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THE GARDENING WORLD 
November 14, 190S. 
a greater or less number of coloured illus¬ 
trations of the wild plants in this country, 
but they are, of course, expensive. “Flowers 
of the Field,” by the Rev. C. A. Johns, is 
published by Messrs. George Routledge and 
Sons, Ltd., London, 7s. 6d., but only some of 
the illustrations are coloured. “ Wayside 
and Woodland Blossoms,” by Edward Step, 
and published by Frederick Warne and Co'., 
15, Bedford Street, Strand, London, con¬ 
tains 760 descriptions of wild flowers, with 
257 coloured figures. Price pyofoably 7s. 6d. 
If you want to get anything like the com¬ 
plete number of plants in coloured illustra¬ 
tions, you should get “ Sowerby’s English 
Botany,” in 12 volumes, and differing in 
value according to binding front £22 8s. to 
£ 22 , 1 2 S. Sometimes it is obtainable in 38 
or 30 volumes, bound in cloth, at ^18 or 
£ 19 . The publishers are Messrs. Bell and 
Sons, York House, Portugal Street, London. 
There is a three guinea book named 
“ Sowerby’s Botany.” and containing small 
coloured figures of British wild plants. If 
you elect to get this, your bookseller would 
get it for you, if not out of print. 
3386. Weedy Gravel Path. 
I have a loose gravel path that is not such 
a success as I thought it would be when 
made. It is full of weeds that come up 
through the gravel, and to pull them up by 
hand is a slow and wearisome job. What 
do you consider the best thing to do. with it? 
The edges are grass, and I suppose the seeds 
fall on the path. (G. T. M., Worcester¬ 
shire.) 
We quite agree with you that it would be 
a wearisome job to. pull up weeds in a loose 
gravel path. We think, however, thev 
could be prevented from coming up bv using 
a greater depth of clean gravel. We should 
advise you to lift and sift the gravel, piling 
it up in heaps till the whole of the walk has 
been cleaned of the finer material and the 
weeds. The pebbles, of which the gravel is 
made up, should, of course, be fairly fine, 
otherwise it would make difficult walking. 
When the gravel has all been sifted, skim 
the surface of the walk with a spade so as 
to remove the weeds and all the finer ma¬ 
terial lying upon the same. When this has 
been wheeled or carted away the gravel max - 
then be spread on the walk and an additional 
amount added until there is a clear depth of 
3 in. of loose gravel or fine pebbles. Weeds 
would seldom germinate or come up through 
that depth. You should go over the gravel 
once a week during summer at least and 
have it made level with a wcoden rake. This 
would do much to keep it in order .and does 
not take much time. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(M. Diment). Fatsia japonica, but often 
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(A.R..W.) 1, Scirpus cernuus (often named 
Isolepis gracilis); 2, Carex Morovii varie- 
gata ; 3, Cyperus alterniflorus; 4, Ruellia 
Portellae; 5, Ficus stipularis minima (gene¬ 
rally named Ficus repens minima).; 6, Cala- 
thea zebrina. 
(C. Woodham) 1, Asplenium bulbiferum 
fabianum ; 2, Lastrea aristata; 3, Nephro- 
lepis exaltata ; 4, Pteris Wimsettii. 
(R. Davies) 1, Marguerite (Chrysanthe¬ 
mum frutescens) ; 2, Lippia citriodora; 3, 
Salvia splendens var. ; 4, Pelargonium den- 
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(B. G: L.) 1, Alchemilla alpina; 2, Sem- 
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