NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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14. ROCK GARDEN AT WISLEY. 



In consequence of the rapidly increasing interest taken in what are 

 popularly called " Alpine Plants," " Alpines," or " Rock Plants," the 

 Council have constructed a Rock Garden at Wisley on a somewhat 

 extensive scale. The idea is to obtain the best possible positions and 

 soils for the different plants to grow in, the growth and well-being of 

 the plants being considered to be of even greater importance than the 

 artistic effect of the rockwork. In a Horticultural Society's Garden 

 every single detail should teach something, so that Fellows visiting it 

 may be able to take away an idea of how best to do this or that, or 

 where best to plant this or that. The construction of the Rock Garden 

 is completed, and the planting is proceeding, but it will be at least 

 two years or more before the plants on it can be seen at their best. 



Position of the Society's Gardensi 



An Alpine House has been built above the Rock Garden, chiefly 

 for the purpose of growing rock plants to perfection which blossom 

 too early to withstand our wet winters and late spring frosts. In 

 this House Fellows may see such plants in flower from February 

 • onwards. 



