INDEX 



Alpine house, the, 49-52 

 Alpines, alphabetical list of 



choice, 100-102 

 Autumn, rock garden in, 77, 84, 



85 



Bog garden, the, 21-23, 1°^ 

 Bulbous-rooted plants, 72-75 



Choice alpines, list of, 100- 

 102 



Clay soil, 10, 15 



Cotswold great oolite, 4, 6 



Crisp, Sir Frank, Bart., men- 

 tioned, 5 



Cultural notes, 104-110 



Cuttings, propagation by, 56, 

 60 



Drainage, 14 



Dry wall, elevation of a, 40 



Edgings to flower borders, rock- 

 work as, 30-33 



Ferns for the rock garden, 95- 



97 

 Flagstone pathways, 46-48 

 Frames for alpines, 53-55 

 Friar Park rock garden, 5, 13, 



15 



Granite rocks, 8 

 Gravetye Garden, Sussex, men- 

 tioned, 92 

 Greenhouse, cold, 49-52 

 Grouping, effective, 76-86 



Heaths, hardy, for the rock 

 garden, 91-94 



Limestone, weathered, 5 



Millstone grit, 5, 8 

 Moraine, the, 24-29 



Paved pathways, 46-48 

 Pests, 98-99 

 Planting alpines, 61-63 

 Primulas, 111-114 

 Purbeck limestone, 6 



Red samdstone rocks, 7 



Repetitions, avoiding con- 

 tinuous, 19 



Robinson, William, mentioned, 

 92 



Rock-mantling subjects, 125-126 



Rocks, suitable, 4, 16 



Sandstone rocks, 6 

 Saxifrages, 1 17-124 

 Seed, raising alpines from, 42, 



56-60, 106 

 Shady positions, alpines for, 64- 



71 

 Shrubs, flowering, for rock 



garden, 87-go 

 Sites, suitable, i 

 Slugs, 98-99 

 Soils, suitable, 11 

 Spring, plant grouping for, 79, 



80 

 Steps, stone, planting, 47 

 I Suburban rock gardens, 34-37 



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