PREFACE 



frage section, a primula section, a 

 campanula section, than to have the 

 various species of these plants scat- 

 tered minutely about the garden. 



11. Aim at mass effects. The beauty of 



alpine flowers in their homes is largely 

 derived from the lovely mass of colour 

 which glows on the slopes and mea- 

 dows. Thus make a carpet of gentiana 

 verna or acaulis (200 or so if you can 

 raise them). Among these plant the 

 smaller anemones, androsaces, dian- 

 thus alpinus and the small primulas. 

 Above these, on a higher slope, plant 

 masses of dryas, the larger anemones, 

 and the blue aquilegias. 



12. You will have more success and a more 



effective display if you grow a moder- 

 ate number of plants well than a 

 large number of plants poorly. Only 

 grow plants that thrive in your soil 

 and climate. Do not worry about 

 rare and difficult plants. Leave them 

 to specialists. 



13. Plant flowering shrubs at the back of 



your rock garden, but do not overdo 

 them. They should give a background, 

 but should not dominate. The best 

 are given in the following pages. 



