Cbe 'national nnrser$)inan. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated 
Vol, XXV. HATBORO, PENNA., DECEMBER 1917 No. 12 
TERRACED ROCK GARDEN 
Men are very inueli like slieep in tliought and action, 
they will all follow their leader, and nowhere is this so 
inueh in evidence as in planting around their homes. 
If one man plants a Norway Maple, or encloses his lot 
one sees originality disjtlayed in the treatment or arrange¬ 
ment of grounds. Take for instance the average front 
yard. Even in localities where the grades are very 
steep one seldom sees anything hut a strained effort to 
A terraced lawn converted into 
with a Privt't hedge, tlu' chances are his neighbors will 
do likewise, so that planting in a particular neighborhood 
becomes very stereotyped, which carries with it a tire¬ 
some monotony. 
This is also true of nurserymen planters, It is rare 
an interesting Rock Garden 
bring everything to levels and lines. While perhaps 
there is nothing simpler and better than a nicely clipped 
sod, there are many yards and positions that lend them¬ 
selves to an entirely different treatment. 
Who has not seen especially in a hilly or rocky couii’ 
