ALPINE PLANTS IN POTS AND PANS 65 
Crocks must be liberally used to ensure drainage, a 
necessity even with those plants that in nature thrive in 
boggy places. Soil should be of good quality, but not over 
rich with manure. A good fibrous loam, beech or oak leaf- 
mould, sharp silver sand, some old mortar rubble or limestone 
chippings, together with a little wood ashes or small charcoal, 

A PoT-PYRAMID PLANTED WITH A PROSTRATE ALPINE PLANT MAKES A 
FINE PIECE FOR THE ALPINE HOUSE. 
Many subjects may thus bé grown in a small space. 
will make an admirable compost for the majority of plants. 
Some few require peat, but these are generally indicated in 
our descriptive notes of the plants. 
Pot firmly is a golden rule. Make free use of small pieces 
of porous stone to press into the surface soil between and 
around the plants. When watering give sufficient to 
thoroughly moisten the whole contents of the pot or pan, 
but during periods of rest be cautious, for many alpines are 
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