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applied. This should be about half an inch 

 thick. One bag of cement at this thickness 

 will cover ten square yards. 



The number of plants needed will vary 

 considerably, according to their nature and 

 habit, some requiring to be planted not more 

 than six inches apart, while others may be left 

 as much as eighteen inches or two feet ; but 

 taking one with another, roughly, about twelve 

 plants to the square yard would be a fair 

 number to allow. 



The cost of plants varies also not a little ; but, 

 excluding the rarer kinds, I should say about 

 five shillings a dozen is a fair price to pay. 

 This, though only for the commoner kinds, 

 would mount up to a large figure for even a 

 garden of moderate dimensions, and when the 

 cost of rarities is added, the total will often 

 frighten one. 



But nobody expects to fully plant their 

 garden the first year, so I should recommend, 

 if economy is an element to be considered, 

 not buying more than half a dozen of one 

 sort of the commoner plants, and of the rarer 

 kinds only one or perhaps three. As most 



