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SOME BASIC
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THE CULTURE OF
ALPINES |
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ANYONE WANT TO GROW SUCH TINY PLANTS? |
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This question has
some strong philosophical overtones. Obviously it will not appeal to
everyone. You're definitely not going to get bushels of color for months
on end if that's what you want. But after a century of excess when, more
often than not, more has meant better, there are those of us who think
small can be quite O.K. There is something quite inexplicably gratifying
about diminutive plants in a natural setting. It can be calming and
restful yet, somehow, inspirational and exhilarating. Children respond
to these gardens in the same way they react to the miniaturization
entailed in a doll's house. Elderly people who may no longer be able to
garden at ground level can still garden a wall or a raised trough. |
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ARE YOU READY TO GIVE ALPINE
GARDENING A TRY?
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Now's the time.
Ask for a membership application to the American Rock Garden Society if
you wish additional information on the subject. There are also many
books available which will give you far more complete information than
is possible on these few pages. Perhaps the best known is "Manual of
Alpine Plants" by Will Ingwersen,VMH, Cassell Publishers Ltd., Villiers
House,41/47 Strand, London WC2N 5JE. |
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