CONTENTS. 



Page 



INTRODUCTION 17 



PART I Situation 22 



The Rockery 24 



The Pond 28 



Arrangement of the Plants, &o. . . 32 



Illustrations .35 



PART II Main Collection of Alpines . . . 38 



Spring Treatment . . . . .44 



Summer Treatment .... 50 



Autumn Treatment 52 



Winter Treatment 54 



Treatment of the Tenderer and Rarer Kinds 



of Alpines ...... 55 



NOTE 62 



APPENDIX. Plants for the Rockery, Pond, &c. . . Go 



I. List of Alpine Plants . . . . 68 



Ferns and Allied Plants . . .77 



II. Marsh or Bog Plants . . . . 78 



III. Aquatic Plants for Pond . . . .79 



IV. American Shrubs .... 80 

 V. Mosses , 83 



