no ROCK GARDENING FOR AMATEURS 



veranda, open at the sides, yet covered at the top by 

 a glass roof, may build a rockery there, and enjoy the 

 alpines in a more natural environment than that offered 

 by the flower-pots or pans. There is no need to repeat 

 the advice given in the chapter on making a rockery, 

 since there is not much scope for building unless plenty 

 of space is available. All one can hope to do in the 

 veranda is to build a rocky bank, taking care to arrange 

 for a fair depth of soil, and to make the rocks or stones 

 firm. In summer water must be given freely ; it is an 

 advantage if the glass roof is movable, then the plants 

 may be fully exposed to the summer rains. 



Some of the low-growing bulbs or roots are very 

 charming, and excellently suited to cultivation in pots 

 such, for instance, as Anemones apennina, blanda, 

 nemorosa, Robinsoniana, Pulsatilla, and Hepatica ; the 

 miniature Daffodils, hardy Cyclamen, Fritillarias, the 

 larger Snowdrops, dwarf Tulips, Muscari or Grape Hya- 

 cinth and others. The Mossy Saxifrages, the Silvery 

 Saxifrages, and those of the Kabschia section (which 

 are fully described on another page), Gentiana acaulis, 

 Primula Auricula, and some of the many cross-bred 

 forms, P. marginata, P. denticulata, P. frondosa, P. 

 sikkimensis, Draba aizoides, Arenaria balearica, and 

 montana all these and many others may be grown 

 without difficulty under the conditions outlined. 



