228 '^ >iEW KliNU OF GARDEN EDGING. 



diice its Howers is to check its too rampant growth by root 

 })runing and rather a poor (hy soil ; if this is pursued, i)lantiiig 

 it in a sunny place, not too much exposed to winds which injure 

 its broad spreading foliage, I have no doubt it may l)e brought 

 to tloM'er tolerably freely ; a little care would be well bestoweil 

 upon it, forming as it does such an ornamental large shrub or 

 small tree, and for the sake of its fragrance it ought to be near 

 the house, though I am aware many persons have been disap- 

 pointed with it, as I was for some years. If planted in deep 

 loose soil, or in a shady place, I believe it would never flower in 

 this country. 



Sennicots, near Chichester, \Zth Sept., 1852. 



XXII. — A new kind of Garden Edging. By Robert Ilogg. 



When the Great Exhibition building was being erected, a pa- 

 ragraph appeared in a leading article in the Gardener's Chro- 

 nicle, suggesting that the horticulturists of this country should 

 on that occasion direct their attention to improvements in the 

 implements and appliances of their profession. Among the sub- 

 jects mentioned was "another material that would prove higldy 

 useful, would be a cheap earthen\Aare edging to flower beds and 

 walks ; what we now have is too dear and too ill-made." 



Feeling at that time the want of a durable edging for my own 

 walks, I set about devising something in the material of " cheap 

 earthenware," and succeeded to my own satisfaction in producing 

 an edging wliich answers every purpose, both for cheapness, du- 

 rability, ornament, and easy application. 



My first intention was merely to satisfy my own wants ; but 

 many friends who saw my edging, and whose opinions in such 

 matters are worthy of consideration, advised me to have it intro- 

 duced for the general good. 



With this view I have caused some of the tiles to be sent to 

 the Garden of the Horticultural Society, for the opinion of the 

 Soeiety as to their applicability and usefulness. 



Their great recommendations are durability and ornament. 

 They are composed of the same clay and are manufactured at 

 the same works as the patent hollow bricks, and from m hat I 

 have seen of them, they appear to become harder on exposure to 

 the weather. Cheapness is another great qualification. They 

 can be supplied in any quantity at 10.y. 6d. per 100, or about 

 \\d. each, each tile being one foot in length. 



I would also call the attention of the Society to the mode by 

 which they are secured in tlieir position, althoi'nii tliey allow 



