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Flagged pathways are effective in certain garden 

 arrangements. Old paving-stones are suitable, but 

 they should first be broken up into irregular pieces. 



"Build a good foundation, cover it with a thin 

 layer of sandy loam, then lay the larger pieces flat 

 on this. Fill the interstices with the fragments, but 

 leave crevices filled with soil, two inches or so wide, 

 here and there. Make up a compost of equal parts 

 of loam, sand and leaf-mould, sweep this over the 

 path and let it settle in the joints. Many plants 

 can be established in the joints and a pretty effect 

 obtained." * 



Among the plants practical for this purpose are 

 thrift, thyme, and camomile, and the more they are 

 trodden on the sweeter they smell and the better 

 they grow. 



"The Gardener's Labyrinth" gives three or four 

 feet as the width for paths between beds and one 

 foot to one foot six inches for the cross-path. 



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Borders 



Borders should not be confused with edgings. 

 "Border is the name applied to the narrow di- 



a H. H. Thomas. 



