1 8 Making a Rock Garden 



be slightly buried in the ground, but that 

 course is preferable. 



When the paths and outer margins 

 have been thus defined, scatter more rocks 

 over the intervening surface, placing them 

 fairly thick but not close together. Next, 

 fill in with soil, packing it firmly and 

 ramming it hard into every crevice. If 

 it fits in with the day's work, it is not a 

 bad plan to water the rock work well in 

 order to pack the soil, and when resuming 

 the labor on the morrow, to add more 

 soil, well pressed down, before proceeding 

 with the second layer of rock. 



This second layer should have the rocks 

 placed with the front edge slightly back 

 from that of the lower row in order to 

 form a slope, though an occasional over- 

 hang may be fashioned if required for a 

 certain plant known to abhor a drip from 

 above. The construction then proceeds 



