Bae

“of Interests tn 40 little space as a well
rock garden. ss
‘smallest plot may contain as pleasing ax may bo to the eye,
arden which will house @/and should all slant in th eame
ative and charming col-|uirection {9 represent a natural
‘of alpine and native plants; | outcrop or stratum of stone, it
Mhe other hand, there are | should never bo forgotten that they.
tures In the ordinary ar/are not put there for tho aako of
are so neglected and m| picturesque effect, but to protect
the roots of tho planta growing

FUNCTION OF THE ROCK meng them, The alopoa of the
“GARDEN mounds in Which the boulders ary

Te must be remembered that the |#t must not bo too steep and
Gbler function of the rock garden |should\bs ax natural In appearance
“B fo provide the plants grown in|as possible.
Sif with tho conditions similar to| ‘Tho pockets in which the alpin
Hbowe existing (mn thelr waturallare to be planted should be Ir
Haunts The alpines and high/rogular in shape and may vary
Bipines are the most typical of all /rrom a few inches in diameter to
sJreck plants and are mostly natives as many fect across. They’ must
@fbigh mountain crags and serves.|be from 12 to 18 inches in dopth.
PAS ihe ideal rock garden, therefore, /and so constructed that the soil
ould, as far as possible, provide | wil! not wash out of them. If
fhe Sol and ctimatlc conditions| there is any chance of the soll in
Peiainins to these regions |the pockets becoming sodden, clin-
bough such a state of affairs is/ker and rubble drainage must be
far beyond our reach we can at| provided.
Jeet work in that direction But) srruaTion
@aboald be remembered that were| As regards the situation of the
Tost for the wonderful adaptabll-| rock garden, it should, where pos-
By of these small plants, Our /aibic, have an open, sunny post.
Sorts woukt meet with very little |tion, away from walls and trees.
—s n

During the short alpine summer, |iation of fresh air so nec
be plats are subjected to ferve|aipine plants, and, in addition, the
apd baking sun; many of them,| will soon find thelr way Into
therefore, have thick leaves cov-
jered with down or hair to protect |

plants, and rob it of its nourls

Gem from its abrivelting rays) mont. The rock garden always| cy

Mme roots, too, at this time need |1.oX5"best where it has not to bear
Bele molsture, and this ls Pro-/contrast with any forma
piwided by the melting of the snows | n,¢,

ie the mountain tops, whence It}
fFermeates through the scree of th

this’ downy follage.}up here and thero,
Which rots very rapidly if the
GE exeessive moisture overhead or! 11 1s cascntial there s
Wound the crowns of the plants,| sores and
BS pectected by a blanket of snow} around them. If this Is not do:
until summer again comes round.

HE ls obvious, theretore, that the | win, gry up the soll and a
wo exsentiat requirements of al-| mofstire

Pite plants, especially high alpinps, |
ste ample drainage for the soll/in
ich they grow and protection
from damp in winter. The former
ean be obtained with a Httle care

PREPARATION OFTHE
‘The great mass of rock plants,
particularly the
Ht) sol: ev need
He of it. A soll full,of course
jsand or grit, lea:
eeayed :
in some casea with old spent 1
ure from
The bo ablny, | for rock
Hazes burps of stone often ata0d-|  g. s yuers tne plants at
= eels eee oon st faddy as to soil and mot ive
= cometery—for, indeed. there is| el fn thi
Hite else by which to remember|".. :
the valiant struggies of the late |” wa |
inate inmates — Ia nothing} Of late years, however, a ta
Re cas psecaiee number of beautiful plants

ter essen:
oth,

iN "1 merely affording protection eas
Parehinyy mun and®retalninis in. the

beri! ‘tmosphore the hus
. ey

s this

smother other plants tesa tuxurt-
Ant. but miore beautiful and use
{These vigorous growers must,
therefore, be timited in number
[nd those that are chosen must
be sternly cut back and kept in
heck. To add Interest to the gare
den, ax many of tho genera aa
Porslble should be selected, but
te garden must never bo over!

