THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



In the actual placing of the rocks one can be guided by the 

 view of those who take the attitude that the all-important thing 

 in a rock garden is the plants that it contains and that the arrange- 

 ment of rocks is of little consequence, except in so far as it con- 

 tributes toward the well-being of the plants ; or one may take the 

 point of view, which is perhaps the better one, that the arrange- 

 ment of the rocks should be as natural, as pleasing, and as ar- 

 tistic as possible, consistent with providing suitable accommoda- 

 tions for the plants that the garden is to contain. Anyone con- 

 templating the construction of a rock garden would be well advised 

 to study rock arrangement as it occurs in nature and try to copy 

 nature's methods of arranging rocks when making his rock gar- 

 den. 



One of the most satisfactorv kinds of rock gardens is the ravine 



Gypsophila repens var. monstrosa, in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 

 A dwarf creeping plant growing 4 inches high and bearing white flowers 



