ROCK GARDENING 



drained soil is most necessary. Possibly the beginner 

 may not despise the homely London Pride and the 

 pretty little Creeping Jenny, for both are very showy ; 

 they can easily be dispensed with as the choicer plants 

 need more room, and the yellow Stonecrop (Sedum acre) 

 is not to be despised. 



The pretty Foam Flower (Tiarella cordifolia) is a 

 charming plant, very showy when its stately little stems 

 are covered in white bloom. The common Thrift (Armeria 

 vulgaris) is certainly to be included as well as the giant 

 form (Armeria Cephalotes) and the rush-leaved Thrift 

 (Armeria juncea). Among the Bellflowers that are easily 

 grown one must name Campanula carpatica and its 

 white variety ; pusilla and garganica, all most charm- 

 ing flowers. Then the blue Flax (Linum narbonense) 

 and the alpine Wallflower (Cheiranthus alpinus), which 

 delights in sunny fissures, deserve mention ; while Snow 

 in Summer (Cerastium tomentosum), with grey leaves 

 and white flowers, and the yellow Fumitory (Corydalis 

 lutea) soon form large tufts. Of the true Geraniums, 

 with purplish flowers, one would choose Endresi and 

 sanguineum ; of alpine Pansies, Viola cornuta and its 

 white variety, and Viola gracilis ; of the Potentils, 

 argent ea and hopwoodiana. The Balearic Sandwort 

 (Arenaria balearica) is an ideal creeping plant, forming 

 a minute leaf tracery over half -shady rocks and stones, 

 and is studded with tiny white blossom in early summer. 

 First plant such as these, with a free grouping of Anemones 



