14.Trecul Yucca, A dramatic addition to any southwestern landscape. Tree yuccas grow moderately fast but may take decades to develop their characteristic trunks, Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest, pg 120 4.Japanese, Path of granite slabs and mill stones leading to a tea houe, designed by Marc Peter Keane, Serene Gardens, pg 47 6.A web of cracks spreads over a drying mud flat, The Desert – Life Nature Library, pg 45 7.French, Pour la Naissance du Surhomme a painting by Pierre-Yves Tremois (born 1921). An image of life and wholeness found in Carl Jung s book Man and His Symbols, pg. 271 8.Libyan Desert, The desert seen from aloft in which complex dunes look like small wrinkled mounds but they are hundreds of feet high and miles apart, The Desert  Life Nature Library, pg 46 1.Agave Americana  A classic plant of the Southwest. The perfectly symmetrical rosette of grayish green leaves grows rapidly for eight to twenty years. A tall flowering stalk shoots out of the center which signals its death. The agave dies after flowering, but by then is usually surrounded by many sucker plants, Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas and the Southwest, pg 9 23.American, Sketch of articulated fracture, Joseph Kincannon 9.Japanese, Kenroku-en Gangyo Stone Bridge Edo Era Ishikawa, The Japanese Gardens Island of Serenity, pg 85 10.American, Bill of Rights, September 25,1789, Although 12 Amendments were originally proposed the 10 that were ratified became the Bill of Rights in 1791. They defined the citizens rights in relation to the newly established government under the Constitution, www. national archives. gov 24.German, Sandstone carved in crystalline forms, Grabemale Zeichen der Erinnerung, pg.77 11.Japanese, sculptural stone path, Shinnyo-in A complete view Monoyama Era Kyoto, The Japanese Gardens Island of Serenity, pg 33 2.Chinese, Buddist Votive Stele, Western Wei dynasty (535-557 A.D.) The Art Institute of Chicago 13.American, The10 Amendments as The Bill of Rights 25.German, Gravestone monument, a split in reality and consciousness, Grabemale Zeichen der Erinnerung, pg.79 22.Agave Attenuata, Easy to spot with their thick spears of grey green foliage, agaves combine a tropical but sculptured look and are particularly good for exposed, difficult sites, Jamie Durie Patio, pg 181 20.American, House of Representatives building at the State Capitol, Pheonix, Arizona, photo by Chris Bliss, 2005 21.German, Contemporary granite water pool, Grabemale Zeichen der Erinnerung, pg.20 12.American, Site-plan in diagrammatic form of Bolin Plaza and the Arizona State Capitol 19.German, Font for stone lettering, Schrift + Symbol in Stein, Holz und Metall, pg.170 5.French, Water Garden @ Bordeaux Botannical Garden, designed by Catherine Mosbach, Groundswell  Constructing the Contemporary Landscpe, pg. 89 18.American, Sketch of contour slab, Joseph Kincannon 17.Japanese, Stepping stone bridge, Serene Gardens, back cover 15.American, Bolin Plaza facing due West to State Capitol, Pheonix, Arizona, photo by Chris Bliss, 2005 16.German, Sandstone Memorial, Schrift + Symbol in Stein, Holz und Metall, pg.198 3.German, Raised Inscription on Headstone, Gottfried Hausslein, Munchen Kalkstein, Grabemale aus der Werkstatt von Steinmetz und Bildehauer, pg. 46