ty necessary for the growth of
Alpine pinats. in thelr antive
habitat recetve a yearly. top-dreas-
r blo matter from the
me few features In the garden that provide such a yari-|iateFlal carried down by the mal-
farined and carefully |i stows, und aipines In the rock
garden are all the Detter for w
(op-dressing artifolally appllod in
Imitation of this natural proces
HOW TO PLANT
Rook plants should be planted

ing of vey

compared with

when planting the rook garden.
Nd not be, for fow alwhts
kre morm lavely than some of the
sinallor-growing

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD,
THONE: W.R, 3096

R. J. Tuttle

WATER — woop
ALBERTA COAL

1205 King George Highway

Phone W.R. 2509
BR? White Rock, 1.0,

gulumn, DUE not JAter than Ooto-
roots make but
ttle growth aftor that tUmepimnd
the plant’ Mi tiable tebe washed
2ut by heavy rainp-orelifted. trom
the polly by=themaction: -offroat.
However, Spring. A the.morosaatis-
fictory time.

her.
Arenariy baleartea, or other dwart

HOW'S BUSINESS?

(From the Bank of Montreat
Business Ieview,)
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Wholesale and retail
May wax somewhat improved from
the preceding month and volume
was olightly in excoas of that of
the corresponding month last year.
Removal of conaumor credit re-
striction stimulated rotall sales of)
furniture, electrical appliances and
automobiles and
the efffct of impending strike ac-
tlona, Collections showed Improv:
ment and can be classified ax

When planting in a crevice, It Is

pocket at the bottom; this would
drain all molature from the roots
parch them, Caro
taken that shade lovers, like Ourl-
sins and Shortias, are given con-
planta which

genial
Prosper In the aun,
Arabls, and Onosma, should
be given the suaniest spots in tho
rock garden,

Such plants as Alyssum, Primula
Marginata,
be planted In the crevic
the rocks; onthe flat, lower-lying |
situations the
of the P.

aun tended to offset

Aubretla, should

ponica type and all the
he latter will prevent the circu-|more tusclous plants will

an occasional
green shrub,

quieter: although busier than this |
Log Snventories
Jare high and the demand for lum:
|ber generally Is weak,/particularly
markets which
have been seriously affected by the |
dollarconserving policies
Sterling area and price’ competition
from other sources of supply.

Coul output for April amounted
short tons as against

TY 10) white
in accordance
its position, will accentuate or do-
provided for the rock] tract trom |
add naturalness to the landscape. |
HOICE OF PLANTS.
When making
arrange-| plants for the rock garden, there
of garden or shrubbery; @/are several points to be bornein
wild and natural-looking site, and,| mind, ‘The frst Is that we should
|where possible, one where the | aim ‘

1 rock of the district crop ‘longest possible period of the year,
this connection,

Cor. North Bluff and Johnston Boad.

FIR SAWDUST

the most tn

Production in April was 21,915 o
comparnd with 24030 ox in that
Month last yoar. Grain shipments
from the Port of Vancouver for the
crop year to June 5 totalled
81,971.238 bushels
{0800817 bushels for the corres
ponding period tast year.

anil Ke-Roofing call. .

VALLEY

Lumber Yards Ltd.
‘Terms — Fre Eatimates
CALL DICK BURGESS,
19 Roper Avenve

Call WARREN M. SLAUGHTER
FOR QUALITY PAINTING

+ +» Backed by 23 years experience.

P.O. Box 241, White Rock, B.

Vhone 4517 after 6 pm.

WE DELIVER ANYWHERE
Brick — Drain Tile
ALL BUILDING SUPPLIES

Bear Creek Brick Co.

