GRAVEL PATHS. BOX EDGINGS. CONCRETE PATHS. II 



pendicular side of the cut, with the top edge exactly 

 even, and (as the roots will not be even also) press m 

 the earth with your left hand while you still hold them 

 in their place, so as to fix them. The plants should touch 

 each other, and should he, when the path is done, not 

 more than an inch out of the ground. Autumn and 

 spring are the times for transplanting box, and it should 

 not be done too early in autumn, nor left too late in 

 spring. Beat the earth well down to the roots of the 

 box, and then lay on the last coat of gravel to the paths. 

 Spread a sufficient thickness of fine gravel, water and roll it 

 at once, and continue to roll it until it is firm and smooth > 



The late Mr. I). Beaton, that well known gardener 

 and writer, recommends concrete paths, the construction 

 of which he describes in the following words : "A layer 

 of stones, brickbats, shells, or clinkers, six inches deep, 

 to form a dry bottom ; a layer of chalk or lime, in the 

 proportion of one to ten of the stones or other founda- 

 tion, and well rolled and watered, to the thickness of 

 three inches, with a rise of two inches in the centre ; 

 over this, half an inch of gravel and lime or fine chalk. 

 "Water and roll it well again. Add an eighth of an inch 

 of fine gravel ; and again roll it until it is quite solid. 

 Have the walk two inches wider on each side than you 

 desire, as this checks the turf and weeds from encroach- 

 ing, and prevents the rain-water getting to the foundation 

 of the walk." This would make a capital path, only I 

 should give it more thickness of foundation than six 

 inches, and also more than a mere sprinkling of gravel 

 on the surface. 



The lawn, whether it be left a plain surface of grass, 

 or be cut out into beds, formed into a symmetrical 

 parterre, or planted with standard roses and ornamental 

 trees and shrubs, is always an important feature in the 

 flower garden. It should be uniform in surface, and 

 uniform in herbage ; for if the surface be uneven it will 

 be difficult to keep it well mown, without which it can- 

 not look nice ; and if it be sown with various kinds of 

 grasses, &c., it w r ill never appear of a smooth unvaried 

 green. The best soil for a lawn is a sandy loam, or a 



