48 THE STORY OF MY ROCK GARDEN 



dirty weather, I erect the sheets of glass before referred 

 to over all the hairy-leaved plants, and such others 

 as I consider require it, which include the greater part 

 of the moraine subjects. It is, I think, better to err 

 on the side of protecting those that do not require it, 

 than the reverse, since I have never known the glass 

 to harm a plant. 



I usually dust over the surface of the moraine once, 

 or possibly twice a year the merest sprinkling of well 

 decayed leaf -soil, which in a few days drifts in between 

 the chips. 



If any of the plants seem inclined to grow out of the 

 soil, and become " leggy " a feature which is rare on 

 the moraine, where the conditions seem to induce a 

 tight habit of growth the straggling pieces should be 

 coaxed down and a layer of chips placed over them, 

 leaving just the extreme green point visible. A close 

 cushion form of growth I find results from this 

 treatment. 



In conclusion, I must say that in proportion to its 

 area, I think the moraine contains more of interest and 

 beauty than any other part of my little garden, and 

 I have no hesitation in saying that the initial work 

 entailed in getting it established is repaid a hundred 

 times, by being able to grow in it plants which both 

 for beauty of form, colour, and general habit of growth, 

 cannot be excelled by any other hardy ones. 



