MAKING THE ROCK GARDEN n 



The Sunk Rock Garden. -So far so good, but how 

 do those of us fare whose gardens are as flat as the 

 proverbial pancake? Why, very well, indeed, though 

 the labour will be greater and more prolonged, the expense 

 perhaps somewhat heavier, but the result just as good, 

 and the interest in the building even more intense. 

 Perhaps the most satisfactory form the rock garden can 

 ''take when a piece of flat ground only is available, is 

 of two banks of bold and irregular 

 outline, and a winding path between. 

 As one contemplates the site, and 

 pictures the rock garden 

 of one's dreams, it seems 



Section of low Rockery 

 with Lily Pond (a) 

 at the base. 



that there is a long way to go. The way will be long or 

 short, according to the depth one delves. Are the banks 

 to be ten or twelve feet high ? Then, of course, it means 

 heavy digging, and much wheeling of soil. If, however, 

 one is content with a height of say six feet from the 

 central path the labour will be proportionately lighter. 

 But there is no need to complete it all at once if expense 

 is a consideration. One may build it little by little, 

 planting as one goes. The banks should preferably 

 face east and west, the central path thus running north 

 und south, not, of course, straight, but winding gracefully, 



