CHAPTER III 



THE MORAINE 



BEFORE wandering far from the structural matters of 

 the Rock Garden, I will endeavour to give a description 

 of that somewhat recent adjunct, the Moraine which 

 has now become such a prominent feature of many 

 Alpine gardens. In my own case my attention was 

 not directed to it till some time after I had built my 

 Rock Garden, so that its inclusion meant an alteration 

 in the existing arrangement. 



For the benefit of those not already acquainted with 

 a natural moraine, I will outline what I conceive to be 

 its chief features. 



At the foot of the glaciers or ice rivers, which come 

 down from between the higher peaks, are found vast 

 accumulations of stone detritus fragments which 

 have been torn and broken away from the glacier bed 

 carried down with the descending ice, and deposited 

 at the place where it melted. These heaps or ridges 

 are usually found on sloping ground, and are often piled 

 up at an acute angle. 



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