142 GARDENS: THEIR FORM AND DESIGN 



A totally different kind of rock garden we are sometimes 

 fortunate enough to find upon natural slopes, such as the 

 Surrey Hills, those heights which overlook "the dim 

 blue goodness of the Weald," and, facing due south, are 

 almost Riviera-like in temperature. Here all that is 

 necessary is to form roughly bricked-up irregular-shaped 

 terrace beds for shrubs such as Choisya, Leycesteria, 

 Weigela, and many others, with bamboos and yuccas 

 interspersed, to make it look like Italy. Then, farther 

 forward, towards the banks upon either side of wind- 

 ing walks, the small precious things like Fuchsia 

 pumila, coronilla, and the early flowering Saxifraga 

 apiculata, and, farther back, perhaips euphorbia and cat 

 mint, will look well. Here they will be safe from the 

 encroaching roots of larger plants, and the interested 

 visitor can find them in their different holes and nooks as 

 he slowly wanders down the pathway. 



Where a garden is more level than that which we 

 have last considered, it has a good effect, upon either 

 side of a grass glade, where high trees do not cut off sun- 

 light and their roots do not come too near in search of 

 food, to have raised beds of rock-plants. They should be 

 irregular in height and in shape ; and, should the lie of 

 the ground allow the grass-walk between them to take a 

 graceful curve, it will make a pretty picture as we look 

 back. Little conduits of roofing tiles, with a slightly 

 concave surface, carry water through these beds and 

 sometimes by the side of the grass-walk. Should this 

 little stream not be a natural one, it can be so arranged 

 that a standpipe turns it on and off at pleasure. Such an 

 arrangement is not expensive, and the combination of 

 water with rocks gives a great additional interest to such 

 a garden. It is even possible to form a miniature 

 cascade by so placing a few large stones that water will 



