THE ARTIFICIAL ROCK GARDEN 45 



Having done this, the second plot is ap- 

 proached. Remove top spit as before, but the 

 rest of the soil, down to the subsoil, instead 

 of being put into a heap, should be thrown 

 over the two sloping banks of plot i. Then 

 proceed to dig out the subsoil as before, again 

 making the general formation of the banks as 

 the work proceeds. Plot 3 is dealt with in 

 a manner similar to plot 2, and so on till the 

 last plot, when the soil removed from plot i 

 and left in a heap (Bg) must be put over it. 



The result of all this will be a cutting with 

 sloping banks on either side about 5 to 6 feet 

 high, with the good soil over the subsoil, and 

 with heaps of the top and best soil available 

 for use later on when the time comes to place 

 the rocks in position. 



This method undoubtedly entails consider- 

 able labour. The only alternative is to treat 

 the whole in a way similar to that adopted for 

 plot I, and after having roughly formed the 

 banks to throw back the soil removed. This, 

 of course, has the advantage of saving the labour 

 of carting the soil from the first to the last plot, 

 and also it is easier to work out the general 



