KOCIIEA 



place to imlUL'e iM-rfrct aii.l i-arlv iiiaturit 

 winter tin- i.biDts may lie kr|.t hi aMiiiiiv fi-: 

 liitht i,-i'ieiih.iuse, with only sullii'iriit watrr 

 ^lu-iveliiii,^ 



A. i'/iislD-S llsilillhj .'-fl,iti-cri;L 



jasminea, DC. [('r.issuhi j.n^iuii,. ., . Ker-Cawll. Stmi 

 lu-rbaceous, i-12 in. liisli. diTiiuilinit, lirandinl. flowi-r- 

 iiig part evert: hs. tlesliv, el. leiie-M\-;,l, i ,-■■., in. Imi^', 



ROCK CiARDEXS 



L>39 



Jl 



,Sll, II, ,1. 



A n-lnsl.llilinlax ijl/iilKI. 



Iniija riniliirin. r, ,-,,/ 

 var. P,,-I:ii. Silili.il.lii 

 l.ilil.niiiriiiii, nr.i.iiillii, 

 Sii.rifni.jn i,,,ii,.xilil,,li„ 

 inilijliliillliis and \Vn,„l„ 

 I\liMintains and Paidlie 

 fl.'i-Ks. h.iii.ilnx and III- 

 qr.imJiflnrii, Aii, i.nsi.i 



/•ill,,. .Silirr. 



Ini IIS. iniiflo 

 •"I" 



Xi.-w r^imland ineuntain i 

 iiiiiii l/i,i III, III, I,, 11 , J,.,].,, , 

 ■,n,lis. 1,1,1,1, II.,. I X„,,y„ 

 ■„.l.ilo.iiiii. 



■ll , 



.III, ill. I. I 



ii;„-,iii,l„ IIS. 

 'iril.,1,..,. J'l 

 i\,„,ii and 

 ll,il„-ll,i ; al 



,1111 i;i,li, ,1,1111 

 j;l,,„l,„l, I,, In. 

 mill. I l.iriiL.s.i 

 lil.ii.l.s. Asl, 

 1 in the liei k 



I'.ia-t K 



//,/ 



.■/( 



/;/ 



■s hv ErI, 



, 11,1 J:i;,i, 



s,',.,.„l..,;,,i 



,:ll,i. Fit II, 



.■erii.'i-i,! l.-.li. 



I. /'liiii., 



I.n.slnil, 



,s. I ' ,■ 



1,1 r.i 



.iih 



I'll I,,. 



IS 111 



2136. 



Rose Acacia— 



Robinia hispida. 



1-2 lines wide: ds. white, tinted w 

 nnt traL:a-:int, l'.., in. lona'. l'..:\[. 217 

 i:,u:,:Lil..,A are hi^ltred in A.F. .3:ic;o. 



AA. Cl,isttrs 111,111, j-il.iii-c 

 coccinea. DC. { K.il.ns.i uih.-s (■,;._■.■ inr.i 

 c,'c,:ii,, ,1 . Linrni. I'hmt rnl.u.st. shruli 

 Ivs, Very elii^ely iiiil.irirat.-cl, l-l'.j in 

 In-i-ht sr:irlet. i'.,-2 in. hmu'. fraLtraif 

 nier. Cape. (an. 4n, p. :ji;(i. PJ.JI. 4',i.'). 

 J?. f,:ih;:it,:i. T'C. See Orassula f:acata 



-Hvhrids witli /.'. 



F. W. Bak(:'lay. 



ROCK-BEAKE. 

 ROCK-CRESS. 



Arahis. 



■i>to 



ROCK GARDENS. Fi-^. 2i:";7-40. Nature in time will 

 make a irank-n evt-u on tin- luilirokMU surface of a rook, 

 by cIothinLT it vritli lichens, ali^fe and mosses of many 

 exi|uisite form:^ having mu<-h variety and often striking 

 hrillianr-y in coloring- If tli'_-Te are sdil-tilled cracks and 

 pi'i?kets then ferns and flowf riB;L,^ plants will fin<l a place. 

 At low elevations, however, these tli>\\'iTiii2' riM.'k-plants 

 are comparatively few, for soil accumulates ra|ddly and 

 stronff-^rrowino; herbs, shrubs and trres, aided by favur- 

 able climatic conditions, sunn cover the rock surface or 

 furnish so dense a shade that only mosses, lichens and 

 ferns will thrive. 



