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Evening Star, Issue 22631, 24 April 1937, Page 8

By Handicraft Gardens For Your Home or Your School Rocks in your neighbourhood need not go to rvaste. They can be used to make attractive rock gardens and garden rvalls either at home or at school. OCK DARDENS.—SeIect a site tot the rock garden in as open a position as possible, where the plants will receive plenty of sunlight. Then collect a number of large, irregular-shaped stones, To drain the garden correctly dig out about a toot ol soil and put down a layer of broken earthenware pots, broken bricks, stones, and charcoal. Over it place a thick layer of straw or dry grass. You can build up the garden in tiers. Select large rocks for the bottom tier, and All up to their level with rich soil mixed with well-decayed leaf manure, and perhaps a little sand. The soil should be pressed down firmly, and then the next row of rocks can be placed in position, with a wide and deep layer of soil between the rows of rocks. Proceed in this way until you have reached the desired height. A waterplpe with a spray top will form a very effective watering system in the garden. There are scores of suitable types of flowers, plants, and creepers to set In the rock garden. One of the best is the Alpine phlox. It grows quickly from a cutting.' and in a few months It can be broken up into several pieces to plant elsewhere The dwarf iris, dwarf marigold, nasturtium, mignonette, pansies, and dlanthus are specially adapted for rock gardens. The flower basket (Pig. 2) is built from selected rocks. It looks best in the centre of a lawn. GARDEN WALLS.—An attractive rock wall can be built along the edge of the back, lawn, where the vegetable plot begins. It is made by placing Irregular-shaped stones one on top of the other and cementing them in position. The average height for a wall is about 2ft. Before using the stones wash them thoroughly and allow them to soak in water for three or four hours. Then dig a trench about Din. deep, damp its sides slightly, and nut down the first layer of VT) KXX GARDEN -/ . \' L-AV/M ///* FLOWER, bASKLT // m (D CARDEN WALL (?) CARDEN WALL SEAT tween the stones. Do only three or four rows at a time to give the cement at the base a chance to set before too much weight is applied. After finishing for the day cover up the work with damp bags. After having completed the wall keep it covered for a few days. Rows of suitable flowers can be planted along the wall to improve its appearance. With a little extra trouble a garden seat, constructed of stones or wood, can be made in the wall (Pig. 4). jmmiranmnniinimitiiiraiiimimmuinmimimTOUiirirarairaii!!UUi!urann™ran:iinnii| I Strip Designs by I | Paper-cutting i iimrmrnmifinmun omnnanmiiiiinii TV7HEN you have a few minutes to spare, fold • " piece of paper and tear it or cut it with scissors to make attractive designs appear when it is unfolded. You may make a geometrical pattern, such as a design for a d’oyley, or you may make a strip design in which the pattern is repeated again and again, as In the Mickey Mouse frieae which is illustrated. Such a frieze would be suitable for pasting on kindergarten furniture or round the walls ol a playroom. To make It, take a piece ol white paper 2iln. deep and as long as you wish. Mark it o£f into widths of liln., as shown at A in Fig. 1, and fold it up as shown at B, pressing it quite flat until it looks like the illustration at C in Fig. 1. Then draw on the top fold the pattern of Mickey Mouse, and, with a sharp pair -of scissors, cut away the shaded portions of the design, taking care to leave connecting pieces on the edge, so that when the paper is unfolded the patterns will be joined. With a black pencil or ink sketch in the details ol each figure, and you will have the design shown in Pig. 2. If you use drawing-paper, your design may be made to stand up on the table or the mantelpiece, or you may join the ends and make the strip Into a circle M B C v m Fig. 1 Above. Fig. S Below. ZD CHILE’S 400th BIRTHDAY COMMEMORATED damp stones. Force the stones firmly Into the ground. Then prepare the cement mortar. In the dry state thoroughly mix together three parts of sand ivith one part of,cement, and, while turning the nixture over with a shovel, pour on water until it s the correct consistency. For the next row select tfncl fit suitable stones firmly on top ol the hat layer. Use a trowel to place the cement berjpHE three stamps Illustrated were Issued by the Republic of Chile, South America, In March, 1936, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of Chile. The 6 cent stamp shows the Atacama Desert, an area of 70.000 square miles in North Chile, which produces nitrates; the 10 cent shows fishing-boats off the coast; and the 30 cent shows palm trees.