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tates, and should show a line of straight brick or 

 headers as they approach the border. This feature 

 should be used generally in formal types of garden 

 landscape. Great care should be taken, however, 

 that the brick be laid perfectly dry and cemented 

 in mortar. 



If you are looking for novelty, why not try cob- 

 blestones? They are very inexpensive, particu- 

 larly if you live in a seaport town where the beaches 

 are strewn with them. Be sure to pick out those 

 that are nearest the same size and shape, for this 

 gives a better effect. There is nothing that gives 

 a better backing for earth beds, especially as they 

 are easily kept weeded. If the cobblestones prove 

 too conspicuous for the scheme of the garden, it is 

 a comparatively easy matter to plant as a back- 

 ground a flowering plant that will in time fall over 

 them and hide them from view. 



A turf walk is, properly speaking, the most effec- 

 tive path. It also has many advantages, chief 

 among them the fact that it is not hard to keep up 

 and can be replaced with very little trouble, save 

 the cutting of new sod. Be very careful not to 

 make the mistake of laying old sods that have been 

 piled for a considerable length of time and have 



