192 ALPINE PLANTS 
and interest to justify inclusion in even a small collection 
of rock plants. 
In regard to bulbs, also, there are sufficient kinds of a 
suitable character for either the rockery or the Alpine 
house to occupy still further chapters, but the most that 
can at present be done is to furnish a list of the names of 
some of the best and easiest, although it may be remarked 
that quite a number of tuberous rooted plants that are 
generally classified with bulbs have received due notice 
in the previous sections of this work. 
Evergreen shrubs, pigmy trees and flowering shrubs 
have found but little space in this book, but for no other 
reason than that the whole sphere of alpine gardening is 
so vast that it cannot be compressed into a volume of 
reasonable dimensions. Some amends have been made 
by naming in this chapter a few of the kinds that may 
be used with advantage in gardens of moderate size. 
Whilst I feel, as my task nears its close, some gratifi- 
cation that I have contrived to include so large a number 
of excellent plants, and have dealt with most phases of 
alpine plant culture, I am fully alive to the fact that a 
vast deal is still omitted, for the subject is indeed 
inexhaustible. The reader will however find that even 
small beginnings will for a while fully occupy him, and 
in course of time the acquisition of knowledge and 
experience will enable him to deal successfully with 
fresh acquaintances among this fascinating class of plants, 
and the further the hobby of alpine gardening is pursued 
the more enjoyable it becomes. 
