CHAPTER IV 



PLANTING THE GARDEN 



HAVING related, in a brief way, the manner of building 

 my little garden, it may be of interest to make some 

 reference to the method of planting it. As the points 

 I shall here mention will be the outcome of my exper- 

 ience since the garden has been formed, it will not 

 necessarily follow that they were the methods I adopted 

 in my more ignorant days but rather what I have 

 found advisable as time has gone on. 



A considerable amount of the success of a garden, 

 especially a small one, is due to the manner in which 

 the plants are arranged therein. I hold that it should 

 be the aim of the cultivator, where it is at all possible, 

 to so grow each plant as to show to the best advantage 

 its particular habit and character, and it will be readily 

 recognised that a large number of Alpine plants have 

 very decided characteristics. For instance, such plants 

 as Cerastium tomentosum, and most of the Aubrietias, 

 though easily grown in other positions, show to the 

 greatest advantage their cushion-like habit when 



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