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Gardens for Small Country Houses. 



Gentiana verna ; Linaria alpina ; Primula nivalis ; Saxifrages apiculata, aretioides, 

 Boryi, Boydi, Boydi alba, burseriana and its varieties crenata, major, minor, Gloria, 

 etc., cochlearis, cochlearis minor, dalmatica, Faldonside, Ferdinandi-Coburgi, 

 Frederici-Augusti, Grisebachi, media, porophylla, Petraschi, rocheliana. 



In the present edition it has been considered advisable to suggest a certain 

 number of plants and shrubs for the rock garden. The lists are not in any way 

 exclusive, and the alternatives are very numerous. But every one of the plants 

 suggested will give satisfaxtion if treated with reasonable care. 



For the rocky " corners 



illustrated in Figs. 



359. 360 and 36; 



Plants (For shrubs sec list below). 

 Acliillea argentea. 

 Anemones blanda and apennina. 

 Arenaria montana. 

 Artemisia Baumgartcni. 

 Aubrietia Dr. Mules. 



Campanulas muralis and pusilla ^liss Willmott. 

 Chionodoxa sardeirsis. 

 Dianthus ca?sius and negleclus. 

 Edraianthus serpyllifolius. 

 Erica carnea. 

 Hyacinthus azurcus. 



Iberis sempcrvirens Little Gem. 

 Ins reticulata. 



Lithospcrmum prostratum Heavenl)^ Blue. 

 Aluscari Heavenly Blue. 

 Saxifraga (sih'ery) longifolia. 

 lingulata. 

 (Kabschia) burseriana. 

 (mossy) bathoniensis. 

 Wallacci. 

 Scdum pulchellum. 



spathulatum. 

 Viola gracilis 



For the type of rockery illustrated in Fig. 361. 



Ox 



At t 



THE Wall. 

 Achillea umbellata. 

 Androsacc lanuginosa, 

 sarmentosa. 

 Antirrhinum asarinum. 



glutinosum. 

 Campanula garganica hirsuta. 

 Cotoneastcr adpressa. 



horizontalis. 

 Cvtisus dccumbens. 

 Dianthus ctesius. 

 Euonymus radicans kcwensis. 

 Gypsophila prostrata rosea. 

 Juniperus Sabina prostrata. 

 Lychnis Lagasca?. 

 Phlox subulata G. F. Wilson. 

 Santolina incana. 

 Saponaria ocvmoidcs. 

 Saxifraga nepalensis. 



sarmentosa, 

 Silene Schafta. 

 HE Foot of the Wall. 

 Campanula persicifolia. 

 Cheiranthus Allioni. 

 Crocus biflorus. 



pulchellus. 



Crocus speciosus. 

 Cyclamen Coum. 



europa?um. 

 Dianthus deltoides roscus, 

 Epimedium colchicum. 

 Erodium macradenum. 

 Gentiana acaulis. 

 Geranium argenteum. 

 Geum montanum. 

 Helianthemum JNIrs. Croft, 

 Hypericum reptans. 

 Iris pumila ca;rulea. 



stylosa. 

 Lavender, dwarf !Munstead. 

 Narcissus odorus rugulosus. 

 Nierembergia rivularis. 

 C)mphalodes verna. 

 Onosma stellulatum. 

 Poh-gonum vaccinifolium. 

 Potentilla Miss Willmott. 

 Primrose, common vcllow. 

 Sa.xifraga umbrosa. 

 Wallacei. 

 Tulipa kauffmanniana. 

 Timica Saxifraga flore pleno. 

 ^^cronica Hulkcana. 



Plants suitable for a rough retaining wall in a sunnv position, such as that 

 illustrated in Fig. 366. A simple colour scheme in grey and pink. 



.Vchillea umbellata. 

 .\ndrosacc sarmentosa. 

 .Vrmeria maritima laucheana. 

 Artemisia Abrotanum. 

 Ccrastium tomcntosum. 

 Convolvulus altha'oides. 

 Dianthus dclloidcs. 



Geranium cincreum. 

 Helianthemum Mrs. Croft. 

 Saponaria ocymoidcs. 

 Saxifraga (silvery in \'ariet\'). 

 Scmpcryi\-um arachnuulcum. 

 Staclivs lanata. 

 Tunica Saxifraija. 



If the space is at all confined, omit the Ccrastium, the Convolvulus and the Stachys. 



