Directions for Specific Culture, 105 
drip of trees and facing full south, such as may be 
found against the wall of a dwelling-house, in good 
deep rough loam and sand. Before planting, a hole 
should be made 3ft. deep, and 4in. or so of broken 
stones or bricks placed at the bottom of it as drain- 
age; then fill up to the surrounding surface with 
prepared compost, make firm, and plant. In plant- 
ing, care must be taken to get the base of the plant 
about 2in. below the level of the soil. The compost 
must be trodden firmly all round the plant, though 
not on the actual base of it, so that the young roots 
may be enabled to reach the new soil readily. For 
it may be remarked as a point of general and great 
importance in planting that, especially in planting 
material previously grown in pots, the soil is apt 
to shrink away from the ball in drying and leave 
a space so that the young roots succumb before 
reaching the new soil, and thus the plant ultimately 
dies or is permanently weakened, unless care is taken 
to ensure intimate cohesion and union by firm, 
uniform, and thorough pressure at the time of 
planting. Romneya Coulteri is a strong-feeding 
plant, and will require plenty of water during the 
growing season. 
Rubus arcticus (Arctic Regions). 
Plant on a sunny bank on the rockery where 
it has room to spread, in gritty loam and sand. 
Salix reticulata (Northern and Arctic Regions). 
This, like the rest of the dwarf Willows, is 
useful to creep over stones in shady places where 
other plants will not grow well. 
