20 GARDEN PLANNING AND PLANTING 



E, for crimson and pink roses, the semicircle of Weeping Standard 

 red roses, the group of flowering shrubs, the bed c for Delphiniums, 

 bed F for pink and yellow-cream Asters and Stocks, bed B for 

 Nicotianas, and the wide waved Herbaceous Borders divided by a 

 grass path under an archway. At A the path comes to an abrupt 

 turn, and there is need of a beautiful feature to make it attractive ; 

 there will soon be a quaint stone grotto summer-shelter, built out as 

 a cave from the wall, and this will be climbed by Ivy, Ampelopsis 

 sempervirens, Yellow Jasmine, and Tropaeolum speciosum. The 

 too -straight border c is to be partly massed with shrubs, leaving 

 semicircular openings here and there in which German Irises, Fox- 

 gloves, Day-lilies, Golden Rods, Honesty, and other tall plants 



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A PERMANENT LAWN EDGING 



will be lavishly grouped : the edge will be broken by a rockery 

 line of varying height and width, in which all dwarf subjects that 

 can do with shade will be planted. Border B is to have one or two 

 bold waves made in it, and to be planted as a rosery. The arches 

 are climbed by Ramblers and summer and autumn Clematises. 



A New Idea for Lawn Edging. In the ordinary garden, 

 consisting of lawn, borders, and gravel paths, there is generally 

 considerable difficulty in keeping up a good edge to the lawn 

 where it meets the gravel. The wear and tear here is so great 

 that the verging iron is frequently used. In a comparatively short 

 time the width of the path is increased, and the lawn robbed of a 

 good strip of grass. A cheap way to form a permanent straight 

 line between gravel and grass is the following. 



Those who possess a greenhouse with ordinary heating apparatus 

 by coke, should save up all the ashes, clinkers, etc., through the winter 



