PLANTING THE GARDEN 



fTlHERE are two ways of planting a 

 rock garden. One is to do all the 

 crevice planting along with the building, 

 and the other, of course, is to defer every- 

 thing until the rocks are in place and the 

 soil thoroughly settled. 



The former plan is a singularly appeal- 

 ing, as well as practical, one. There is 

 something fascinating in finishing com- 

 pletely a part of the work as one goes 

 along. The practical advantage lies 

 chiefly in the fact that by this method 

 good-sized plants may be firmly estab- 

 lished in crevices at the very outset. The 

 soil in that case should be put part way 

 in the crevice and packed down. Then 



some loose soil sprinkled on top, and the 

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