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or by means of hundreds of medium-sized fragments of 

 stone, clothing a hillside, where the presence of a barren, 

 rock-strewn region suggests • itself. It is to be noted 

 that rocks among ferns may be made effective in wood- 

 land or in some low, moist dell only. 



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BRIDGE OF BOULDERS, WITH ROCK TREATMENT OP STREAM, IN CENTRAL 

 PARK, NEW YORK 



Again, it is a good idea to remember that we can con- 

 struct rightly and effectively, in the boldest way, bridges 

 and footways of rock, always provided we do it sensibly, 

 in regions where rocks crop out and footways are needed. 



A specially happy effect of this kind has been con- 



