60 BOOK OF GARDEN PLANS 
we put the tufted sorts, as Thrift, in the narrow flatter crevices where 
they will not be crowded, and the drooping sorts where they may hang 
down over the rock faces. As nearly all this planting is on a very steep 
slope, all the herbs used are of a creeping and drooping nature. They 
should hang down over the rock faces in sheets of foliage; so their actual 
placing in the ground will depend on the position of the rocks as found at 
time of planting, rather than their detailed arrangement on the plan. 
Between the stones of the path we place low creeping herbs that 
keep close to the ground, as Thyme and dwarf Speedwells, that we may 
step over them easily. Horned Violets give patches of color all summer, 
while at the upper end of the path the big leaves of the Rockfoil seem 
to terminate the garden. 
Once you get the spirit of this kind of planting you will add innu- 
merable little touches, for the beauty of such a planting rests finally in 
the attention given to the details. 
NATURE HAS THIS SITE READY FOR A ROCK GARDEN 
