Rocks loi 



lect such plants as demand a rocky soil, and 

 which are often very ornamental, especially near 

 water, where such rock-work is most desirable 

 for a bulkhead, dam, strong wall, etc., and in a 

 large park they are almost indispensable. 



A slight artistic touch which can be recom- 

 mended is to set the stones in a slanting direc- 

 tion, as if they had been forced up in that 

 manner, and to make one or more of the edges 

 stand out conspicuously, which gives the whole 

 a more picturesque and bold aspect. As an ex- 

 ample for illustration I append the drawings of 

 two dams and a supporting wall which have 

 been built according to these principles on my 

 estate. (See Plates VIII, IX, and X.) 



The dams were built from the foundation, as 

 far as they were not visible, of brick, in a rock 

 wall, and then covered and overlapped with 

 pieces of rock, while, of course, needful care 

 was taken to obtain the most picturesque fall of 

 water, which must, by no means, be left to 

 chance, and also to arrange the shrubberies and 

 plantations suitably. 



