House & garden's book of gardens; containing over four hundred illustrations of special flower types, plans and suggestions for landscape work, a complete gardener's calendar of the year's activities, planting and spraying tables, and a portfolio of beautiful gardens in varied sections of the United States and foreign countries (1921)
Wright, Richardson Little, 1887-1961 · New York, C. Nast & Company · leaf 37
n, fortheir roots extract thejilant food from the soiland the dripping fromtheir branches is detri-mental to most Alpineplants. The proper buildingof the garden is of theutmost importance, andshould be done step by step. Remember thatthe object of a rock garden is to grow plantsand not rocks. It is… … Artificial rock-work must be handled with restraint to avoid grotesqueness. Quite fittingly, the entrance to this naturalistic grotto is flanked by tall ferns fussy effects. Place your stones so that thefinished effect will reproduce in small rockgardens some portion of an Alpine scene, andin…
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