THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



Plastered Margins to Flower Beds. — Here is an illustration 

 showing a wretched mud edging. These miniature ramparts, though 

 less common than formerly, are a blot in 

 London gardens and parks. They are made 

 of muddy compounds, and in addition to 

 the offensive aspect of the little walls when 

 first plastered up, there are the cracks which 

 come after — well shown in the cut. In a hot 

 year, or any year, it is madness to cock the 

 beds upon a little wall like this. The proper way to make a flower 

 bed is to let the earth slope gently down to the margin, as was 

 the practice for ages before this ugly notion came about. 



Example of ugly cracked mud 

 edging (London Park.) 



Rocky border with edging of dwarf plants in groups. 



