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and had better be content with " stock brick 

 burrs " as a substitute. They are obtainable at 

 most brickyards, and vary much in character, 

 according to the amount of burning to which 

 they have been subjected. 



It is best to secure those which are rather 

 under-burned, and therefore more porous. 



In a town garden there is no scope for an 

 elaborate effort, and one has to forego some of 

 the principles laid down by experts for want of 

 space to put them into practice. But if the 

 directions I shall give be faithfully followed, 

 I can promise the enthusiast that he will 

 succeed in growing his Alpine flowers in 

 sufficiently abundant variety, and his rock 

 garden will not be too obviously an artificial 

 affair. 



Having determined upon the amount of 

 space to be used, prepare the ground by 

 digging, afterwards adding soil to obtain the 

 desired elevation. (See note to Example 2.) 



Endeavour to avoid a formal or symmetrical 

 contour, which is never seen in nature, by dis- 

 tributing the masses of soil as if their shape 



