Excerpt from Alpine Plants: A Practical Method for Growing the Rarer and More, Difficult Alpine Flowers MY object in writing this little treatise is simply to explain the method of (i) Planting, (2) the soils, and (3) the positions required by some Of the rarer Alpines, several Of which have been found very difficult to grow in many places. Yet these plants are, for the most part, fairly easy Of culture when proper soils and aspect are given. The account Of such methods to be found in these pages will give much aid by diffusing a sound and practical knowledge of the requirements and manage ment of rockeries. I will here give a few reasons why care as to mixtures of soils and drainage proves so beneficial to plant life. 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.