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painted flower pots, white-washed flints (for 

 edging), and generally all useless and meaning- 

 less objects, which by reason of their nature 

 and appearance are out of harmony with the 

 plant life of the garden. 



Edging tiles are sometimes too heavy and 

 pretentious in design, particularly some of the 

 so-called " cable " patterns, which can never be 

 made to form a good straight line, and for 

 curves are useless. There is nothing more 

 effective for its purpose, and less offensive, 

 than the ordinary hard-burnt red tile, with 

 simple scalloped edge. 



The inverted flower pots, so generally used 

 as earwig traps, are far from sightly objects in 

 contrast with the colours of our Dahlias, and 

 they may be efficiently replaced by a few empty 

 match boxes, pushed in amongst the foliage. 

 The boxes, of course, should be left slightly 

 open, and so used are the best possible traps 

 for earwigs. 



