The Winning Designs 
except for the drainage or shelter it affords. No har- 
mony of association is aimed at, merely the growing of 
a good plant ; whether it is worth doing or not depends 
largely on the keenness of the owner of the garden. 
To me, the plants robbed of their picturesque associa- 
tions lose half their charm, but I can well conceive that 
SITE NO. 3.—THIRD-PRIZE DESIGN BY KENNETH DALGLIESH. 
many people find pleasure in contemplating Saxifraga 
Boyd in a pot. I have even done so myself, until 
the memory of it growing on the ledge in a rock garden 
made of old grey limestone arose to chill my apprecia- 
tion. Nevertheless, the cultivation of rock plants for 
the sake of the plant itself is just as legitimate a garden 
pursuit as growing giant Cabbages. It can be effected 
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