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The happy garden (1912)

Ansell, Mary · London, New York [etc.] Cassell & co., ltd. · leaf 248

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d in sucha way that they served no purpose at all. Now,in building a rock-garden, even where the introduc-tion of rocks is in fiat contradiction to Nature, theaim is, or should be, to build so that the rockssupport the earth and pockets are left for theplants. The easiest construction is to build… … STEPS DOWN THE ROCK GARDEN Sun Rose and Spiraea ing, it is, of course, a fraud, but between havingalpine plants and having none, I do not think themost scrupulous person need hesitate : and to havethese lovely things growing in an ill-constructedplace is to make them feel outlandish and unhappy. I…

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