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Gardejis for Small Country Houses. 



riG- 373- — RETAINING OR BOUNDARY WALL OF ROUGH UNHEWN BLOCKS. 



FIG. 374. — BOUNDARY WALL WITH ITS TOP PLANTED WITH SHRUBS. 



the eye with pleasure 

 may well result in the 

 creation of a delightful 

 effect. A judicious use 

 of compact shrubs will 

 add greatly to that 

 appearance of solidity 

 which every rock garden 

 should present. In a 

 well-planned rockery the 

 eye should not see too 

 much at a time, but 

 should be gently led from 

 one prospect to another. 

 Suitable shrubs further 

 this purpose. The larger 

 heaths are useful, and 

 Japanese maples are in- 

 dispensable, providing 

 rich colour in autumn. 

 The cistuses and their 

 lesser brethren, the 

 helianthemums, are good 

 but rampant, the cistuses 

 requiring plent\' of head- 

 room. The prostrate 

 cotoneasters and dwarf 

 kinds of cytisus are 

 among the best, as are 

 Gaultheria procumbens 

 and Pernettj'a mucron- 

 ata. One of the most 

 charming of all small 

 shrubs is Daphne 

 C n e o r u m , \\- i t h its 

 innumerable fragrant 

 pink blossoms. The 

 lesser genistas and 

 veronicas, especially V. 

 Hectori, are useful . 

 Skim m i a j aponica is 

 decorati\-e in w inter 

 with its red berries, and 

 at all seasons valuable 

 for its excellent foliage. 

 The shrubby spiraeas, 

 such as arguta multifiora 

 and p r u n i f o 1 i a , are 

 splendid in exevy way. 

 The list of suitable 



