22 LANDSCAPE GARDEN SERIES 



There are, of course, edgings and edgings, and ofttimes they 

 are nothing if not whimsical, ranging from battered tin cans and 

 old bottles to the more attractive, but none the less misplaced sea 

 shells. So, perhaps, we had better say there are edgings and 

 good edgings. 



A neat edging which cannot fail for charm is a strip of grass 

 trimmed to a crisp edge. Some of the photographic glimpses 

 published here will suggest the simple charm of such an edging. 



Even stones laid side by side ofttimes do not lack in seemli- 

 ness. 



Perhaps even more attractive than all the rest is a low edging 

 of box, closely trimmed. Unhappily box will not grow just any- 

 where and in the west we must fall back on the faithful Japanese 

 barberry an excellent substitute. Small plants should be used, 

 set out four inches apart. Planted thus closely, and kept trimmed, 

 we cannot fail to rejoice in the result. 



And beyond the edgings let flowers border the walks and 

 give charm to the boundaries. Their fragrance will call you 

 often to your vegetable garden and make for you greater enjoy- 

 ment of the periods you give to its cultivation. 



Prosaic place that it was wont to be, what artistry can now 

 be wrought within its borders. Old fashioned flowers, how few 

 fail to love them! Would we not revel in fresh sweet .borders 

 of fragrant mignonette and gay-rimmed blossoms of Sweet 

 William, of dancing phlox and low-growing poppies and all the 

 rest which our grandmothers loved and our parents loved and 

 which the world will love forever? 



Along garden wall or latticed fence, where sweet-scented 

 clematis and other vines scatter white stars and green leaves and 



