Other Gardens 

 I Have Planned 



only remained for us to place the stones so that they looked 

 as if they had been there for years. 



Thanks to the existing wealth of stones, our rockery 

 was a success (cobbles and boulders are the best, as a rule, 

 for rockeries). Hollows were dug in the ground for the 

 biggest ones, so that they should appear natural ; a narrow 

 path paved with cobbles meanders in between the plants, 

 so as to be almost invisible, right up to the summit of the 

 plantation where rhododendrons and azalea stand on the 

 boundary of the estate, Foxgloves raise their erect stems 

 by the side of the rhododendrons, and begin to blossom 

 when the glory of the rhododendrons is departing. 



Elsewhere in the rockery is a group of aubretia and 

 arabis alpina, and they are the attractive features of the 

 rockery in the spring, There is also found Phlox verna, a 

 sweet, low-stemmed purple variety ; Sedum cyaneum, with 

 blue blossoms ; Sedum album (white) ; and Sedum pur- 

 pjireum ; saponaria ; corydalis, an early yellow flower ; the 

 low-stemmed Campanula muralis, with a wealth of flowers ; 

 Dianthus neglechis ; Thymus alpmus, etc. 



All the primroses and polyanthus are grouped in one 

 spot — yellow, red, purple-blue, and others. In another 

 corner are the different kinds of anemone — the blue wood- 

 anemone (so often seen in Swedish forests), the yellow 

 variety from the north of Sweden, and Anemone sylvestris, 

 or snowdrop anemone. It is a pretty idea, and a good 

 lesson in botany, to collect different varieties of the same 

 species of flower. One sees their resemblance and their 

 divergencies. 



In a scheme 

 like this one I have 

 described, colour is 

 never lacking all 

 through the spring. 



An Edging for 

 the Border. 



A long, narrow 

 border nearest the 



A Sundial in 

 of tlie Small 



the middle 

 Garden. 



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