Show natures Kocker leo it seems to be a law of nature that the rougher the material with which she has to do the more effort she puts forth to beautify it the wastes of dreary swamp lands are brightened by the flame of the cardinal flower and the deep blue of the lobelia while overhead nod the cat tails and the bauo flags where the bare and ragged rocks jut out from the hillside in ledges and bluffs nature with a lavish hand scatters lier choicest flowers and trails her rarest vines flowers never seem so beautiful nor grateful as when een in contrast with rough rocks whose hardness and coldness they seem to defy who after once seeing it can ever forget the charm of the wild columbine that with airy bells fringes the clefts in ahe aclid wall of the overhanging cliff or the wealth of ferns at its base it is this sharp contrast of strength and roughness with beauty and grace that makes popular the ever present hickory oi our cities and suburbs and it should be remembered that the most important point in arranging a successful rockery is to carry out the ideas of nature where the graceful vines and plants are now to be admired in wild natural beauty philadelphia times |