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at the angles and at irregular distances near the 

 fence, so that they do not form a straight line, for 

 such an arrangement would only make the limits 

 of the ground more conspicuous. For small gar- 

 dens, or where the situation is much exposed to 

 the winds, the dwarf Hollyhock is the most de- 

 sirable, and when some of these are planted in 

 front of the taller kind, it adds considerably to 

 the beauty of the group. When the children of 

 the lower classes of society are become more 

 civilized, and their parents sufficiently enlight- 

 ened to instruct them in their duty, so that their 

 amusement may not consist in idly destroying 

 what cannot benefit them, but materially injures 

 their more polished neighbours, the Hollyhock 

 will be planted in the hedges of our fields, and 

 the whole appearance of the country be much 

 improved by relieving the uniformity of the gene- 

 rality of fences, and considerable benefit would 

 at the same time be received by those cottagers 

 who have the prudence to give attention to tlie 

 hive, since the late season at which the Holly- 

 hock flowers, gives the bees an opportunity to 

 make a second season for collecting their sweets, 

 and when a wet or cold summer has impoverished 

 the hive, or brought sickness into the swarming 

 community, these autumnal flowers will aflford 

 them relief, and give them strength to endure the 



