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PLANT IN 
PLANT WITH 
Loam .. “ 
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Sanp ... To grow.. { 
iT. 
. STONES AROUND 
OF CHIEF SUBSIDIARY DEVI 
TO AVOID LOSS. 
a. To secure general dryness. 
5. To obtain tilted crowns, and so prevent 
Cheers danger of their damping off through 
lodgment of wintry wet or snow. 
(2: To reduce danger of bared roots through 
On A DEAD FLAT.. denudation. 
|. To facilitate top-dressing. 
NEAR EYE ...... a. To see minute beauties. 
{ b. To remind of needed care. 
a. To obtain “ trails”’ or “curtains.” 
HIGH UP ........ ; & To obtain plant-silhouettes. 
{ c. To see into pendent bell-shaped flowers. 
a, To benefit from humidity given off to air. 
b. To keep leaves of delicate or spongy 
, texture green. 
DNER AUS 52435 c. To keep succulent leaves from shrivelling. 
d, To mirror plant with striking habit or 
sheet of bloom. 
Rough. To promote drainage and evaporation; avoid 
dampness and increase warmth. 
(a. To get “hard” growth in tender subjects. 
Phar. &. Tocheck “sappy” growth in luxuriant foliage. 
“""") ¢. To stimulate flowering. 
d. To make dwarf, or retain dwarf habit. 
(a, To keep Sempervivums true to colour and type. 
** |. To retain plants in crevices. 
a. “ Miffy” plants. 
6. Plants with running roots. 
StonEs To bake and ripen bulbs. 
a. To drain away wet. (warm. 
b. To keep clinging roots; sheltered, moist, and 
a. To protect from battering rains 
5 9 TO OVERHANG or clotting snow. [roots. 
Rock BEHIND { 
b. To collect waterand divert it to 
A ROCK-SHELTER, with water-shed 
into clayed bottom. 
a. Toripen and display hanging shoots. 
a ” ” ” 
. Rock BEFORE b. To prevent a plant settling into bog, and so 
being lost. 
( (z.) and keep glossy, juicy foli- 
a. Shade... age fresh. 
+ BOCK AT ONE | (¢¢.) and prolong flower. 
%. Shelters! ( 7.) from drying winds. 
SIDE, to provide | 
] (#2.) from cutting winds, 
. STONES ABOVE agree gy to keep roots moist and 
AND BELow.. foliage dry. 
(2) and promote quick settle- 
, " a. Te ae ment of roots. 
STONES AT BOTH tightly.. ) ,.. e a.) wind. 
SIDES ....45 (#2.) against 3 drought. 
b. (Splayed from collar) to keep roots moist 
and stem dry. 
A ( 2.) to preserve moisture. 
as Superiap sed (zz.) to provide against en- 
PLANT ....4. gic croachment. 
{ &. Imbedded in soil, to increase drainage. 
a bulb 
a root 
OR SLATE 
close to 
(2.) to control direction of future 
| growth. 
. VERTICAL | a tuber ( (2) to assist ripening. 
