and 

 Japanese maples are in- 

 dispensable, providing 

 rich colour in autumn. 

 The cistuses and their 

 lesser brethren, the 

 helianthemums, are good 

 but rampant, the cistuses 

 requiring plenty of head- 

 room. The prostrate 

 cotoneasters and dwarf 

 kinds of cytisus are 

 among the best, as are 

 Gaultheria procumbens 

 and Pernettya mucron- 

 ata. One of the most 

 charming of all small 

 shrubs is Daphne 

 Cneorum, with its 

 innumerable fragrant 

 pink blossoms. The 

 lesser genistas and 

 veronicas, especially V. 

 Hectori, are useful. 

 Skimniia japonica is- 

 decorative in winter 

 with its red berries, and 

 at all seasons valuable 

 for its excellent foliage. 

 The shrubby spiraeas, 

 such as arguta multiflora 

 and p r u n i f o 1 i a , are 

 splendid in every way. 

 The list of suitable 



