i photograph shows box edging (such as we 
a charming rose-garden ; also Phlox subulata i 
:r for the rose-garden. 
to offer) finish- 
effective ground 
dignified, the perennial phloxes, larkspurs, lychnis in all their flaming 
brilliancy, campanulas, stately hollyhocks and lilies, irises, and ever 
bright and cheery sweet william. With a little thought in the planning 
of such a garden, one 
may have a variety 
of bloom through 
the entire season 
and a harmony of 
color and arrange- 
ment, bringing 
plants of lower 
growth to the fore- 
ground and using as 
edging such plants 
as candytuft, Phlox 
stibulata, Bellis per- 
e/i/iis, Armeria and 
Arabis. 
There is now an 
ever- increasing de- 
sire for the wild 
garden and the different kinds of rock-gardens. In making the rock- 
garden, great care must be taken to copy nature as closely as possible: 
for plants which take root here, apparently in scanty soil, in the pockets 
formed by the rocks, in reality need the depth of soil that is found in 
natural formations of this sort, where they sometimes run down for a 
foot or more in a soil-filled crevice. Bearing this in mind, a successful 
result and a lasting one will readily be obtained. Such plants as Phlox 
subulata, Alyssum saxatile, Arabis alpina, the asphodel, the columbines 
(Aquilegia), the 
pretty, evergreen 
trailer, Arctostaphy^ 
los Uva- Ursi, Cam- 
p a ii it I a fotundifolia 
(which is the dainty 
bluebellof Scotland) 
and the dwarf gen- 
tian add their indi- 
vidual charm to the 
garden. 
An interesting 
form of rockwork is 
found in the wall- 
garden. With a few 
plants this useful 
A simple formal garden 
ks after planting 
EASTERN NURSERIES, M. M. DAWSON 
