Practical and Impractical Ideas from England— By w. Mill 



IF YOU HAVE TO BUILD A LOW RETAINING WALL, USE NO MORTAR BUT PUT A 

 LITTLE EARTH BETWEEN THE STONES AND LET ALPINE FLOWERS COVER THE WALL 



CT, York 



Impractical. This wall Is covered with large double roses: above are Canterbury bells, edged with hardy pinks. Our summers are so hot that large double roses 



should not be trained directly against a wall which is exposed to full sunshine 



Practical. Instead of a costly formal wall why not use a rough, dry wall wherever it is strong enough and fill the chinks with hardy pinks, stonecrops. silver- 

 leaved chickweed. rock cress, houseleeks. etc. Let them root in the bank 



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