. An encyclopædia of gardening; . lbOjEchium vulgare,Gnaphaliumluteo album, Hedysarum coronarium,Marrubium alysson,Teucrium monta-num 3, Thiapsi saxatile, \ officinalis Hardy Annuals. Alyssum caiycinum3,Antirrhinum chalepense i,Campanufai>erfoliata. Geranium mi-schatum,rtlomordica elaterium. Reseda odor-ata, Scorzonera picroides, tingitana,Silene acteon, behen, Trifoilum po-lonicum, Viola tricolor. 6525. The ground-plan and figure of the elevation of the rock-work must, as in the case of the aquarium,be made to harmonise with surrounding objects. Simple outlines and surfaces, not too
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . lbOjEchium vulgare,Gnaphaliumluteo album, Hedysarum coronarium,Marrubium alysson,Teucrium monta-num 3, Thiapsi saxatile, \ officinalis Hardy Annuals. Alyssum caiycinum3,Antirrhinum chalepense i,Campanufai>erfoliata. Geranium mi-schatum,rtlomordica elaterium. Reseda odor-ata, Scorzonera picroides, tingitana,Silene acteon, behen, Trifoilum po-lonicum, Viola tricolor. 6525. The ground-plan and figure of the elevation of the rock-work must, as in the case of the aquarium,be made to harmonise with surrounding objects. Simple outlines and surfaces, not too much broken,show the plants to most advantage, and are not so liable to ridicule as imitations of hills or mount;*ins, orhigh narrow cones, or peaks of scorize in the Chinese manner, which are to be seen in some pUices,A ground-plan, in the form of a crescent, or of any wavy figure widest towards the middle part of itslength, and with the surface not steeper than forty-five degrees <Jig. 619.) will be found well suiteu to the. less durable materials, such as bricks, pudding-stone, scoriae, &c. which are found in flat one side of such rock-works may be nearly perpendicular, in which case, if facing the north,it affords an excellent situation for ferns and mosses. 6526. In countries abounding ivith stone, massy and extensive pieces of rock-work may be formed, andshrubs introduced as well as plants, so as to produce a scene of considerable beauty and interest. Itsbase, and such parts as are near the eye, may be formed of masses of granite or bassalt; selecting suchfor the shady side as are already covered with mosses and lichens, especially the lichen atra-flavus, geo-graphicus, ventosus, stellaris, &c. These vegetables will not grow on sandstone, and but seldom onlimestone, therefore stones of these earths should be kept as much as possible in the more distant parts,where they will be partially covered witii shrubs and plants, rooted in proper soil, intro
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