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The permanent garden beds should have some such 

 protection, as it greatly lessens the work of caring for 

 them. Sod borders are very attractive, but involve 

 an amount of care altogether out of proportion to 

 the effect, as they must be kept closely shaved and the 

 constantly encroaching roots of the plants must be as 

 constantly curbed. This is also the case with grass 

 walks, attractive to look at, but a supreme nuisance 

 to the gardener. Walks of gravel, cinders or coal- 

 ashes are preferable, and should be dug deep enough 

 to smother out all weeds in the soil. If coal-ashes are 

 used the paths should be nearly filled, the roughest, 

 part raked off and the surface gone over with a heavy 

 roller. If left unrolled, however, the surface will be 

 found firm and hard after the first heavy rain. Very 

 good and inexpensive walks are obtained in this man- 

 ner. Walks, of whatever kind, should never be hoed, 

 and the weeds must be removed from them by hand. 

 Hardness and smoothness are the requisites of a good 

 walk. It is well to avoid self-sowing flowers like 

 Sweet Alyssum, or Petunias, near the inside walks, as 

 they come up by thousands in the spring and can only 

 be removed by salting, scalding or uprooting. 



The beds should be well above the surface of the 

 walks, especially those containing hardy perennials 

 like Peonies and Lilies. In the case of most plants, 

 water standing around their roots in winter is abso- 

 lutely fatal. 



The location of the beds and their consequent 



