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placed a foot or more above the path level 

 and most plants with tufts or rosettes of 

 foliage. If the path is broad enough some 

 of the wide-spreading plants may go at 

 the base of the rocks, but the rule there 

 is to use those of moderate spread, with 

 a few tufted plants and some that grow 

 upright, but are not tall, to lend variety. 

 When the path is of flat stones, irregular 

 in both size and placing, this growth 

 should fill all the soil space even between 

 the stones. Such a path will be found 

 more than worth while, and not as much of 

 an undertaking as it may seem. 



Obvious considerations are that plants 

 with a decided hankering after moisture 

 or shade should be favored in the matter 

 of location, though it is astonishing how 

 adaptive many of them are. 



Do not plant the weak next to the 

 strong. Unless you are a gardener of 



