30 Making a Rock Garden 



eternal vigilance, the weak will have the 

 worst of it before you realize what a mis- 

 take you have made. 



Finally, do not forget that planting is 

 not the end; it is only the beginning of 

 planting. So long as the rock garden ex- 

 ists there will always be planting. Normal 

 mortality will necessitate some, there will 

 be thinning out, and time will suggest ad- 

 ditions and more or less rearrangement. 



And with the planting goes on the 

 continual care, much of which can be done 

 in the course of the daily walk in the gar- 

 den, and therefore the loss of time will not 

 be felt. Water in case of a real drought, 

 but use a sprinkler, and do not stop until 

 the ground has been soaked to a depth of 

 a few inches. Mere surface watering is 

 bad enough in the ordinary garden; in a 

 rock garden it is a fatal error, as the 

 growth of roots near the top of the soil 



