PLANTING THE GARDEN 51 



hot sun strike them. While the tuft of Armeria in 

 the present example was only three-and-a-half inches 

 high, its root descended, as there shown, for over 

 twenty-six inches. 



Such plants I use to clothe a semi-vertical face of 

 rock, pricking out the seedlings when only one in^h high 

 and inserting them into some small fissure between 

 two large pieces of stone, but where there is an ample 

 root run for them beyond. 



If looked after, and not allowed to dry up, until they 

 get a hold of their new surroundings, they make, in the 

 course of a year or two, splendid green tufts of foliage, 

 protruding from the otherwise bare rock, and in their 

 season are a mass of flower ! 



Points in the garden where the stone is perhaps 

 less happy in appearance can be beautifully draped 

 with such plants as Thymus lanuginosus, Cotoneaster 

 humifusa and adpressa, the silvery cushion of many of 

 the varieties of Dianthus, if in a sunny position, or 

 with Dryas octopetala if in slight shade on the other 

 hand covering plants for quite shady places, are easily 

 found in the mossy Saxifrages, Polygonum vaccini- 

 folium, and dwarf ivies like Hedera conglomerata. 



Irregular surfaces with ample stone cropping out, 

 in full sun, make ideal spots for saxifrages of the 

 incrusted section, where their silvery rosettes can 

 bejewel the rocky ground, and from which, in their 



