Illustrations 



FIG. PACING PAGE 



15. THE DOUBLE ARABIS AS A ROCK GARDEN PLANT 36 



16. THE EDELWEISS (lEONTOPODIUM ALPINUM) - 37 



17. a dry wall shortly after construction 38 



18. the same wall a year later - 39 



21. "the queen of the saxifrages" (saxifraga 



longifolia) .... 42 



22. AN OLD WALL SUCCESSFULLY PLANTED - 43 



23. A PAVED PATHWAY WITH INTERSTICES SUITABLE 



FOR LOW-GROWING PLANTS - 46 



24. WIDE STONE STEPS EFFECTIVELY PLANTED - 47 



25. BOLD STONE STEPS DEVOID OF VEGETATION ■ 48 



26. THE ALPINE HOUSE AT KEW - 49 



27. A CHOICE ROCKFOIL FOR THE ALPINE HOUSE 



(SAXIFRAGA BOYDII ALBA) - 50 



28. PINK, WHITE ANi) BLUE HEPATICAS - 50 



29. ANEMONE BLANDA - 51 



30. PRIMULA MARGIN ATA - - 51 



31. A SHADY CORNER IN THE ROCK GARDEN 64 



32. A SILVERY- LEAFED ROCKFOIL FOR A SUNNY 



POSITION (SAXIFRAGA PARADOXA) 65 



33. THE SNOWDROP-WINDFLOWER (ANEMONE SYLVES- 



TRIS) IN THE ROCK GARDEN - - 68 



34. A HYBRID HAREBELL (CAMPANULA STANSFIELDIl) 6g 



35. A WELL-FLOWERED COLONY OF GENTIANA FREY- 



NIANA - . . yo 



36. A RARE SAXIFRAGE (SAXIFRAGA GRISEBACHIl) 7 1 



