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The Charm of Variety 



CHAPTER XI 

 Moraine Gardening 



IT is still a fair question to ask, " What is a moraine ? " 

 The dictionary defines a moraine in Nature as "an 

 accumulated mass of debris found at the foot, in the 

 centre and by the sides of a glacier." In the garden 

 its chief purpose is to enable one to grow with real success 

 some of the high alpine flowers that have hitherto 

 proved disappointing, and often impossible, in face of the 

 conditions obtaining in the ordinary rock garden. But 

 it is not only the difficult alpines for which the moraine 

 is suited, a large number of others thrive there per- 

 fectly, and, nestling among the cool stone, they look 

 more charming than ever. 



The Garden Moraine. As adapted to the needs of 

 the gardener the moraine may be described as a bed or 

 border of varying size, preferably situated on a slight 

 slope, and consisting chiefly of broken stone, with which, 

 however, a certain proportion of light, sifted soil is mixed. 



It proves of such immense value because the manner of 

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