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but the saving of expense in after-keeping will be so very great, that no one 

 who can afford the first cost will ever consider that as a reason for not having 

 them. If preferred, the walks may, however, be of gravel or asphalte ; 

 directions for making which will be given hereinafter. The trees will cost 

 2*. 6d. each, and the grass seeds for both gardens 24'. 6d. The whole expense 

 of laying out and planting, including the paving, may be between 201. 

 and 30/. 



97. The expense of keeping a garden so laid out and planted, even if it 

 were 200 ft. long and 50 ft. wide, would not cost, in the neighbourhood of 

 London, 205. a year ; and yet it would at all times look neat. The ivy would 

 grow up against the walls, and cling to them, without -any expense of nailing 

 or pruning, except when it infringed too much on the lawn in the fi-ont 

 garden, or on the walk in the back garden, which it would not do for ten or 

 twelve years, but it might require to be trimmed a little at the roots once a 

 year. In consequence of there being no box or other planted edgings, there 

 would be no expense of keeping them in order, and occasionally renewing 

 them ; and the margin of the lawn would only require to be prevented from 

 spreading over the flagstones, by clipping the grass with a pair of shears 

 every time the surface was mown. Neither the trees, nor the shrubs in the 

 front garden, would need any pruning whatever for ten or twelve yeai's, 

 except the cutting out of such dead wood as might appear among the 

 branches. We do not say that the fruit-trees would not be impi'oved by 

 pruning, but merely that, as far as neatness of appearance is concerned, it 

 would be quite unnecessary. The walks would be cleaned by every shower 

 of rain, and would not even require sweeping, except when the edges of the 

 grass were clipped. The sole expense would thus be that of mowing the 

 lawns and clipping their edges, which might be done six or eight times in the 

 course of the year, at 25. or 2s. 6d. a time; or the occupier, or his servant, 

 might cut tlie grass with Budding's mowing-machine, and the edges with a 

 pair of small hedge shears. 



98. In 2)lantlng a garden of this hind in a situation exposed to the stnoke, 

 care should be taken to use only those kinds of trees and shrubs which will 

 thrive in close situations, as there are some kinds of shrubs and trees which 

 experience proves will thrive even in the midst of smoke. Thus, for the plot 

 ill front, we should recommend Auciiha japonica as an evergreen, because 

 this remarkable plant, though a native of Japan, endures the smoke of 

 London better than any indigenous evergreen shrub whatever ; and, as a 

 deciduous shrub, the common purple lilac, which is both hardy and beautiful, 

 and comes early into leaf. The trees in the back garden might be the 

 double-blossomed and scarlet thorns, both of which will grow and look well 

 for at least eight or ten years ; the laburnum, the almond, the mulberry 

 (which thrives admirably in the most smoky places), and the weeping or 

 allsaints' cherry (which is one of the few flowering trees that prosper in the 

 gardens of Lambeth Palace, though enveloped in the smoke of numerous 

 houses and manufactories). Ivy, whether common, giant, or variegated, will 

 thrive in the very heart of London. Grass will not live, and look well, in 

 smoky situations, for any length of time ; but, if the Poa annua be used, it 

 will ripen its seeds and sow itself every year; and it has this advantage, that 

 during winter it is greener than any other grass that will grow in a town. 

 Should it fail in any part, and leave bare patches, seeds may be procured 



