LANDSCAPE GARDENING STUDIES 



ness of the bare wall and bowlder-strewn shores 

 by planting bullrushes, the tall salt marsh-grass 

 with its brown plumes, and the native grass of 

 the island. 



One peculiarity of the sea wall is that it presents 

 the appearance of having been built without 

 cement, consequently it contains many nooks 

 and corners which, by the use of a few scraps of 

 stone here and there, can be made to hold a 

 considerable quantity of earth. These inter- 

 stices have been filled with a strong clay mold 

 brought from the mainland, the native soil 

 being too light and sandy to hold plants in 

 these spaces. 



Some of the nooks are occupied by dwarf 

 plants like andromedas, and certain evergreen 

 azaleas and rhododendrons are planted at the 

 base of the wall, where also are the vines. In 

 the holes above are planted saxifrages, sedums, 

 prickly pears, and other small rock plants that 

 grow with little moisture or depth of soil. In 

 other places, especially in the cracks of the pave- 

 ment of the terraces, wild tuft grasses are set out 

 in spots here and there. All this is done to give 

 the eflFect that nature had retained or at least 

 regained some foothold on these bare rocks. 

 With the same view of suggesting that nature had 

 undertaken to regain possession were planted 

 many red cedars and Douglas spruces from 

 five to ten feet in height, on the land side of the 

 group of buildings to the north and east. Between 

 these cedars and the group of buildings masses 



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