PLANTS FOR A ROCK GARDEN 



many plants are suitable for a rock 

 garden that the range of choice is be- 

 wildering. In this, as in the laying out 

 of the garden, advisability takes prece- 

 dence over pure personal desire, though, 

 very fortunately, it is often not difficult 

 to make the two go hand in hand ; a little 

 intelligent thought helps a lot. 



To the beginner, no better advice can 

 be given than that which applies to the 

 picking out of the rocks use the material 

 which is close at hand. This is not, by 

 any means, a mere suggestion to follow 

 the lines of least resistance. It is far 

 more. In the first place, there is always 



an endless amount of beautiful and suita- 

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