. The small rock garden. ments once mastered but encourage the enthusiastto greater heights. And there is room and scope for all,just as there is out of the array of species and varietiesnow known to cultivators plants suited to every aspect,whether of sun or shade (Fig. 33). There are varieties,too, suited to all gardens, large or small, so that themillionaire or the artisan may indulge to the fuU andobtain an equal modicum of pleasure as a result. Indealing with alpine plants preferring sun or shade, wemust not be taken as sa^-ing that those so marked mustof necessity be subjected to an infl
. The small rock garden. ments once mastered but encourage the enthusiastto greater heights. And there is room and scope for all,just as there is out of the array of species and varietiesnow known to cultivators plants suited to every aspect,whether of sun or shade (Fig. 33). There are varieties,too, suited to all gardens, large or small, so that themillionaire or the artisan may indulge to the fuU andobtain an equal modicum of pleasure as a result. Indealing with alpine plants preferring sun or shade, wemust not be taken as sa^-ing that those so marked mustof necessity be subjected to an inflexible rule. Forexample, the shade-loving Ramondias, or such moisture-loving Primulas as rosea and Sikkimensis, \\-ill be foundperfectly happy in fuU sun if abundant moisture be withinreach of the roots, and instances may be multiplied tothe same end. To these, then, the moisture is essentialto the altered conditions. Quite naturaUj, however,there are degrees, both of moisture and shade, meriting 84 The Small Rock Garden. oo ou Alpines for Shade or Sun 85 ^:.| J|I-^ 1 * •? i f ^.- B _- r * -? ? ^: m i ^ - ; ? ^iv ^^^- ^ffm^^.^i^^m- ^ ,~s ? 1 .^ yi^ 0\ it % .\^,jr _ -?. o to o I O is: o ^ ft; ta Q ft;gfcj S3:ft; to 86 The Small Rock Garden consideration. The plant of the woodland—Shortia,Galax, Anemone Hepatica, Gaultheria , Epigsea repens, Rhexia virginica, Cornuscanadensis, or Linnaea borealis—is content with the cool,and shelter this Nature-given protector affords. Insuch a case humidity may not only be entirely lacking,but dryness of a more or less parching nature present forlong periods. Hence the uniform coolness of the positionshutting out great heat would appear important. If webring these plants into fuller light and exposure, moreroot moisture—^the equivalent in many instances, ofmuch shade—^must be given, albeit some would notrespond so well even then. In short, the denizens of thewoodland appear largely to have a choice apart, reveUingas
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