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is reduced to a minimum by the constant percolation 

 of the melting ice water through the whole mass, 

 while complete winter rest is assured by the draining 

 away of the moisture, due to the cutting off of the 

 supply and the thick blanket of snow which covers 

 the plants. 



It would at first sight seem difficult to reproduce 

 these conditions in our lowland gardens, but with care 

 and some thought it is quite possible to imitate them 

 sufficiently well to induce many moraine plants to 

 flourish and flower profusely, even in a suburban garden 

 like mine. 



The method I adopted was as follows : Since most 

 of the moraine plants grow in an open situation, I 

 selected a portion of my little garden, fully exposed to 

 the sun and where the Rock Garden rose somewhat 

 abruptly. Into the side of this hummock, by digging 

 out the soil, I formed what were practically two tanks, 

 one above the other, some five feet long, by two 

 feet wide and deep, and watertight to the depth 

 of six to eight inches, with the floor sloping towards 

 the front. 



The operation consisted of well ramming the floor, 

 and putting in three inches of cement concrete, while 

 the sides were built up with brick and cement, till 

 nearly level with what was to be the surface of the 

 moraine when they were topped with good-looking 



