An effective rock-garden planting that can readily be made on suburban home-grounds 
Plants Needed for Ground-Covers, Borders, 
Cutting-Gardens, and Rock-Gardens 
For the convenience of customers and friends, these various plants are arranged in one 
section of this booklet. As a further convenience, the Ground-Cover Plants are indicated 
by the characters (star), and Rock-Garden Plants by the symbol # (diamond). 
Ground-Cover Plants need little attention, as nature seems to have given them an unusual ability to 
care for themselves. As a result, they have a multitude of uses. Many of them are useful in rock-gardens, 
quickly filling open spaces that otherwise would be unsightly. Further notes about Ground-Cover Plants 
will be found on page 2. 
Rock-Garden Plants. The delights of a well-planned and properly constructed rock-garden amply repay 
one for the labor and cost involved, particularly because it gives opportunity to possess and admire many 
unfamiliar and beautiful flower gems, not at all at home in other locations. 
Select as a proper site a sloping bank or terrace, preferably with south and west exposure, as most rock- 
plants are sunshine plants. As irregularity of contour is most of the charm of the garden, make this irregu¬ 
larity in the soil before placing the rocks; otherwise, try as you may, a flat, uninteresting surface will be 
the result. The stone selected should be hard limestone, preferably, or any large and natural field-, water- 
worn, or moss-covered rocks or boulders, not quarried, and should be selected from one locality, if possible, 
so that the general color of the rocks is alike. They should be placed in a natural irregular formation, by 
no means regularly spaced like so many spots on a design of wallpaper, and very firmly lodged in the soil. 
A good rule is to bury at least half the stone. 
For general purposes, prepare the soil by the addition of well-rotted manure and Peat Moss, and if 
heavy clay soil, add considerable sand, this preparation to be made before placing the rocks. Many plants 
require special soil-conditions, of course, but that is too lengthy a subject to discuss here. 
In the pockets of irregular size and form between the stones, plant the flowers you have selected, using 
a number of one kind together, because most of the Rock-Garden Plants are more effective in masses. 
Low shrubs, vines, and evergreens—Laurel, Daphne, Azaleas, English Ivy, Prostrate Junipers, Vinca 
minor, and the like will relieve the harshness of the rocks and form backgrounds for the flowering plants 
as well as increase the irregularity of the planting. 
The list of plants herewith includes such as are most positive to succeed without special soil and 
culture. If one has time and intense love for such gardening, many more and beautiful plants are 
available. 
We shall be glad to afford you the benefit of our experience in selecting plants or outlining more explicitly 
the procedure of making a rock-garden. 
