LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



FIG. PAGE 



1. Ravine in rock-garden . . . . a 



2. Saxifraga longifolia 4 



3. Alpine plants on vertical rock . . 6 



4. Rock partially exposed . . . . 7 

 5 and 6. Right and wrong arrange- 

 ment of masses S 



7. Horfzontal fissures, plants in . . 9 



8. Horizontal fissure, plan of . . .. 10 



9. Oblique fissures, plans of . . . . 10 



10. Right and wrong forms of steep 



rockwork 11 



1 1 . Right and wrong forms of interior 



of vertical fissures 12 



12. Properly formed large fissure . . 13 



13. Section of rockwork 13 



14. Ditto z4 



15. Ditto 14 



16. Ditto ,. 15 



17. Alpines on steps in rock-garden 16 



18. Little valley in rock-garden . . 17 



19. Select portion of rock-garden .. 19 



20. Waterfallfringed with Yuccas, &c. 20 



21. Stepping-stone bridge 21 



22. Stepping-stone bridge, plan of . . 21 



23. View on Lake Maggiore . . . . 22 



24. Entrance to hardy fernery.. .. 23 



25. Entrance to cave for Killarney 



fern 25 



26. Rockwork of bricks and cement 27 



27. Rocky bed of alpines 29 



28. Rock-garden on margin of shrub- 



bery 31 



29. Ruined castle 33 



30. Ruins and bridge 34 



31. Alpine plants on old wall . . . . 35 



32. Wall constructed for alpines . . 37 



33. Raised bed with alpine succulents 38 



34. Ditto ditto 39 



35. Ditto ditto 41 



36. Snow imitated on small hills ■ . . 42 



37. Alpine plant on border . . . . 47 



38. Site for natural rock-garden .. 51 



FIG. I'AGE 



39. Site for rock-garden in wood . . 53 



40. .The window rock-garden . . . . 55 

 41 and 42. Alpines in pots 59 



43. Bed of alpines plunged in sand. . 60 



44. Bed with constant supply of 



water 61 



45. Frontispiece of book on alpines 73 



46. Arch (after Loudon) 74 



47. All the Alps seen from the hall- 



door (after Macintosh) . . . . 74 



48. Fountain and rockwork (after 



Loudon) 75 



49. "Infaudi scopuli" (after ) 75 



50. Rockwork (after Mrs. Loudon) . . 76 



51. Ground plan of rockworks in a 



London park 76 



52. An alpine scene 77 



53. "Excelsior" 78 



54. An alpine scene 79 



55. In the woody region 80 



56. View of a distant range . . . . 84 



57. Castle of Chillon 85 



58. Alpine valley and river-bed . . 88 



59. The Cobweb Houseleek . . . . 89 



60. Tourist and guide 90 



61. An alpine village 92 



62. An alpine waterfall 93 



63. A disputed passage 94 



64. In the hotel 96 



65. " The glassy ocean of the moun- 



tain ice" 99 



66. The limit of life 102 



67. Cascade in a high wood . . . . 104 



68. The same lower down 105 



69. Road through cliff 106 



70. Island in Lake Maggiore . . . . 107 



71. An alpine mail-road 115 



72. The limit of the Pines 116 



73. A glacier 117 



74. A glimpse at the home of the two- 



flowered Saxifrage 118 



75. In the lowlands again 120 



