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THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
edging is desired in a spot shaded by walls or trees, box is 
useless, but common evergreen euonymus will take its place 
tolerably well. Grass verges are beautiful, if well kept; but 
they entail a lot of labour to keep them trim, and it is always 
a question if the time spent in clip—clip—clipping them might 
not be devoted to something better. Well-made edgings of 
ivy have a solid, rich appearance ; but it would render a large 
garden heavy in character, and an example of a good idea 
overdone, to employ ivy edging everywhere. There are three 
sorts of substantial edgings available for different parts of 
the garden. If we consider the entrance-court first, we must 
have either clipped box, clipped yew, or bold sharp bands of 
ivy, or a handsome stone moulding, or its equivalent in some 
imitative material, such as Ran- 
some, Rosher, or Austin can 
supply. These manufacturers 
turn out substantial edgings of 
artificial stone in an almost 
endless variety of patterns, from 
the extremely simple to the 
most elaborate, those of an orna¬ 
mental character being admir¬ 
ably designed. An immense 
variety of edgings are manufac¬ 
tured of tile, brick, and even 
glass, and these are more or less 
good, according to material, 
manufacture, and price. They are, as a rule, objectionably 
frail ; they do not make sufficient foothold to keep true in 
lino for any length of time, and they are apt to crumble to 
powder if a hard frost catches them immediately after heavy 
