. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. ^54 Gardens for Small Country Houses. of rich compost behind the rock face. Fig. 384 shows the charming effecl of roughly - hewn rocky steps leading down through such a wall from the terrace to the rock garden. Such steps should not be allowed to become over- grown with herbage, though small fry, like E r i n u s alpinus, lonopsi- dium acaule and Linaria alpina, may be suffered to grow in the interstices. In the small bog garden one must carefully avoid such vigorous growers as Gunnera, Rodgersia, Saxifraga peltata and all those plants whi
. Gardens for small country houses . Gardens, English. ^54 Gardens for Small Country Houses. of rich compost behind the rock face. Fig. 384 shows the charming effecl of roughly - hewn rocky steps leading down through such a wall from the terrace to the rock garden. Such steps should not be allowed to become over- grown with herbage, though small fry, like E r i n u s alpinus, lonopsi- dium acaule and Linaria alpina, may be suffered to grow in the interstices. In the small bog garden one must carefully avoid such vigorous growers as Gunnera, Rodgersia, Saxifraga peltata and all those plants which appear in catalogues under the heading " Bog and Water- side ; The bog should be devoted to Primulas rosea, cock- burniana, farinosa, frondosa, japonica, pulverulenta, c a p i t a t a, denticulata, Sieboldii; to shortias, terrestrial orchids, the choicer t r o 11 i u s e s, dodecatheons and mertensias. The soil must be spongy and constantly moist, but at the same time well drained, for nothmg worth growing will endure stagnant moisture. A few large, fiat slabs of stone on the surface will be of great value in affording access to all parts of the. :.^^ii FIG. 384.—ROCK STEPS LEADING FROM TERRACE THROUGH ROCK WALL TO ROCK GARDEN. bog without injury to the plants. Fig. 383 shows cypripediums thoroughly at home upon the upper margin of a bog garden. A moraine garden is troublesome to construct, but repays the trouble. The essentials are very sharp drainage and abund- ance of moisture in dry weather. Unless the supply of water is very limited, INLET PIPE. 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 Jekyll, Gertrude, 1843-1932; Weaver, Lawrence, Sir, 1876-. London : Published at the offices of Country Life . .. and by George Newnes . .. ; New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
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