Plants 
for 
Walls 
See groups 
recommend' 
ed in back of 
book at spe' 
cial prices. 
GARDEN STEPS 
FLOWERY PATHS 
Paths of irregular stones with low growing 
plants making interesting patterns throughout 
their lengths are truly delightful garden fea' 
tures. Their construction consists of digging 
a trench 8 or 10 inches deep the width of the 
walk, filling and packing the bottom 4 inches 
with coarse material for drainage, filling the 
balance vyith good rich soil about two'thirds 
leaf mold. Lay the stones in this and plant. 
Water thoroughly after making to settle 
stones. Any of 
the low growing 
rock plants and 
creepers listed for 
walls as well as 
num e r o u s 
others may 
be used. 
<TW. • : fs\'S 
FOR SUNNY WALLS 
Two score varieties from the 
many suitable kinds: Phlox sub' 
ulata, Gypsophila repens, Diarn 
thus in variety, Achillea tomen- 
tosa, Arabis, Iberis, Alyssum 
saxatile, Aubrietia, Tunica saxi' 
fraga, Sempervivum, Nepeta, 
Thymus, Saponaria, Dwarf Se- 
dums, Armeria. 
Stone steps /aid up in good 
Soil with Just enough cement 
here and there for stat>///ty 
Billows and cascades 
of flower and foliage 
make walls and steps 
into the gayest spots in 
the garden. 
Planting 1 Yal/s, Steps 
an cl (/?at/is 
SHADY WALLS 
Arabis, Campanula carpatica 
and C. rotundifolia, Ferns, adi' 
antum, aspidium and others, Pri' 
mula, Dicentra eximia, Linaria 
cymbalaria. 
Dry walls, that is, walls built 
without cement but laid up with 
soil between the rocks, easily be- 
come one of the finest possible 
homes for the majority of rock 
plants. Study the sketches at the 
right. Use good soil between and 
back of the wall. A rich, fibrous 
loam, well supplied with humus 
is fine. Planting is best done as 
the wall is built but may be done 
in old walls by making cavities and 
filling with suitable soil. 
RIGHT 
face of wall tilts back 
allow/ng mo/store to 
run into roots of plants 
WROt/G 
Plants get no water 
at roots 
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