TOUW GARDEN ON GRASS. 



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trees will have to be planted. Clematises are grand plants for festooning windows, 

 doorways, rustic arches, and making boundary fences beautiful {sec Fig. 25). These 

 simply revel in a deep rich root-run, aud so also do roses ; and sticking these in small 

 holes filled with fresh compost would answer for a short time only, while planting in 

 poor thin soil is bound to end in disappointment. Advice upon forming lawns, grass- 

 plots, walks and drives will be given under separate headings. 



A pleasing example of a town garden is represented in the illustration, and though 



Fig. 25. Town Gakden, with Beds on Geass. 



the enclosure is small it contains features of interest of the nature previously indicated 

 in agreeable association. It is a North London garden, in bright and refreshing con- 

 trast to hundreds of other so-called gardens " of the same size, but which are little 

 more than receptacles for rubbish. Mrs. Shirreff is to be congratulated on her bowery 

 nook, with its well-draped fence, flower-beds, and greenhouse that cannot {liil to aff'ord 

 pleasure as well as light and healthful occupation. It is what is called a garden " on 

 grass" ; the illustration on page 43 shows a garden " on gravel." 



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