14 ROCK GARDENING FOR AMATEURS 



immensely to its in- 

 terests and screen its 

 artificiality. Let the 

 worker imagine that 

 he is attempting to 

 reproduce in miniature 

 some mountain side, 

 with its casual, giant 

 boulders, its groups 

 of smaller rocks, its 

 boggy places, and little 

 A bold outcrop of rock that looks best stream ; if he keep this 



when sparsely planted, , . 



ideal in view, remem- 

 bering to build as naturally as possible, he can scarcely 

 be disappointed with the result, especially if he has 

 a thought also for the plants for which he is making & 

 home. Some alpines will grow in the crevices of hot, 

 sunny rocks, or may need depth of soil among stones. 



Showing rock crevices well filled with stones and soil for the 

 deep roots of alpine plants. 



