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IRISH GARDENING. 



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no back parts in which uiisi^htl\ icquisilcs can space in a town i^aixlcn is to use tlie walls, and 



be concealed. All that can be done is to lind they can be ni.idc \ eiy elTecti\c if properly dealt 



the darkest and most out-of-the-way corner and with. The liisl essential is that the pockets 



there to plant a hedi^e or in\enl some sort ol' made in them sh.dl be larj^e enoui^h to contain 



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[Mr. Richard Barrington 



Archks and Wall Garden, Alexanj)ra College. 



screen behind which indispensable stores can 

 be kept. It is g-enerally possible also to find a 

 spot with a g-Qod aspect where some sort of 

 ornamental screen can be improvised, and 

 behind which the tiny propag^ating bed can be 

 placed. 



The most practical way of increasing the 



a good quantity of earth. The pockets must 

 be made of rough blocks of stone, supported 

 underneath by iron staples, which, when all is 

 finished, will not be seen. A little cement is 

 necessary to join the stones, but use it spar- 

 ingly, it stops the drainage in the pockets, and 

 is generally undesirable. It is wiser to stand 



