io ROCK GARDENING FOR AMATEURS 



If such an ideal is not to be found within the space 

 available, give preference to the sunshine. You can 

 put in a few shrubs for shelter, and though you cannot 

 provide fresh air in a confined corner, plenty of sunshine 

 atones in great degree. 



The best of all places in which to build a rock garden 

 is on a bank or natural slope, and those who have this 

 to start with are saved much labour, 

 much expense, and vexatious discussion, 

 for none other should be sought for. It 

 is the simplest of all sites on 

 which to form 

 a home for al- 

 pine flowers ; 

 with compara- ___ 



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Section of Rockery show- 

 ing Path at a. 



(Notice the natural arrangement of the rocks ; 

 they are deeply embedded and sloping inwards.) 



tively little trouble it may be transformed into a veritable 

 alpine slope, flooded with the blossom of the high 

 hills in spring and early summer. Here and there minia- 

 ture promontories, formed with the biggest rocks avail- 

 able, will jut out, giving both shady and sunny spots ; 

 elsewhere there will be little receding bays, and almost 

 everywhere rocky, stony banks, steep sometimes, some- 

 times gently sloping, and always as naturally irregular 

 as one can make them. Little stone-flagged paths 

 shall wind in and out and round about, discovering 

 fresh beauties to the tourist at every turn. 



