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in â€" irregular, curved, very seldom straight, line; layers to be of varied height. For the last or top layer, use stones with weathered top. In this manner, with the aid of good, sandy loam, you create miniature hills and valleys, canyon walls and mountain tops. Ayoid a flat looking rockgarâ€" Thursday, October ETS OPCOALCE 1 den; be irregular; be bold; nature is bold; there is no timidness in nature‘s rocklands. Tufa rocks may sometimes be set on edge to show an extra unusual deâ€" sign of fissures, plant and animal imâ€" pressions. â€" Tufa applied stratified, however, is mostly the proper way. Avoid a combination of tufa, flagâ€" stones and boulders, with the excepâ€" tion of flagstones for the use of stepâ€" pingstones or walks; in nature you never find these together. Boulders make,a rock garden with a charm all its own. â€" Weatheredâ€"edged flagstones may be used with bou‘ders; the two, very often, found side by side in rocky country. Seldom place bouldâ€" ers on end, but lay them broad side down; don‘t have rock garden look like a row of soldiers standing at atâ€" tention. Boulders of various color, thrown carelessly together, someâ€" times piled in loose formation; then again a boulder placed all alone, sometimes half buried, sometimes showing bold contour, or often buried to the top; will make a rock garden, which, to some lovers of nature, is more beautiful than any other kind of rockery. For ravines and banks along a stream of water, also for dry water course, the use of boulders is probably best. â€"In a future issue I will describe: How and What to Plant With. Three months of iris blooms meaxt..... year if you set out the plants this fall l by Charles Fiore What is more lovely in springtime than a mass of exquisite irises along: a walk or in the border? . These dainty flowers are easy to grow and offer the greatest amount of floral beauty for the least amount of efâ€" fort. They flourish under neglect which would kill a rose in two weeks, and upon ground that would starve a peony to a shadow. Any location which is drained and sunny will conâ€" tent them. But only a very thoughtâ€" less gardener would neglect his irises so, for like everything else, they apâ€" preciate kind treatment and readily repay it. And what a repayment it is! From April when the first dwarfs poke their bonnets just above the ground, through May and June, when the tall bearded irises sway in elegance upon their lofty stems, until the magnifiâ€" cent japs bring the season to a close in Julyâ€"three months at least! Irises are broadly classified into three groupsâ€"the tall bearded, the Japanese, and others. Jt is difficult to select favorite varities, but the pale blue and lavender sorts of the taller kinds seem most popular, alâ€" though yellow, mahogany, smoky purâ€" ple and the other dull, soft shades are equally attractive. f The tall bearded group has found greatest favor in this country, for their gorgeous, longâ€"stemmed blooms come in every tint of the rainbow except true pink and red. They beâ€" gin to bloom in May, continuing through June, well into the blooming time of the Japanese type. Once planted, the members of the tall bearded family take care of themâ€" 2, 1930 selves indefinitely. They ‘demand the 'tleaut of the gardener, yet they conâ€" 1tribute the most beautiful blooms of the race. They are especially satisâ€" !fnctory in gardens that are subject | 1to "long dry, hot spells which are so | disastrous to less adaptable plnnt:.\ For most pleasing color efiects\ plant irises in masses of at least three or four of ‘each variety. Thei waves of color which â€" result from | masses of varying hues are as de-‘g lightful as the lovely rainbow, and it is easy to understand why the iris has been called the "R a in bow Flower." There is an everâ€"increasing interâ€" est in the Japanese isis â€" the most gorgeous of the family. They are easy to grow, and as far as magnifiâ€" cence and beauty go, there is no doubt that these oriental cousins stand at the head of the list. The flowers are flat, often 10 to 12 inches across, and their rich colors speak of the splendor of the mystic East. The stems are long and straight and may be cut like bundles of reeds beâ€" fore the top bud opens and every flower will open in water indoors. Japanese irises like rich soil and they should be watered heavily every day a few weeks before they bloom and while they are in flower, During their flowering season they can scarcely be fed too much. You will be astonished with the results if you SCHAUFFLER‘S LANDSCAPES Do not correct Nature, but help Nature along. THE PRESS keep this in mind. Like peonies, there are a host of new and improved varities of itises appearing each year,. You will lmt to include some of these newer kinds in your outdoor living room, perhaps substituting them in place of the older: varieties which you have had Alpine or Rock Gardens a Specialty > Formal Water Pools and Natural Pools Rockeries Ravines Flagstone Work Trees, Shrubs, Evergreens Driveways and Concrete Work and Perennials Formal Gardens Black Soil We design and piant trees and shrubâ€" bery, gardens, verennial borders, make new lawns, remake old ones, drives and walks, rockery and pools, terraces. Also trim trees, take down dead ones and cut them up. Call for plans and estimates. Natural Layouts and ° Fertilizer Rustic Work Lawns Landscape Contractor ~â€" BIS ET H 915 LOGAN STREET Tel. H. P. 2288 Mr. A. Baldauf, Highland Park Mr. William Clark, Glencoe ¢f Nr. Albert Dennis, Glencoe Mr. Abraham Freiler, Glencoe Mr. Samuel Goodman, Highland Park Mrs. E. Howard, Winnetka Mr. Frank Lewis, Glencoe Mr. Don Mercer, Indian Hill Mr. Herbert Mackie, Highland Park Mrs. James Simpson, Glencoe Mrs. Joseph Speigel, Winnetka Mrs. Modie J. Spiegel, Winnetka Mrs. William Vehon, Highland Park Mr. Warren Wright, Golfe Henry Schauffler Landscape Designer and Contractor Rock Gardens, Ravines Waterfalls and Pools Schauffler built for: for some time. Plant them this fall for they will then become well setâ€" tled in their new location and will bloom next spring. By delaying unâ€" til next year the plants will lose the beneiit of a whole season‘s growth, and you will be denied their delightâ€" ful blooms that much longer. (Ins‘de Rock Garden, with pool and waterfall in conservatory) Telephone Glencoe 1083 P. 0. Box No. 2, Glencoe 35