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Excerpt from The Book of Rock and Water Gardens This book is written for those who love the flowers of mountain and stream, of Alpine pasture and reed-fringed pool; for those who gladly welcome into their gardens a class of plants whose beauty and charm is not surpassed by any other. It is also written with the h0pe that it may arouse interest in those who have no knowledge of rock and water plants, and yet have facilities for growing them. And especially is it offered to the many whose dull and ugly rockeries might so easily be transformed into rock gardens - a different thing altogether. Let none regard the subject of water gardening as one having direct interest for only a favoured few. Seeing that aquatics may be grown under purely artificial conditions, the pleasure of a water garden is not limited to the possessors of natural streams and ponds. In these days of stress and hurry we seek in Nature a balm for many ills; in our gardens, and in all that pertains to them, we may find welcome rest and relaxation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.