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June, 1910 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
241 
Hen-and-Chickens (Sernpervivuin globiferum ■) 
is an interesting rosette-formed plant use¬ 
ful for carpet-bedding 
the Houseleek is the .S', tectorum, the little 
plant seen growing on the roofs of so 
many of the cottages in Europe. The 
multitude of young plants of T. globi¬ 
ferum that spring from the parent plant 
are attached thereto by slender threads. 
One often sees earth filled kegs pierced 
with numerous holes in which Scmgcrvi- 
vum plants are rooted, forming a foliage 
covering as a garden ornament. 
Edgings for Garden Walks 
G) NE may have many varieties of 
edgings for the garden walks 
which about this time he will be planning, 
but there is not a better one to be recom¬ 
mended than a strip of turf, if carefully 
laid and well kept up. Sods of good color, 
smoothness, regularity and durability are 
most pleasing, and though somewhat 
formal, present an appearance unsur¬ 
passed in neatness. 
Grass edging, moreover, furnishes the 
best ground-tint for setting off the colors 
of flowers. An edging of this sort should 
invariably be flat and of uniform height 
above the surface of the walk it borders. 
The grass edging should not be more than 
three-fourths of an inch above it on the 
walk side but about two inches high on 
the side of any flower or shrubbery bed it 
edges, to allow for the resistance of soil 
washing against the sod. 
The grass edging must not be too 
narrow or it will crumble away. 
W. R. Gilbert. 
Plants Suitable For Sunny Rock 
Gardens 
TTyiLL you kindly tell me what bright- 
colored plants would prove suited to 
a little rock-garden I am planting for a 
sunny spot in my garden. Will things grow 
there? 
Sunny spots are all right, for the rock- 
work itself forms sufficient shade for the 
plants that require it. The following 
plants are good for sunny locations: Au- 
brietia, Alyssum saxatile, Arabis albida, 
CEnothera cccspitosa, Oxahs corniculata 
atropurpurea, Saxifrage, Scdum, Nepeta 
glechoma, Linaria cymbolaria, Ramondia 
pyrenaica, Primula, Campanula pussilla, 
Veronica gentianoides, Hclianthemum 
Canadcnse, and Hypericum Hookerianum. 
A Hedge of Vines 
E have an old hedge, four feet high, 
that long ago died out leaving noth¬ 
ing but a brush of branches and twigs. Could 
we not cover it this season and next with 
some sort of vine that would grow rapidly 
and be attractive? 
Try Clematis paniculata. The accom¬ 
panying illustration will indicate the 
beauty of a growth of this vine, which, in 
its second year transformed the dead 
hedge row into a wall of flowers and 
foliage. 
Replenishing the Aquaiium 
'T'HIS is a season for replenishing aqua- 
A rium plants, which are so necessary 
to the life of goldfish and other inhabitants 
of either the globe or tank aquarium. 
These plants supply oxygen so the fish 
may thrive, and the poisonous carbonic 
gases the fish exhale are taken up by the 
plants. Many persons have wondered why 
the fish in their aquaria have seemed to 
die off without reason; probably they had 
not thought of introducing aquatic plants, 
or had regarded such as merely ornamen¬ 
tal attributes. The following are some of 
the plants that may be recommended for 
aquarium purposes : Cambomba ( Cabom - 
ba caroliniana), also known as Fanwort; 
Water Milfoil ( Myriophyllum spicatum ) ; 
Sagittaria ( Sagittaria natans ) ; Ribbon- 
grass ( Valisncria spirals ) ; Arrow-head 
( Sagittaria sagittifolia ) ; Willow-moss 
( Fontinalis antipyretica) ; Potamogeton 
( Potamogeton perfoliatus ) ; Salvinia 
’( Salvinia natans) ; Water Starwart ( Calli - 
triche verna) ; Water Cress ( Nasturtium 
officinale), and Efornwort ( Ceratophyllum 
deniersmn ). 
Try some of these in your aquarium 
and you will be surprised at the change 
they will make in the health of your 
fish. 
Clematis (Clematis paniculata) will form an 
attractive covering for training over an old 
hedge 
Weeds in Garden Walks 
HE walks in our garden are made un¬ 
sightly by the weeds which spring up 
there every season. How can these be kept 
down? 
If you cannot have your garden walks 
made over (and that really is what should 
be done, by sinking a layer of stone filled 
in with cinders or coal ashes as a founda¬ 
tion), make a hot brine of salt and water 
in proportions of one pound of salt to one 
gallon of water, and apply from a water¬ 
ing pot. Another method is to apply a 
solution of one ounce of carbolic acid to 
every gallon of water, and sprinkle as you 
do by the hot brine method. This mix¬ 
ture is efficacious for removing ant-hills. 
A mass of tall growing perennials against a growth of shrubbery may be bordered effectively 
by a strip of raised turf a foot wide 
