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PROCLAMATIONS of purpose are often confessions of failure to achieve it,” is the opening sentence of the Introduction of Mr. Farrer's book. His volume is “vast,” and from the nature of the subject justly so. Mr. Farrer has not only given an account of the rock-garden plants which now figure in the nurserymen's catalogues, but has also unearthed from botanical treatises a large number which no doubt will some day come into cultivation, so that his book is of more than present-day value. In addition to this, he has been at great pains to discover the correct names of the plants he records, which has entailed considerable research into botanical literature, and for this valuable labour he is deserving of high praise. He also gives some useful information as to rock-garden construction, and throughout the volumes there are good practical instructions as to the cultivation of the various plants.
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Alpine Plants for Rock-Gardens 1 . Nature 104, 664–666 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104664a0
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