The following from the Gardener's Chronicle will interest some of our readers: The grass selected for trial was the common Sheep's Fescue Grass (Fes-tuca ovina). A patch of this was sown, and the young plants - easily separable from other kinds of grass by their appearance - were planted with the dibble at two or three inches apart They soon formed very elegant lines of slender green blades, more graceful in appearance than lines of box, and equally effective. The only objection that we have discovered is, that the green color of this kind of grass is rather dark and heavy; but nevertheless it is the best kind of live edging next to box which we have seen, and is far cheaper than that, and from this cause alone is to be preferred for many purposes.

The Sheep's Fescue Grass forms a continuous or linear mass of bristle-like leaves, the central ones standing erect, about three inches high, the side ones foiling over gracefully, so that the edging is from four to six inches through. In early summer the plants throw up their culms or flower-stems, which average a foot high, and are quite erect; these may be removed by clipping at any period after they are formed, and this is probably all the attention that would be required in ordinary cases. The plants afterwards go on filling out with leaves, but without increasing much in bulk, and may either so remain or be cat close in autumn to remove the dead blades and secure fresh green leaves.

This grass being strictly tufted in its mode of growth, the distance between the plants should not exceed three inches, in order that there may be no gaps between the little tufts, but that the plants may fill out the edging lines evenly and compactly. It is, moreover, important that of the many varieties of Fescue Grass, one only should be planted, otherwise the growth will not be even. The common sort, being the dwarfest and shortest in the blade, is the best for the purpose. A very small quantity of seed will furnish plants for a considerable length of edging, so that a few experimental plants would furnish an ample supply in most cases.