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tried them all and knows their beauty and that they 

 can be grown with a moderate amount of skill and 

 pains. He could make another list almost as much 

 to his taste — and perhaps more to the taste of others. 

 There are now too many rock plants, and the be- 

 ginner is apt to be bewildered among them. But if 

 he stocks his rock garden with the plants we have 

 mentioned, he will have nothing worthless and noth- 

 ing that he need despair of growing. 



