Madonna Liles and Roses 
introduced. It will be seen by referring to my plan 
that the paved walks therein are laid with grass on 
either side, and the effect of this is always happy. If 
the grass is not less than 18 inches wide it will be pos- 
sible to cut it with a lawn mower. In these small gar- 
dens a 5 feet 6 inches path is wide enough, of which 
2 feet 6 inches can be paved and 1 foot 6 inches on 
either side of grass. No one of course keeps to the 
paved walks in dry weather, but they are there for wet 
days. In addition to the grass the introduction of 
some of the creeping Alpine plants into the crevices 
between the stones gives a softening effect to the whole 
design. 
The preparation of the Rose-beds is a matter rather 
depending on the soil than anything else, but, generally 
speaking, deep digging and well manuring in the first 
season are essential. 
In the borders surrounding such a garden there 
should be three or four groups of the Madonna Lilies 
lifting their white purity from masses of dwarf blue 
lavender and pink monthly Roses ; some broad masses 
of the blue Catmint (Nepeta Mussini), amongst which 
can be planted Crocuses for spring effects and Spanish 
Irises for the summer. The orange Lily, Lilium cro- 
ceum, too, should have its place, and I would include 
in this border a few of the old-fashioned Roses, such as 
the moss varieties, that do not mind having to com- 
pete with other plants for existence. To those to 
whom such ideas appeal the borders might easily be 
‘restricted to the growing of all the older English 
flowers, and the little garden enclosed by planting 
along the back of the borders climbing Roses festooned 
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