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in depth and fill in with a good layer of coarse 
rubble, etc., 3 inches deep, then a layer of 
ashes, and then the turf. It is not necessary 
for grass paths to have the parts slightly con- 
vex, as suggested for gravel, for the rain has 
to soak through the grass, while it should run 
off the gravel. 
If space is an object, the same garden can 
be used for late autumn as well as for early 
spring, the tall-growing perennials such as 
Michaelmas daisies and Golden Rod being very 
much at home in a wood or among shrubs. 
Indeed, the support afforded them by the 
shrubs makes all staking superfluous, and the 
growth is more natural in consequence. If 
this system is followed, it means that heavy 
mulching with leaf-mould and manure must 
be done early in February in order that the 
spring-flowering shrubs shall not suffer. 
Autumn crocus, especially the pale blue ; 
and colchicums, with not only the common 
kind and the large-flowered rosy one, but also 
the beautiful double mauve and its rare white 
form, should be planted in quantity among 
the spring-flowering plants, as also Sternbergia 
lutea., the yellow, crocus-like flower supposed 
to be the “ lily of the field,” and growing 
everywhere in Palestine. It likes a dry, 
