“A rock gardener is inevitably a collector. Or 
perhaps it would be more correct to say that a gard¬ 
ener who has in him the collecting urge is certain 
to find in rock gardening, more than in other phases 
of the craft, an outlet for his especial interests and 
instincts. Ordinary gardening is a more or less pas¬ 
sive occupation, but rock gardening is distinctly ac¬ 
tive and so is bound to appeal strongly to persons of 
imagination and of keen curiosities. In it they find 
full scope for their natural love of garnering and 
gathering, or searching out the obscure—in short , 
the pleasures of the chase.” 
—Louise Beebe Wilder. 
THE MEADOW VIEW ROCK GARDEN CREED 
We have learned that the most essential requisite 
for the selection of rock plants is that they must 
contain real soul satisfying beauty and not that they 
creep or spread. Correctly and naturally built rock 
gardens, wisely selected plants, constant care and 
individual study, and, most important of all, a deep 
compelling love for the game itself, are, we believe, 
the real requisites for rock gardening. 
We believe the following plants will cooperate 
with you in the accomplishment of such an ideal. 
Some are the usual plants seen and admired for 
many years, some are rare, some unusual, but each 
has made its own definite appeal to us. We hope 
this, our first offering to the public, may appeal to 
you as meritorious. 
Mrs. Robert W. Manton 
THE MEADOW VIEW ROCK GARDENS 
Durham, New Hampshire 
