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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1910 



Plant Rhododendrons Now 



They Will Blossom in June 



Beautiful in summer and winter, Rhododendrons are the most 

 satisfactory of all flowering shrubs. 



We would like to show you how you could make your grounds 

 more attractive this Spring than they have ever been before by using 

 a few plants here and there, or by banking them along a walk as in 

 the above picture. 



I have a splendid stock of Rhododendron Maximum collected from 

 the best districts by my own men — selected hardy hybrids, all tried 

 and known to be reliable in this climate. 



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Making a Cinder Drive 



CINDERS used as a drive-way probably produce 

 a more neutral and pleasing effect than any 

 other material. Concrete contrasts too sharply with 

 the lawn through which it seems to cut; the neutral 

 brown of a good grade of cinders achieves a more 

 gradual transition from the drive to the green of 

 the grass. Moreover, a cinder drive can be made 

 just as permanent as a concrete drive, with the 

 advantage that every repair adds to its hfe and is 

 in no wise merely a patch. Around a cottage or 

 even a more pretentious structure where the lawn 

 is of good size, a cinder drive will produce a more 

 harmonious and informal effect than can be ob- 

 tained by concrete, though concrete is better where 

 the drive is short, the lawn small and the house 

 large. 



The construction of a cinder road, while not at 

 all difficult, requires some care and patience. 

 First of all the cinders must be screened. This 

 part of the work is very essential. A screen with 

 a half- or three-sixteenths-inch mesh is the best. 

 After the cinders have been screened, the road-bed 

 should be properly graded. Make it about three to 

 four inches higher in the middle than along the 

 sides. After this the road-bed is roughened with 

 the aid of a pick-axe and left in a very lumpy con- 

 dition, without seriously interfering with the grade. 

 On this spread the coarse cinders, again carefully 

 grade and then tamp. Over this spread, slowly, 

 the screened or sifted cinders so that they will work 

 in among the coarse layer beneath. The thickness 

 of this surface layer will be largely determined by 

 the amount of cinders on hand. Then the whole 

 is to be most thoroughly watered, well tamped and, 

 if possible, heavily rolled. 



Thus will be produced a drive over which an 

 automobile can pass without leaving a mark, nor 

 will the heaviest coal-wagon leave any distinct wheel 

 marks. Furthermore, all tracks or hoof prints 



Make your drive-ways of cinders instead of concrete 

 and have them last longer 



can be worked out easily, the more such a drive 

 is used and repaired the firmer will it be packed 

 and the more enduring will it become. Cinders 

 afford a certain springiness that concrete completely 

 lacks, nor does it ever become as slippery in rainy 

 or snowy weather. 



The summer before last I took up a cobblestone 

 drive over which heavy coal-wagons passed daily. 

 The stones had become covered with at least a 

 three-inch layer of clay which had gradually formed, 

 partly by the stones settling and partly by the 

 deposit left by the wagon wheels. One would 

 never have surmised, especially on a muddy day, 

 that a bed of stones formed the foundation of the 

 drive. It required a pick-axe to get at them. 

 After the stones had been removed a six-inch 

 layer of cinders was put in their place. These 

 cinders were not screened; the larger cinders or 

 clinkers were merely picked out with a shovel and 

 were placed on the bottom with the finer cinders 

 spread on top. A good heavy rolling was given. 

 The road-bed soon became so compact that the 

 heaviest load made no mark and the horses left 

 but few hoof prints. A few minutes' work with a 

 rake always leaves the drive as smooth as when it 

 was first put down. During the rainiest weather the 

 driveway is comparatively dry and free from mud. 

 Concrete in this particular place would not only 

 have been too slippery for the horses, but I feel sure 

 that it would soon have cracked and worn out. 



