32 ALPINE OR ROCK-PLANTS. 



ABKANGEMENT OF THE PLANTS, &c. 



IN planting out the plants upon the rock-work, the 

 proper disposal of them is essentially requisite, for 

 appearance, as well as to insure success in their 

 culture. 



Therefore, the north side is to be taken up princi- 

 pally with cryptogamic plants, requiring the shade, 

 and several strictly Alpine-plants, as indicated in the 

 Index. To assist, as much as possible, some trees 

 planted on this side are further required. A more 

 suitable tree cannot, perhaps, be introduced into such 

 a place, than the common Thorn, and its ornamental 

 varieties, which is described by the Scottish bard as 



" The milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale." 



The larger ferns can be disposed among the cre- 

 vices, and at the foot, when the soil consists of 

 peat, leaf-mould, and sandy loam ; while the lesser 

 ones and mosses can be planted as follows: 



The stones already mentioned as being excavated, 

 or worn by the waves, to be filled, when for ferns, 

 with peat, leaf-mould, and a little white sand, and 

 then planted with such as the Adiantum, or maiden- 



