22 ALPINE OR ROCK-PLANTS. 



PAET I. 



SITUATION. 



IN treating of situation (the first thing to be ob- 

 served in choosing a locality for the formation of 

 the Rockery), one must be, to a certain extent, guided 

 by the nature and style of the place, besides the 

 taste of the proprietor. But again, regarding the 

 selection of a situation to suit the plants, it is on 

 this account necessary, that the site be neither shaded 

 nor yet too much exposed. Let it be an open, airy, 

 but at the same time a sheltered place. It may 

 adjoin the flower-garden, or be in the vicinity of 

 the shrubberies and kitchen-garden, and, should a 

 suitable situation present itself along the walks, or 

 drives leading through the woods or pleasure-grounds, 

 it might form as desirable a site as any. It is, how- 

 ever, to be understood, that it is not meant to be 

 exactly along the margin. A little off the walk 

 would be more desirable, with a path leading to the 

 Rockery. 



Perhaps too much attention cannot be paid to 

 the choice of a proper situation; for though these 



