FEBRUARY. 
45 
of a proper site is of the greatest importance ; this, I think, will be 
evident to everyone, for unless the general features can be made to 
harmonize with surrounding objects it will always look unsightly. In 
small gardens, rockwork of proportionate extent maybe a fit accom¬ 
paniment to the shrubbery, and, if nicely blended with the dressed 
portion of the ground, will have a pleasing effect; but more extensive 
work can rarely be so managed, and must generally be shut out 
by planting. Simple outlines, and surfaces not too much broken, show 
the plants to best advantage, and will not excite that disagreeable 
sensation which we sometimes experience on witnessing the attempt at 
imitation of hills and cones, or peaks. For rockwork of moderate 
extent there are many evergreen shrubs of dwarf and decumbent habit, 
which are invaluable, 'Such, for instance, as Cotoneaster microphylla, 
several of the Ericas, and the allied genus Menziesia. The Rock Roses 
(Cistus) are beautiful flowering plants, and well suited for this kind of 
decoration, as are the Helianthemums, Skimmia japonica, Pernettya 
mucronata, some ofthe Spiraeas, Daphne Cneorum, Hypericum nepalense 
and uralum, Genista procumbens and sagittalis. For more extensive work 
Coniferous plants are sometimes introduced with good effect, as well as 
larger growing shrubs, such, for instance, as Escallonia macrantha, 
montevidensis, rubra, and floribunda; Fabiana imbricata, Garrya 
elliptica; some of the Ceanothus have a pretty effect when allowed to 
ramble in such situations. Besides the above there are so many plants 
that will suggest themselves, wherever the nature of the site requires 
their presence, that it would be superfluous to enumerate them. Of 
Herbaceous and Alpine plants a very long list might be given; the most 
desirable are those of compact growth, and which retain their verdure 
throughout the winter. By employing principally such plants a 
cheerfulness is retained throughout all seasons that will compensate 
materially for the trouble and expense of securing them. The genera 
Saxifraga and Sedum furnish a host of species that will always be 
prized for the qualities above described. Several of the Silenes, Sem- 
pervivums, Iberis, Arabis, Epimediums, and Arenarias are also valuable ; 
to these must be added Campanula alpina, fragilis and f. hirsuta, 
carpathica, c. alba, capitata, garganica, rotundifolia, muralis, and nitida ; 
Draba aizoides and incana; Bellium minutum and crassifolium ; 
Aubrietia deltoidea, hesperidifolia, and purpurea ; Antennaria alpina, 
dioica, and plantaginea ; Hedysarum alpinum, Matricaria grandiflora, 
CEnothera prostrata, Polemonium reptans, Geranium prostratum, san- 
guineum, and Wallichianum ; Dalibarda fragarioides, Cerastium 
lanatum and grandiflorum ; Aster alpinea and its varieties, Astra¬ 
galus campestris and hypftglottis ; Aretia vitaliana, Arnica montana, 
Erigeron alpinum and glabellus; Iloustonia albiflora, ccerulea, pur¬ 
purea, and serpyllifolia; Globularia cordifolia, nudicaulis, and vulgaris ; 
Lysimachia nummularia, Myosotis alpestris, Oxalis floribunda, 
Phlox campanula, divaricata, frondosa, pulcherrima, and procumbens ; 
Onosma tauricum and tinctorium ; Moehringia muscosa and sedifolia ; 
Cheiranthus Marshalli, Salix alpina, fusca, herbacea, prunifolia, and 
reticulata; Erinus hispanicus andalpinus, Achillea segyptiaca, Clavenrue, 
and tomentosa; Alchemilla pentaphylla, and pubescens, Alyssum 