Phone Newton 1161-1

SUMMER RATES
$650 PER U2
8 UNITS FOR $18

there is choice. | gmaile
all be no in
hollows under and| are

growing bulbs which bloom |

e-| autumn-flow
¢ hollow spnces| astlibe

in the |Fortuncl, and. Zauschner
from the roots of the! nica, furnish color long
| plants, lee
‘SOLL-}-blooming-—

Ice and Fuel
LANGLEY PRAIRIE, B.C,

“run the rock gu

Li, White Rock

S. H. BROWN
PLUMBING and HEATING

Full Bathroom Sets—Range Bollers—Septic Tanks
Full rough in materialy—Satisfactory service our alm

See BOB BLACK for
GENERAL SHEET METAL WORK

compost mentioned |{|
FURNACES INSTALLED; AIR CONDITIONING

WORK GUARANTEED
371 Johnston Road—Corner North Bluff Road

The chiet uses of the rocks and|D€¢2 imported. which apparently |
Modes in & rock garden are to|thrive best in a’ soll containing
Prove coolness for tht roots ana * 'arge proportion of pent Aa
@ more up molsture in crevices “mplea we may quote the Meco
or the «id of the planta, Bot the| 9074s, Shortias, Schizocodon ‘Sol.
lex that rock planta grow best jn |danclioides, and many of the
noebiog bot rock is a| Himalayan Primuins.

Rilstaken one. In the main these plants belong

A generous allowance of gooa t? regions where they are afforded
moll between, azsongst, and beneath * Cortain amount of protection by
he stcces is eseential for soe “¥AIf-growing morub of Fhodode
Eaitiry gtowih of the planta, As,4FOs and other bushes, and so
the function A the rocks Is to Prefer @ fairly humid position In
Yirride abélter for roots, it iy OOF warden. In auch aw case plant
early tselees to plant. slate of (8€ wart Rhododendrons” and
OF viene perpendioulariy in| AAlens, leaving auMiclent space
Bo peotection te afforded \1% the smaller plants to ob
Bway: the cocae cannot get | and“air, the shrubby piasita|
Beneath them, and they do nist PPOORPIDITOIRIIFS:

Preserve molsture. % wWAnnwoon rroons 4
Large masses of stone, two or % oH)
Fore feet in length, should ve ff UNOLKUM —~ mx,

all Spealble” and sould,
Pe unk woll aod firmly in the|Z Ken Rosengren 4

eee eee MAtne dire | MA Bunnn Yinin q
ton — tilted backward, not tor-\4 y
Wards, 20 that the rain may trickle |JU%' Kingsway, FA, os144|

)

town to the rots of the plantas
Mf the rocks lean forward, over
the plants, the rota will be shel-|
feted froee the rain and probably,
Perched. |

Atthougn the visible portion oft
Me rocks in the garden should bo |

Cooccovepovas¢ucve:

oe

THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT
OF SURREY

{nvited and will be

signed until 5:00 o'clock p.m. of Tuesday, July 15, 1952, for the
out of the following work in the Cloverdale Fire Hall,

recelved by the

sanding and painting walls of upstaira front room

only of building: Matoriats to be supplied by contractor,
(b)/Tendors for tabour of installing b

window moulding and jambs: Upstairs front room only.
srialn to be supplied by the Corporation,

bour of hanging all doors. placing

a0 boards, door Jamba,

, on windows of other rooms up-
Materials to be supplied by the Corporation.

vou the right to accept or refect any

PiencY LIVING!

Cloverdale, 1.6,

21th June, 1904, my BEDDING PLANTS for Downtown Customers

|
| CONGOLEUM

Phone 3421—STAYTE RD. ABOVE PACIFIC AVE. Write RR2

See our Bargain Bin
. . . Special Values in Oddments

Garvin Ice & Fuel Co. Lid.
LANGLEY- PRAIRIE
Langley Prairie 394 and reverse the

charges

ALBERTA DRUMHELLER COAL
Your choice of

LUMP — EGG or NUT
FIR WOOD — FIR SAWDUST

Agents for:

B-A. OIL CO. LTD.

Stove Oil, Furnace Oil, Gasoline and
Lubricating Greases and Oils
For SERVICE STATIONS and FARM UsE

North Bluff Greenhouse

G. E. Sery

North Blu Road (Just East of Jobnatoa)

-- BEDDING PLANTS --

All Kinds of Nursery Stoek
Fruit Trees — Small Fruits — Roses
Ornamental Trees and Shrabs — Herbaceous

Perennials

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