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space, a charming effect is produced by a few clumps of 

 seedlings of plants such as Campanula portenschlagiana, 

 garganica, and G. F. Wilson ; Cheiranthus Allionii, Dianthus 

 deltoides roseus, Erinus alpinus, Linaria alpina, and Papaver 

 alpinum. But even here the keynote of success is modera- 

 tion. 



In Old English gardens Lavender walks formed one of 

 the most pleasing features, and those who are fond of old- 

 world effects could not do better than introduce this feature 

 in gardens of to-day. Nothing could be more simple. Cut- 

 tings of Lavender root readily in the autumn if prepared from 

 young wood and inserted in free, sandy soil under hand- 

 lights, when they will be ready to plant out in the spring. 

 Cuttings, when taken with a "heel," also root in the open 

 in sandy soil, but the method of using a hand-light ensures 

 success, and is generally preferred. The paved Lavender walk 

 seen in the illustration is a delightful feature of the gardens 

 at Regal Lodge, Kentford. The bold lines of Lavender 

 are edged with Thyme, while between the paving-stones are 

 many little tufts of dwarf Campanulas, chiefly C. pulla and 

 the variety Miss Willmott. If preferred, pink China Roses 

 could be mingled with the Lavender, the combination being 

 particularly pleasing. 



THE BOG GARDEN AND ITS FORMATION 



Of the many phases of open-air gardening, none, perhaps, 

 is fraught with greater possibilities, and none, certainly, pos- 

 sessed of greater charms, than the bog garden if well and 

 rightly conceived. It is in this type of garden that we see 

 plants grow, flourish, and blossom that too frequently are met 

 languishing for the moisture they love in the open border. 

 Indeed, one of the great charms of bog gardening is that the 

 plants thrive and grow apace, and that nothing droops or dies, 

 simply because the subjects are rightly placed and constantly 

 provided with the moisture so essential to their well-being. 

 But in the bog garden, as in all else, there is just the possi- 

 bility of the strong crowding out the weak just the possibility 

 that by one false step, made unwittingly, a plant may be 

 introduced that may prove a nuisance for years. Hence, 

 at the outset, there is the same need for discretion and for 

 that close, intimate knowledge of the subjects chosen for the 

 work, of their slow or quick growth as well as their ultimate 



