Walks 



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Wallflower 



upon their position, and the work tticy are intended 

 to do, so that they may vary from 2' for pedestrian 

 traffic only, to 30' wide for carriage drives. 



Asphalte and concrete are occasionally employed 

 for paths whose gradient is steep, for, when this is 

 the case, heavy rains rinse and gutter the surface 

 badly and it is impossible to keep a smooth and 

 even pat hway. Ashes make a clean and useful path 

 for foot traffic, and for shaded, woodland walks 

 they are very suitable. Grass paths are high in 

 favour in the flower garden, and, while open to the 

 objection that they are damp to the feet in wet 

 weather, much of this may be obviated by keeping 

 the grass closely cut with the machine. As to the 

 beauty of grass paths there can be no two opinions. 



WALLFLOWER. 



Description. For spring blooming the fragrant 

 Wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri (ord. Cruciferas), 

 has no superior, no matter whether we consider its 

 hardiness, its free blooming propensities, its 

 effectiveness, or the ease with which it may be 

 grown. Strictly speaking a perennial, the best 

 results are obtained when the plants are treated as 

 biennials, for they become straggling and unkempt 

 in appearance in the third year. 



Propagation. By seed, "which should be sown 

 about the end of May or the beginning of June, in 

 a sunny border, in sweet but rather poor soil. 

 Many people have made the mistake of manuring 

 the soil for Wallflowers, and the result has been 



I'hutii: II'. 



A GARDEN WALK BORDERED WITH CLEMATISES. 



Turf is not suitable, however, for .-haded walks, as 

 the roots of the trees exhaust the moisture and 

 the grass dies, or moss flourishes and chokes the 

 grass, so that the walk speedily becomes one of 

 moss rather than of grass. 



All gravel paths need to be kept in condition by 

 regular rollings. A capital surface dressing for the 

 summer months is to be found in the crushed 

 -hell supplied by the sundriesman. This picks up 

 badly in wet weather, but forms an agreeable foot- 

 hold during dry spells. Other items of tip-keep 

 are the annual trimming of the edges, the filling up 

 of ruts caused by heavy rain, and the occasional 

 replacing in the centre of gravel which has been 

 worked to the sides, following the natural tendency 

 to level down. 



\\'nll fn-fs (HIT An/bis). 



Wall Fern (see Polypodhim vulgarc). 



apparent in gross growths which failed to stand 

 the winter. The seed may be sown broadcast, or in 

 drills about 10" apart. In any case it is necessary 

 to transplant the seedlings, which in the nursery 

 beds should stand C" apart in the rows, the latter 

 1' asunder. 



Other Cultural Points. Subsequent culture 

 consists in keeping down weeds, hoeing occasion- 

 ally to promote soil aeration, and watering. The 

 final consignment to the flowering quarters takes 

 place after the summer occupants have vacated the 

 beds usually in October. Lift the plants with a 

 good ball of soil attached, plant fairly firmly, and 

 water in. Plants thus raised will not succumb 

 except to very hard and long sustained frosts. 

 Coddled plants soon die. Generally speaking, the 

 double flowered varieties are rather more tender 

 than the singles, and seedlings are preferably 

 wintered in a cold frame. 



