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MANUAL OF GARDENING 



In back yards it is often best not to have any well-defined 

 walk. A ramble across the sod may be as good. For a back 

 walk, over which delivery men are to travel, one of the very 

 best means is to sink a foot-wide plank into the earth on a level 

 with the surface of the sod; and it is not necessary that the 

 walk be perfectly straight. These walks do not interfere with 

 the work of the lawn-mower, and they take care of themselves. 

 When the plank rots, at the expiration of five to 



ten years, the plank is .^^^m taken up and another one 



of a walk, and serves also as a border for the growing of 

 flowers and interesting specimens. This walk is also character- 

 ized by the absence of high and hard borders. Figure 68 illus- 

 trates this fact, and also shows how the parking between the 

 walk and the street may be effectively planted. 



Making the borders. 



The borders and groups of planting are laid out on the paper 

 plan. There are several ways of transferring them to the 

 ground. Sometimes they are not made until after the lawn is 



This ordinarily makes the 

 best kind of a walk 

 2^^> alongside a rear border. 

 'f' (Plate XL) In gardens. 



r^.\ The sides of walks and 



nothing is better for a 

 walk than tanbark. 



drives may often be 

 planted with shrubbery. 

 It is not necessary that 

 they always have prim 

 and definite borders. 

 Figure 73 illustrates a 

 bank of foliage which 

 breaks up the hard line 



73. Planting alongside a walk. 



