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square yard, and 6 oz. of kainit, digging in about 6 inches deep. 

 Leave the soil rough during winter, and in February fork over a spit 

 deep, mixing and breaking up well by taking small spits. 



Plants for Bank 



Q. My house is one of a terrace facing south-east, on high ground 

 facing the sea. In front is a stiff bank, the soil of which is shallow. 

 Nothing has grown there yet but weeds. Could you recommend or 

 suggest an economical way of laying it out 1 It is too stiff for grass, 



CROCUSES IN THE GRASS. 



as I could not use a mower. I have thought of dwarf shrubs or Ice 

 Plant. T. H. W., Dover. 



A. You could c6Ver your bank effectively, and at the same time 

 make it so that it could be easily kept at little or no after cost, by 

 planting groups of various free growing shrubs, such as double Gorse, 

 French Gorse, Cornish Heath, Ling, Heather, Lavender, Cistuses, 

 Rock Roses (Heliantheinums), Cotton Lavender, and Genista pilosa. 

 Plant large irregular shaped masses of each in such a manner that 

 the different sorts of things run one into the other, in a natural 

 manner. Such a method of planting forms one of the very best 

 kinds of wild gardening, for an ugly bank can be made effective 



