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 increasing, 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 cannot 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 helpful 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 garden- 
ing 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 An- 
derson McCully; Alpines in Colour and Cultivation, byl TG: Mansfield; 
Natural Rock Gardening, by B. H. B. Symons-Jeune; Rock Garden Primer, 
by Archie Thornton; Pleasure 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. 
