SUBURBAN GARDENING 



lation is somewhat expensive, and probably for this 

 reason some will be deterred from acting on this advice, 

 but they have the great advantage of providing a dry 

 path all the year round. They are always neat, weeds are 

 easily got rid of, and they add to the attractiveness of 

 the flowers and the charm of the garden generally. Low 

 walls of stone or brick may fringe the beds, stone being 

 preferable. The chinks between the stones provide a 

 home for such things as Rock Cress, Evergreen Candy- 

 tuft, Violet Cress, Lavender, and Pinks. Of plants that 

 are well suited to growing in the beds may be mentioned 

 Flag Irises, Spanish Irises, English Irises, Japanese 

 Primulas, Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium), Lavender, China 

 Roses, Tufted Pansies (renewed each year from cuttings), 

 Carnations, Pinks, Bellflowers or Campanulas, as, for 

 instance Campanula carpatica and persicsefolia (the latter 

 being the beautiful Peach-leaved Bellflower), together 

 with Canterbury Bells. 



Many bulbs, too, are suitable e.g. the netted Iris 

 (reticulata) and others of its class ; Daffodils, Snow- 

 drops, Tulips, Gladioli, and Montbretias. All are of 

 neat growth, and are very easily kept tidy. It must be 

 admitted that spring bulbs are something of a nuisance 

 when their flowers are over. When only a few are grown 

 the cost of renewing them every year is not great, and 

 one has the satisfaction of knowing that they will bloom 

 better than those left in the ground from year to year. 



Of shrubs suitable for covering the fences I may 

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