The ideal ri>ck or alpine irardens an- ^vithiri that rei,nr'n 

 on mountain ^unanlits between tlie liniit-^ vt tn-i- trrcwrh 

 and the edi^e of perpetual snow, and in the correspond- 

 ing regions toward the poles, where the plants are ])r<i- 

 tected from the rigors of a long winter by blankets tif 

 snow and are quickened into a short period of rapid 

 growth by a comparati^'ely low summer tem]ierature. 

 Here, where there are deep, i.-i.iol. m >ist roek erevices 

 and pockets filled with fra^-nieiits of Ijrokeii stone and 

 porous decayed vegetable matter, are the favoralde con- 

 ditions wherein the real alpine plants can multiply their 

 neat and dainty cushions, tufts and rosettes of dense 

 and matted foliage and their abnn<Iam-e of exi|uisitply 

 formed and brilliantly colored flowers. A sneeessfully 

 grown collection of these plants in '•onrra'-t \\it]i rirdi- 

 nary garden flowers wouhl bi- like a collecrion of cut 

 gems as compared with one of roni^-h minei-als and 

 rocks, for they have an exijuisiteness of tinish ami 

 depth of coloring that gives them as unique a place in 

 the vegetable kingdom as they have in the plan of na- 

 ture. Surely there are men and women who, if they 

 knew these plants well, would be fired with an ambition 

 to excel in their cultivation: and in so doing they may 

 enter a comparatively untroddea path if they will limit 

 their work chiefly to "the alpines of this continent. They 



au<l ,s^(/V/w//;rr,.s-</, J „,/,■„>■„,-<■ < Innuo- /,i.s>H'j a ll d 

 s,'/>/rutri<-ini/i.-<, 0\nli<ni<.i /w-.s-//-,/ /,/ . fri^/IJa, 

 Si-irhisrr>/i, r<n-nii and .sun fLx , J'], h>.r brif- 

 • >i,/rs and f<' s/.i/n.s,f, Poh'nuni'unn rnnfrrhnn 



Pnih^i. strri>t«rarjnt, Parriji 

 A n/his Liiiillii ami j>/''tf/s/>rr 



rti IfilcilKl . Ljirlniis )n"ufiui<l al 



li'nssii, S<i.r>t-r<tii<< rln-n^auilt.i ; 



J,n,n su. ere. i XoT ail of tlio^r name, nn 

 in rhis v,-ork. Tlie^ may be fonml in iln. 

 uajs of Xortli Anieriean' Plants.) 



The uncultivated An lencaii phiiits in tin- 

 as numerous and airra-'tive a.s an- rln.- Jl^u 

 that have heeii luu- ruliivated There, llei 

 been but little cultivated. A very fi*\v easil_\- ;;rown 

 Eur.ipean kinds, like .i '/l>ri<t/'ii '/c/^, /,/,//, ArhUha to- 



lid >in'/;.-auJis, 

 '<!, Sun-In, rshio 

 lid 7i/fn///. C<i- 

 ■i un<i,n-r!nin, 

 'njH lal,,, i_j,_,in, 

 ami /n-'in/.],nra, 

 ■s. Lnnllii and 

 .V, rirnnu.i,],>I<l 



■ acc<,nnird foj- 

 Current 3Ili]i- 



cla 



nutc 



h; 



Cm 



'.ni'jht <_'i 



and A rahi.^ ,il!,i,]a, 

 are otfered by Anieriean nursery]iien and cultivated in 

 the open border, Un a few private idaees small rock 

 gardens have been estaldi^hrd. or advantage has been 

 taken of favoral)le loi-d i.-ondii ii-ns to rnltivate some 

 ailditional species, ami in oni- or nn.n-.- liotanic ^--aniens 

 consiileralde -■oljeetion^ lia.ve heeu at Tinn-s maintained, 

 chied>" in frann.-s. tTem-rally what liave passed for rock 



gardens have lieen 

 raiseil from the sm 

 btiuk-s in sucli a mai 

 of slowlv <;onserve 



■ keries — jiiere piles of cobbles 

 e of turf or piled against dry 

 r as rapidly to disperse instead 

 soil moisture. Even the most 









m "f^itiM^ 



213 A r cker\ border no- a lavv n 



self-assertive weed fails to thrive in su(di a garden. A 

 little better than this was the rtick garden at the 

 Wrirld's Fair, in which was the alpine plant exhibit 

 of the Royal Botanic Warden (>f Berlin, comprising 10.3 

 S]>ecies, of whieh only L*.'> were alive in August. 



In general, we have a snudler rainfall, less liumidity 

 ami a larirer ]'ropnrtion uf sunny days than in England, 

 tn which we must look for the best instruction in the 

 cultivation of alpine plants. This must be regarded in 



