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While there is a considerable list of plants which are adapted for
Plate XXII. To develop a successful rock garden, not only must the stones be well placed, but the plants must beselected to produce an effect in keeping with the scale of the garden, otherwise the effect will be that of a collection ofstones which overpower the garden picture, as shown above. (See Chapter XV)
Plate XXIII. To few of us does the term "wall garden" convey a definite impression. Yet how frequently theopportunity comes, even in a small way, to change a wall of rock to a wall of flowers and foliage. In this photographwe see Scotch pinks, creeping phlox, golden tuft, tunica, and other similar plants used to excellent advantage (Seepage 139, group XV-C)