CHILDREN'S GARDENS 
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them away, rock-plants can be planted among 
them; little alpines, which are accustomed to 
growing among rocks, will thrive much better 
in the crevices and corners thus obtained, and 
their roots will be quite at home poking their 
way between the stones. If there is a hollow, 
it can be filled with low-growing plants, 
and taller ones put on the higher ground, 
so as to make the most of any unevenness 
instead of doing your best to level the 
ground. The more varied the ground is, 
the more easy it will be to get pretty effects 
in a wild garden. Sometimes even a little 
digging will help to make the hollows deeper 
and the miniature hills higher. In my own 
wild garden there was a small shady hollow ; 
a bank on two sides led from the flat part 
of the garden, while one end sloped down 
gradually. Trees on the farther side made the 
little hollow shady, while the top of the bank 
caught the sun. I got some old roots and 
stakes, and planted Virginian creeper, purple 
clematis, and a white cluster rose (Turner’s 
crimson rambler was given a place years after¬ 
wards when it came out) where the sun shone 
on the level ground at the top of the bank. 
Then I made three little steps down, and 
beyond the steps planted two bushes of Rosa 
rtigosa, which I knew would grow fairly tall, so 
