Making the 

 Rock Garden 



" mother of millions " — 

 a name it well deserved on 

 account of the profusion of 

 its little flowers and the 

 rapidity with which it 

 spreads. 



Further, we must re- 

 member Alyssum saxatile, 

 a flower that should be 

 given a place by the side 

 of arabis or aubretia some- 

 where by a big boulder, 

 over which it can cascade 

 its clusters of golden 

 flowei-s. 



The various Diantlms should also be included, especially 

 DianthiLS neglectus and Dianthiis plumarais. Ferns are 

 very suitable for shaded corners along with fuchsias, fox- 

 gloves, thalictrum (or meadow rue) and the attractive little 

 Anomatheca criienta, with its orchid-looking blossoms. 



It is a curious fact, and one worth mentioning, that 

 such delicate plants as the greyish blue Ceanotlms Gloire de 

 Versailles, the dark blue Buddleia vcitchiana and Opiintia 

 (a kind of cactus), have stood the winter with us year after 

 year, without being hurt by the frost. 



I could easily give you many more names, give many 



more descriptions of flower-beds and give more advice ; 



but I believe my hints are sufficient for anybody who would 



like to work as I have worked. I ought to mention that 



Buddleia veitchiana in ^g have Very few of the carly spring flowers in our garden, 



since we always aim at having 

 a profusion of blossoms during 

 June, July, and August. 



My Children's 

 Garden . 



Not far from the rockery, 

 and at the very crest of the 

 hill, is the garden, playground, 



White Stonecrop and 

 Saxifraga Umbrosa in 

 tlie foreground, with 

 Daisies behind. 



bloom. 



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