. Book of garden plans. oloniferumSedum sexangulareSaxifraga virginiensisSempervivum tectorumSempervivum arachnoideumCerastium. arvensePhlox subulataThymus Serpyllum 69 70 BOOK OF GARDEN PLANS COMMON NAME BOTANICAI, NAUE 32. Woolly Thyme Thymus Serpyllum, var. lanu- ginosus 33. Mountain Thyme Thymus Serpyllum, var. mon- tanus 34. Rupture Wort Herniaria glabra Base of Wall 35. Coral Bells Heuchera sanguinea 36. Showy Stonecrop Sedum spectabile 37. Red Columbine Aquilegia canadensis 38. Mexican Columbine .... Aquilegia Skinneri 39. Blue Columbine Aquilegia ccerulea 40. Tall Yellow Yarrow .... Ac
. Book of garden plans. oloniferumSedum sexangulareSaxifraga virginiensisSempervivum tectorumSempervivum arachnoideumCerastium. arvensePhlox subulataThymus Serpyllum 69 70 BOOK OF GARDEN PLANS COMMON NAME BOTANICAI, NAUE 32. Woolly Thyme Thymus Serpyllum, var. lanu- ginosus 33. Mountain Thyme Thymus Serpyllum, var. mon- tanus 34. Rupture Wort Herniaria glabra Base of Wall 35. Coral Bells Heuchera sanguinea 36. Showy Stonecrop Sedum spectabile 37. Red Columbine Aquilegia canadensis 38. Mexican Columbine .... Aquilegia Skinneri 39. Blue Columbine Aquilegia ccerulea 40. Tall Yellow Yarrow .... Achillea filipendulina 41. Greek Yarrow Achillea Tournefortii 42. Beaked Madwort Alyssum rostratum 43. Asiatic Aster Calimeris incisa 44. Carolina Phlox Phlox ovata 45. Lavender Cotton .... Santolina Chanuecyparissus 46. Leopards Bane Doronicum caucasicum 47. Gentian-leaved Speedwell . Veronica gentianoides 48. Hoary Speedwell Veronica incana 49. Canada Violet Viola canadensis 50. Rocky Mountain Thread Lily Yucca glauca. NATURALISTIC WATER GARDEN (see plan no. 13) A POOL and marshj- area lies west of the residence. It is surroundedby low hills—a kettle-hole—and by means of a short dam at thesouth end provided with an overflow a permanent water levelcan be retained, with an approximate area of two acres of water shores are rather marshy, the soil of the basin a soft black ooze, andin no place is the water over five feet deep. This is an ideal location fora real Water Garden. The banks are of good soil, but lack vegetation,save pasture grasses, for the land has been long in pasturage. On thehigh knoll at the north a wood mostly of Oak and Chestnut stretchesaway in the distance; while a grove of Sugar Maple on the eastern shoreand half a dozen sapling White Pine near the outlet represent the treegrowth. On the western meadow slope there are scattered clumps ofBayberry, Sweet Fern, etc., and near the water Alder and High Blue-berry have escaped the cows, but for the m
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