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is the time to do it. A flower garden should have a 

 liberal dressing of manure once a year, and autumn is 

 better than spring. 



But if we did not manure in autumn, let us do the 

 next best thing, and now give a heavy top-dressing; 

 cover the soil four inches deep with the best well-rotted 

 manure, the finer the better, and dig it in immediately, 

 and prepare our border as above directed. 



Let a day or two elapse before we begin to plant, 

 for the soil is now light, and will settle very much. 



We may then transplant, sow seeds, set bulbs, or turn 

 out bedding plants ; the latter, however, should not be 

 done before the 20th of May, as they gain but little, 

 and may be nipped by a late frost. 



WEEDING. 



Our spring work is over ; the flowers are blooming 

 gayly, and the hot June suns are shining. The flowers 

 grow rapidly, but the same sun is bringing up a growth 

 of weeds ; we must be on the alert, or our delicate an- 

 nuals will be smothered, and our garden soon lose its 

 neat and attractive appearance. The weeds must be 

 pulled up, and for this there is nothing so effective as 





