28 ALPINE OR ROCK-PLANTS. 



THE POND. 



REGARDING the formation of the Pond, it should be 

 made to correspond with the Rockery, and should 

 run along the margin on one side (the south side 

 being the most suitable for the plants). It may like- 

 wise be here observed, that it is desirable to have a 

 path left along the foot of the Rockery, and on the 

 bank of the Pond, when again a walk surrounds the 

 same on the opposite side. 



Presuming that the Pond has been marked off 

 when the Rockery was so done, and the principal 

 part of the soil dug out when forming the same, 

 we may therefore proceed to clear out the soil pro- 

 perly, to the depth, perhaps, of two feet (but such 

 as this may vary according to size, &c.), leaving the 

 bank all around, except the side next the Rockery, 

 completely sloping out, so as that the surface of the 

 water may nearly run parallel with the surrounding 

 walk. This being finished, a sufficient supply of 

 good tough clay must be got, to make the whole 

 water-tight. The best clay for this purpose, that 

 ever came under my own notice, was taken from 

 within sea-mark, at ebb-tide, below Ormsary House, 



