52 THE STORY OF MY ROCK GARDEN 



season, can rise the graceful arching plumes of their 

 inflorescence. 



If a stone one is desirous of partially veiling springs 

 direct from the path, and so gives little opportunity 

 of clothing it from below, it can be charmingly draped, 

 provided it is tolerably moist, by the employment of our 

 little friend Arenaria balearica, which has the great 

 advantage of taking up no room from the pathway, 

 such as would be done by some overhanging tufty plant. 

 If a tiny piece of the Arenaria is planted at the base of 

 the stone in question, it will usually spread upwaids 

 in a delightful way. Another wee plant for such a 

 position is that miniature mint Mentlia Requienii, 

 though this sometimes suffers in our winter probably 

 due to its being a native of Corsica and so not quite so 

 hardy as plants from colder regions. 



By the pool side, in the peat bog, look extremely well 

 groups of the lovely Primula rosea and P. denticulata. 

 This latter is a splendid early flowering plant, and it is 

 extraordinary that it is not more seen, since it is of the 

 easiest culture. The first illustration on page 33 shows 

 a plant of this Himalayan Primula just flowering after 

 having been planted some six or eight months, while the 

 second photograph illustrates what the same plant had 

 grown into by the following spring, nothing having 

 been done to it meanwhile. When it is remembered 

 that such lovely plants may be had in flower in March 





