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return journey. Accommodation and refreshments can be had at the 

 Hut Hotel, close to the Gardens, and also at the Hautboy, Ockham. 



For the motor route from London, 21 miles from Hyde Park 

 Corner, see " Book of Arrangements," p. 166. 



Position of the Society's Gardens. 



13. ROCK GARDEN AT WISLEY. 



In response to the interest taken in what are popularly called 

 " 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. 



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

 purpose of growing rock plants to perfection which blossom too early 

 to withstand our wet winters and late spring frosts. 



