THE MIXED BORDER 
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raise it some 9 inches in front. Plenty of 
good soil must be added to raise it up well ; 
and if the soil is clay, all the top soil should 
be taken off first, and the borders drained by 
having a foundation of clinker or rubble as 
aforementioned (see Chapter II.) at the bottom, 
and then the soil put back on the top of it, 
and well enriched. Thirty-five or 40 feet 
away should be a hedge, running across the 
borders, and allowed to meet in an arch at the 
top when it grows tall enough. This need 
not run across the orchard strip, which may 
be carried further into the plot beyond. 
Now we shall have two borders, 35 or 40 
feet long by 1 1 feet wide, with a stone or rock- 
work edge on which to grow all pinks, pansies, 
arabis, and some of the annuals, which will fall 
over in sheets of flowers to the paved path 
below, which can be kept in better order than 
a gravel or grass path, and which can have 
small plants among the stones or bricks, or 
musk, from seed sown in the chinks. 
In planting the borders, care must be taken 
not to crowd out the hedge, if it is of young 
plants, and to keep a watchful eye on strong 
growers such as sidalcea and Michaelmas 
daisies, that they do not grow in and smother 
the hedge. 
