24 ROCK GARDENS 



latter cases we have only the soil, and the rock 

 will have to be placed. 



Both these types are attractive, but in a 

 great measure dependent on the natural contour 

 of the ground, which should lend itself to their 

 several requirements. The bank form can be 

 made in a gently sloping field, but the labour 

 entailed would be great. In the case of the 

 knoll, so great would it be that I would not 

 advise the reader to embark on it, not at least 

 on a large scale, for I doubt if the result 

 would sufficiently repay him. 



Next we will deal with the rocky bed or 

 very small rock garden. This is a most 

 delightful and useful way of growing alpines 

 for those who can only spare a few square yards, 

 or who do not wish to attempt anything 

 larger. The surroundings in a garden of this 

 kind are not, of course, of such importance 

 as in the case of the larger gardens, but all 

 the same it is as well to select as sunny and 

 open a spot as can be obtained, and removed 

 as far as possible from the shade or drip of 

 trees. There is no garden, no matter how 

 small, that cannot have a rocky bed, tiny 



