The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-04

,ninh, WlluerneSS, requiring little
or no attention. The primary pur-
pose of the garden is flowers, and if
success be had, there must be de-
gree OF care and regard, although In
the wild garden, once established,
these may be reduced to a minimum
A wild garden consists Of collec-
tion OF plants, perennials and shrubs,
placed so nearly In the state of their
original environment that they be-
come established and take care of
themselves.
Very often an entire property is de-
yeloped along naturalistic lines, aim
Ing toward the picturesque in land
scape design. Such a development
may not be classed as a wild garden,
as very often the effects secured are
the result OF almost constant care.
An Isolated Feature.
The true wild garden should be
treated as an isolated feature and
will appear best in a depression
where 1t Is practicable to plant the
side slopes with evergreens and
Towering shrubs in naturalistic
way. When boulders are at hand it
may be made even more picturesque
by placing them on the slopes and
extending the plantations of wild
flowers around them to tie the en-
tire scene together.
Very often a favorably located
spring will supply running water and
add feature to the wild garden of
inestimable worth. Many and varied
are the native plants that can then
be introduced, and charming, indeed,
the effects procurable.
In the wild garden the paths
should be of turf or stepping stones
and very broad. allowing the flowers
to sprawl over the path in places
without interfering entirely with the
purpose of the walk. Stepping stones
should be placed 22 inches, center
to center.
Beds for the establishing of flow
ers should not be more than six feet
wide. Where it is necessary to have
them larger, it Is preferable to place
shrubbery in the center of the bed
and allow about three feet between
the shrubbery and the turf edge of
the path.
As in the flower garden, the aim
should be toward continuity of bloom.
There should be no lack of flowers at
any time, although the Spring and
Fall seasons will be the most flowery.
In this respect, great aid may be
looked for to the hardy bulbs. Moth
ing is quite so pretty as colonies OF
snowdrops, jonquils, daffodils and
similar bulbs thoroughly naturalized.
The Rock Garden.
The alpine or rock garden is close
ly akin to the wild garden, as here,
too, we endeavor to establish plants
as nearly as possible in their native
environment. The rock garden
should be apart and secluded from
the flower garden. If it is possible
to select place where there is run
ming water, it will greatly enlarge
the variety of plants that may be
grown and increase the possibilities.
The rocks should be placed on a
gentle slope and the surface so varied
that the contour will be undulating.
A few large rocks are better than
many small ones. When placing the
rocks, adopt a plan Of stratiflcation,
so that the strata all run In the same
direction. Secure the largest bould-
ers possible and arrange them so
that the most formidable stones come
at the base In some places the ar
rangement should be almost perpen-
dicular and in others flatten it out
to more gentle slope. In this class
of work we are initiating nature Just
as closely as possible and the bould-
ers must be so arranged as to ap-
pear inherent in the soil. An abun-
dance Of good porous soil must be
used and we'll mixed with leaf mould
and well-rotted manure to establish
and grow q good assortment Of rock
plants on many Of the so-called rock
cries. The pockets for soil are far
too small and devoid of moisture, so
that only the very hardest of
drought-resisting alpines can exist.
Arrangement of Plants.
The arrangement of the plants
should be in clumps or colonies of
one variety, and not mixed plant
ing, where the strongest-growing
kinds can overrun the weaker, many
of which soon perish.
When rock garden is constructed
on a dry hill, it should be provided
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