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House & Garden 
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/l grass £a</« across a lawn may be 
bordered with flagstones laid so as 
to make a straight outer edge but 
leaving the inner edge uneven 
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saxatile) —yellow, 1 ' high; Maiden 
Pink ( Dianthus deltoides) —trailing, 
pink; Double Cushion Pink ( Silene 
acaules fl. pi.) —pink, 3 "; Double 
Rock Cress (Arabis alpina fl. pi .)— 
white, 1 '; Creeping Speedwell (Ve¬ 
ronica repens) —pale blue, creeping; 
Stonecrop ( Sedum album) —white, 
low; Wild Columbine ( Aquilegia 
Canadense) ; Moss Pink (Phlox 
subulata) —various colors; White 
Cinquefoil (Potentilla alba) —white, 
6 "; Rose Moss (Portulaca grandi- 
flora) — 2 "- 3 " high. 
Where the path runs in shade one 
may concentrate on plants such as— 
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procum- 
bens) ; Partridge Berry (Mitchella 
repens) —creeping; Bird’s Foot Vio¬ 
let (Viola pedata) —light blue; 
Wake-robin (Trillium grandiflorum) 
—white, 6 "-8"; Wood anemone (Anemone 
nemorosa) —white, 3"-6". 
The rules for the planning of garden paths 
hold good in all districts, whatever the conve¬ 
nient local material for making them may be, 
and the design of the path is governed by its 
use. Should a path be needed to stroll along, 
and be bordered by beds, it should be wide, 6' 
or more. But should it be a path which one 
would use to reach some more attractive part 
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of the garden, or a path for utility in the 
kitchen garden, it may be narrowed, 3' or 4'. 
Again, should it be a mere track crossing an 
orchard or some similar enclosure, it may be 
only 18 " wide, just sufficient to pass over. 
The line of the path is governed by circum¬ 
stance, but nearly always a straight path is 
best, though sometimes a gentle curve is more 
suitable. The days of the meandering villa 
path are over, and vistas which lead one on 
Small rock plants—silver madwort, 
rock cress and moss pink—grown 
in the crevices of a flagstone path 
give it diversity of color and line 
to explore should be the aim of the 
garden architect. 
The materials of paths will be 
governed by the district, but un¬ 
doubtedly the most charming for the 
flower garden are grass and stone. 
Grass paths should be wider than 
those of stone, for when much used 
they tend to become worn in patches. 
Stone paths may be either of flag¬ 
stones, or of broken random paving; 
the former is the better and more 
economical. The surface should be 
flat and evenly laid straight on to 
the soil, well beaten down. Brick¬ 
paving should be laid flat, or brick 
on edge, on a layer of sand, with a 
lower foundation of tamped clinkers 
and ashes. Second-hand brick can 
be used for this purpose. In laying 
the center should be raised 1". 
Gravel paths, at present, are not popular, ex¬ 
cept for kitchen garden use, and are only used 
in the flower garden where expense bars the use 
of stone. Hard, broken bricks, clinkers, and 
other furnace slag, coarse stones, or even ashes, 
may be used as a bed for a thin covering of 
gravel. When using this rough stuff many 
do not fill up the interstices, thinking that by 
leaving the bottom loose they secure free drain¬ 
age. This causes the gravel on top to shift after 
