PLANTING THE ROCK GARDEN 195 



connecting link with those of stronger growth 

 which are to make the background of the 

 garden. 



Too much care and attention cannot be 

 devoted to the planting of the shrubs, both 

 large and small. On their judicious and 

 skilful arrangement the success of the garden 

 from an artistic point of view will greatly 

 depend. 



The modern rock garden is usually a copy, 

 or more often an attempt to copy, some 

 mountain scene on a very reduced scale, 

 and that it is on a very reduced scale is 

 evident from the fact that where in nature 

 we find rocky crags or cliffs 30 feet or 

 40 feet high, we, in our puny imitations, 

 have to be content with rocks measuring as 

 many inches. In order, therefore, to carry out 

 this idea correctly, we should use trees and 

 shrubs proportionate in size to our rocks. 

 Amongst the rocks should be planted dwarf 

 shrubs, such as Ledum buxifolia^ Azalea amcena^ 

 or Cistus florentinus ^ and such miniature trees 

 as the dainty little Pinus syhestris Beuvronensis^ 

 or some Retinospera obtusa pygmcea^ pigi^y re- 



