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ON FLOWER-BEDS, BASKETS, ETC. 



ARTICLE VI.— ON FLOWER-BEDS, BASKETS, &c. 



BY GOOSEBERRY: 



Herewith I send some sketches of flower beds, &c. the patterns of 

 some I have in my own garden. 



I have some beds of Fig. 11, in a Chinese garden, which they 

 suit extremely well, and produce a very pleasing effect. 



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Many of the correspondents of the Cabinet, having asked how 

 can they have a succession of flowers in a small space, I recommend 

 for their adoption the Chinese method of growing plants, (that 

 bloom at the same time), in boxes which are made the shape fixed 

 upon, and sunk in the earth with fresh ones as the flowers die away. 

 The Rustic basket, Fig. 12, when filled with plants has a remarkably 

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pretty effect, and is well suited to a confined space. The sides are 

 made of fir trees split, and either left with the bark on, or painted, 

 filled with earth, and planted with flowers. 



