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and this is particularly applicable to strawberries, which may 



then be gathered without stooping: indeed the same expedient 



artificially, where the ground is naturally flat, as 



may 



e use 



represen 



ted in the Vignette to this Fragment. Strawberry- 





eas may 



ms made : confine the earth at bottom by a 

 brick wall about two feet high, then slope the mould to the 



wli 



oie wjtii 



ricks or 



height of three or four feet, and cover 

 tiles, leaving spaces betwixt for the roots of the strawberry 

 plants. On the summit, a channel or trough is left open in the 

 ricks to receive water, either from showers or from the water- 



pot 



th 



e moisture is 



ye 



to th 



e roots of the plants 



cle 



thout injuring the fruit, which is by this means kept dry and 



a little forwarded by the reflection of the heated 



bricks : these should be occasionally secured by mortar, to keep 



th 



em 



their pi 



Such 



raised bed 



when 



d with 



strawb 



ei 



th 



in 



blossom or in fruit 



one of the most 



delightful of Garden Luxuries; and even when the leaves beg 



to decay, it has been observed, in Sir W. Temples worl 

 a most grateful fragrance is produced. 



that 



This same sort of raised bed may be used for various pui 



poses 



> 



and particularly in a Flower Gard 



where its form 



may be irregular, oval, triangular, octagon, or any other shape 

 to raise such diminutive flowers as cannot be seen without be 

 ing brought nearer to the eye. The ledges or shelves may 



receptacles for ornamental vases, or Maltese flower-pots; an 

 the lower wall may be covered with jessamine, periwinkle, or 

 such plants as require a little support; while the upper parts 



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