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enough. In practice, the question is most 

 likely to present itself in connection with path 

 making, when the gravel surface would have 

 to be regulated to ensure the above result. 



When it is a case of grass in juxtaposition 

 to soil, as in the making of beds, the rule does 

 not call for such stringent observation, but to 

 satisfy the eye the grass edge should not stand 

 higher than three inches above the soil. If 

 much less there is the danger of soil and stones 

 working on to the grass. 



Grass Paths and Edgings — Though grass 

 is unsuited for paths, there are cases in which 

 it may be used, as, for instance, when an 

 alternative path of gravel exists. I have 

 seen the grass path installed with excellent effect 

 in the kitchen garden, where it gives quite a 

 distinctive and finished appearance to that 

 department. In the case to which I allude 

 the ground had quite recently been meadow- 

 land, and the vegetable beds had just been 

 cut in the turf, allowing main paths five feet 

 wide, with narrower connecting paths of half 

 that width. I cannot commend it as econom- 

 ical of space, but where there is ample 

 room this use of grass has its advantages on 



