The Garden 
that We Made 
“bind ” and secure the soil as much as possible, in case 
of heavy showers. Another mission of the larger 
boulders is that of providing shade for such plants as must 
be protected against glaring sunshine. 
Remember that every crevice can and must have some 
sort of vegetation growing in it ; this will guide one in the 
arrangement of the stones, and guard one against putting 
down too many. If any stone seems superfluous, take it 
away — one can easily do this oneself ; and if the space 
seems too big, never mind, 
that will make an effective 
hollow in which a number 
of plants can be put. Only 
if such a hollow is too 
sloping, so that heavy rains 
may wash away all soil 
from the roots, should the 
stones be replaced by more 
suitable ones, not otherwise. 
We Began with 
Failure. 
Our modest beginning 
with a rock-garden was, at 
first, a failure. We were 
too eager to succeed, laid 
down too many stones, our 
hollows sloped too much, 
and too many branches 
from neighbouring trees 
fow n, . erb g ro y win B g ellS ro n ck shaded the little plants. Now we have learnt our lesson ; 
and, as we add from year to year to our growing rockery, 
we are careful not to repeat former errors. The hollows 
should be as varying in shape as possible — big and small 
ones, oblong, round, narrow, square, one deep down 
nestling beside a big piece of rock, the other high up near 
the peak of a boulder, so that the plant can climb out over 
the stony surface. 
The rockery in its entirety must present rhythm and 
