32 THE GAKDENEB'S COMPANION 



advise you to begin it in a small way, and let it 

 grow ; for in the end it will assume a far more 

 natural appearance than if laid out from the 

 beginning. 



By the side of a little stream would be the 

 best place for a rockery, if not overhung or over- 

 shadowed by trees, for rockeries must have full 

 sunshine for the display of many of the most 

 effective plants. 



You may not, after all, have a stream, but yet 

 you may possess some low-lying spot where a 

 small amount of digging would find water, and if 

 this is in a suitable situation, with some shelter 

 from the north and east, it would be an ideal spot 

 for your rockery; the earth that is dug out to 

 form your pool would help to build a bank for the 

 rocks on one side, rising in as irregular a way as 

 possible to your highest level, and well banked in 

 on the colder side with low-growing shrubs and 

 bushes. 



It is difficult to convey any instructions as to 

 building a rock-garden. Eemember the first prin- 

 ciple is to place your rocks so that they may 

 attract the heat of the sun, but keep the soil be- 

 hind them cool and moist. The second considera- 



