THE ROCK GARDEN IN SPRING 33 



elegans, tenuifolium and others. These noble flowers 

 are so much better suited to border grouping, or the 

 peaty soil among Azaleas and Rhododendrons, that 

 despite the opinions of others, I never commend them 

 for the rock garden. Later in the book suggestions are 

 offered for growing the best varieties of Liliums on the 

 outskirts of the bog garden, probably the ideal place for 

 them. 



It has seemed best to give some reason for thus 

 excluding these two prominent families of bulbous 

 plants ; otherwise the omission might appear unaccount- 

 able. As it is, few are able to include in their gardens 

 more than a few of the lovely children of mountain and 

 moorland, and to them we look for the happiest effects 

 in the garden of rock plants and Alpines. 



