EDGING. This term is applied to dwarf plants, turf, or material of any description, used in gardens for dividing beds, borders, &c., from the walks. It also refers to an outside line of short plants in an arrangement with others of a taller-growing character. Turf verges are only to be recommended for flower gardens or pleasure grounds, where they should be wide enough to admit of mowing with the machine each time the lawns are cut. In a kitchen garden, they would necessitate too much work in keeping in order, as, besides mowing the verge, the Edge on each side of it would require to be frequently clipped. Box Edging is largely used for walks, and looks well if the whole length grows evenly. It has, however, the disadvantage of harbouring slugs, &c., and also of being liable to destruction in patches by severe frosts. Thick corrugated tiles, placed lengthways in a vertical position, or common bricks, used similarly, but set on an angle towards the walk, form a clean and permanent Edging, when properly laid, for kitchen gardens. These latter are also uninjured by salt or acids, used in many places for killing weeds in the gravel. In preparing the ground for an Edging of any description for walks, it should first be firmly and evenly trod its full length, and also well raked. The proper levels should be marked by short pegs, driven in the ground about 10ft. apart. If such pegs are placed straight, and a line tightly strained to touch their tops, the necessity of removing or adding soil in any part of it may be at once seen. It is impossible to cut out, plant, or fix an Edging properly if the ground is not previously carefully prepared.