. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. i6 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. steps or rude walks in the rock-garden, the very fringes of the gravel walks may be graceftiUy enhvened by allowing such plants as the dwarfer Sedums to become established in them. I have never seen the alpine Linaria more beautiful than when self- sown in a gravel walk. Another very important principle to bear in mind in both making and planting is that, as a rule,. much more vegetation than rocks should be seen. Where vast regions are inhabited by alpine plants, acres of crag with a stain of flower or fern her
. Alpine flowers for English gardens . Mountain plants. i6 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. steps or rude walks in the rock-garden, the very fringes of the gravel walks may be graceftiUy enhvened by allowing such plants as the dwarfer Sedums to become established in them. I have never seen the alpine Linaria more beautiful than when self- sown in a gravel walk. Another very important principle to bear in mind in both making and planting is that, as a rule,. much more vegetation than rocks should be seen. Where vast regions are inhabited by alpine plants, acres of crag with a stain of flower or fern here and there, are very attractive and imposing parts of the. Fig. 17.—Rude stair from deep recess of rock-gardeiij with every chink and crevice mossed over with alpine flowers. picture, but in gardens where our creations in this way can only be Lilliputian, an entirely different method must be pursued, except in places where great cliffs are naturally exposed, and even in this case an abundant drapery of vegetation is desirable. A rockwork is rarely seen in which plants predominate as much as they ought. Very frequently masses of stone are met with under this name with an occasional tuft of vegetation, every chink and joint between the stones being thus exposed. This should not be so; every minute chink should have its little line of verdure, and in this way we should not only have more plants but hide the artificial nature of the structure. Where the ground is low and bank-like, .there really is not the sHghtest' necessity for placing stones all over the surface ; an occasional one cropping. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935. London : J. Murray
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