200 ROCK GARDENS 



folia^ and many others which are considered 

 only half hardy ; but all people are not so 

 fortunate. 



Unfortunately, Rhododendrons will not grow 

 everywhere, for they belong to that group of 

 shrubs which includes so many lovely and rare 

 species, namely, the peat-lovers, or, as they 

 should more accurately be called, the lime- 

 haters. I have a little lime in the soil of 

 my garden, and Rhododendrons, though they 

 live, will not thrive as I should wish them 

 to ; otherwise I would grow them as freely 

 as I would advise all others to do, whose 

 soil is more suitable. 



In Part II. will be found a list of the 

 choicer shrubs, both dwarf and free-growing. 



