ABOUT BUILDING A ROCK GARDEN 
To many people a rock garden consists of a heap of rocks with a bit of 
Mountain Pink and a rampant Sedum growing all over it. Or an ugly bare bank 
with a few stones set in it that tends to make it more ugly and irksome by in- 
creasing, rather than retarding erosion. If you have a so called garden that falls 
in this category or if you are contemplating building a rock garden this Spring, 
stop right where you are and READ. We are not going to tell how to build a 
rock garden here, for time and space will not permit the undertaking. Also there 
are many good books already written on the subject and we feel that we can- 
not improve on them. The following is a partial list of books selected by the 
Editor of the Bulletin of the American Rock Garden Society as containing help- 
ful information on rock gardening. They are full of much valuable information 
on rock garden construction, selection of plants, excellent cultural data of the 
individual species and are alive with vivid illustrations. Read any or all of the 
following and you will be rewarded with many hours of enjoyable reading and 
with a great store of rock gardening knowledge: Rock Gardens and Rock 
Plants, by F. J. Chittenden; The Present-day Rock Garden, by Sampson Clay; 
Rock Garden and Alpine Plants, by Henry Correvon; Rock Garden plants, by 
Clarence Elliott; The English Rock Garden, by Reginald Farrer; American 
Alpines in the Garden, by Anderson McCully; Alpines in Colour and Cult- 
vation, by T. C. Mansfield; Natural Rock Gardening, by B. H. B. Symons- 
Jeune; Rock Garden Primer, by Archie Thornton; Pleasures and Problems of 
a Rock Garden, by Louise B. Wilder. Some of the above books may be out of 
print, however most of them can be obtained at any good book shop or at 
Public Libraries. 
