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Seed may be rammed into the soil between the stones, 

 or very small seedlings, or tiny bits of plants with a good 

 root. Large plants are not advisable, as they seldom 

 "take hold" in those narrow quarters. 



PLANTS FOB DRY RETAINING WALLS 



Nepeta Mussini Santolina incana 



Corydalis lutea Campanula carpatica 



Lavender, Munstead Dwarf Cerastium tomentosum 



Sedum, in var. Helianthemum, in var. 



Sempervivum, in var. Thymus vulgaris 



Aubrietia, in var. Satureia montana 



Alyssum saxatile Phlox subulata y in var. 



Arabis alpina Achillea, tomentosa 



Dianthus, in var. Centranihus rubra 



Linum perenne Antirrhinum (snapdragon) 



Iberis sempervirens Veronica repens 

 Tunica Saxifraga prostrata 



Gypsophila repens 



PAVED WALKS 



There is much to be said in favour of paved walks and 

 terraces. In small, enclosed formal gardens flagstone 

 walks give a very quaint, old-world air, and they are a 

 charming adjunct to houses of the Pennsylvania Colo- 

 nial type, or to more pretentious dwellings built after the 

 Elizabethan style. They are permanent and easy to 

 maintain, always dry, and admit of a very interesting 

 type of gardening. The stones, which, of course, must 

 be flat, may be irregular or regular as to shape, and if 



