The Rock Garden (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Rock Garden In the whole history of gardening there has never been so much interest taken in the cultivation of alpines as there is to-day. Not very many years ago it was quite exceptional to find a rock garden worthy of the name in any but the largest of our private gardens. To-day, however, a garden of any appreciable dimensions is not considered complete unless it contains a portion devoted To the cultivation of alpines. The primary reason for this development is undoubtedly the beautiful alpine plants which have been so successfully displayed at the great horticultural exhibitions. The public have seen the wonderful variety of plant life that can be arranged in a natural manner in a small space, and the resulting demand for rock gardens has, during recent years, been little less than phenomenal. The second, though minor reason, has been the introduction of a great many new plants which are suitable for either the rock garden proper or the small bogs or pools that can be appropriately associated with it. In conjunction with this widespread interest in rock gardens there has arisen a demand for information about them, and the plants suitable for growing therein, ' and it is for the purpose of supplying this information that this little book has been prepared. Rock gardening contains many pitfalls for the beginner, and the aim of this book is to show how these pitfalls may be avoided and how success may be achieved. Mr. Jenkins is well known amongst lovers of alpines as. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.