94 WALL AND WATER GARDENS 



It is only possible to point to a few examples, but 

 those who work carefully in their rock-gardens will 

 see the great gain that rewards a little care and 

 thought in putting the right things together. If they 

 will take the trouble to work out the few examples 

 given, they will be able to invent many other such 

 combinations for themselves. 



Then there comes the question of putting the right 

 plants in the right places. The picture of Androsace 

 lanuginosa may be taken as an illustration of a good 

 rock-plant well placed, partly on the flat, but also 

 falling down the face of the rock. Nothing but a 

 knowledge of the plant's ways and a lively sympathy 

 with its wants can make right placing a certainty, 

 but the gradual learning of these things is one of 

 the pleasures of gardening. 



Where the garden adjoins ground of a rocky, or 

 rocky and woody character, the difficulty of con- 

 struction is reduced to the lowest point. There are 

 thousands of acres of such ground in the remoter 

 parts of our islands, many of them no doubt so placed 

 that with a very little alteration and the addition of 

 just the right plants, the most beautiful of rock- 

 gardens could be made. Such ground as the rocky 

 wood with its own wild Foxgloves shown in the 

 illustration could hardly be bettered as a rock-garden 

 background, and would suggest bold treatment, in- 

 deed would absolutely forbid anything petty or 

 niggling. 



It is highly interesting to have a space in one of 

 the warmest and most sheltered regions of the rock- 



