iv.] CONGENIAL SITES FOR BULBS AND ROSES 73 



that presently the bank through its entire length will 

 show no traces of its origin. 



Of course all this will have involved considerable 

 trouble, but it may be easily done during one month 

 in autumn, and it will scarcely need alteration for 

 six or eight years to come, and in all that time a 

 spade will seldom be permitted to intrude. A careful 

 weeding every three months and a top-dressing of fresh 

 rich compost every winter these will suffice. 



Changes can be made more or less radically on certain 

 stretches of the border in any year, and transplantings 

 may, of course, be made at any time, as the condition 

 of the plants suggests, and it is simply wonderful how 

 much information, occupation, and enjoyment may be 

 found from year's end to year's end, in one unpretend- 

 ing border, by those who love their plants, and will patiently 

 observe the nature and habit of each variety, as seasons 

 and months succeed each other, and as each brings its 

 own special work and contributes its own share of pure 

 satisfaction. 



CHAPTER IV 

 ALPINE BORDERS 



ONE of the most attractive parts of the ideal garden of 

 modern days is that known as the rockery or wall-garden. 

 When judiciously planned and tolerably well-looked after, 



