: 18. that the sun in winter does not directly hit the sodk and there will be no thawing in early spring. Soik is most important for the pockets where the plants will be set should be especkally prepared. Use a mixture of 2 parts good Loam, one part sand and small amounts of peat moss.. Do not use boulders but rather stones imregular and having one surface at Least a foot across. A few Large ones for special placements, a fow flat ones for steps and as many well-weathered ones as you can find. Construction: Finst dig away the existing top soil. Remove all roots of weeds on grasses. This soik will be used in back fill. Start building with the big rocks and pack soil werl anound each. Continue the now varying the size and shape of the stones and akso breaking the Line, so that the garden does not appear to be made up of a number of terraces. ALL nows need not be continued. Leave a few gaps here and there. Set the rocks so that the main surface slopes inwards and the Longer edge is exposed. Usually Leave about one third exposed, A& you continue with other immegular Lines bear in mind the needs of the pkants and/on spots that wil provide not onky a good root hokd but also proper drainage. Some plants ane best set out in rock gardens during construction. These Anckude very Large clumps of moss pinks (Phkox sublata) and rock cress (Arabia albida), dwarf shrubs such as daphne and potentilla, evergreens Like Picea glauca albertiana "Conica" which gives the effect of a mountain forest. Crevice planting must be placed at the time of construction. Spread thein noots on a rock, cover them well with soil, then place a rock over them. E. A. CAMPBELL Don't Gambol See Campbell ELECTRICAL. HEATING PLUMBING CONTRACTOR 445-2167 Russell Ontario