How to manage a Garden 



undrained land the supply is too great during the larger part 

 of the year, and this, besides rendering the soil cold and 

 unsuitable for the plants, retards the work of bringing the 

 plant food into an available form, and necessarily takes up 

 space which could with advantage to the plant be occupied 

 by air. It is conceivable that during a drought, the culti- 

 vation of the surface being good, the plants would not 

 suffer so much from want of moisture as in a loose soil. 

 But it is certainly not, by any canon of cultural economy, 

 advisable to sacrifice good growth during three-quarters of 

 the year in the hope that the starved weaklings may receive 

 a transitory help during the remaining part. Moreover, 

 practice clearly teaches us the truth of this principle let 

 the plants never have too much water ; always give them 

 enough. 



Distribution in the Flower Garden. 



It would probably offend the fastidiousness of some of 

 our puff-powder and perfume guests, if we allow barrels 

 of water to be seen in the flower garden. In view of 

 this whimsical notion it is better to hide such things 

 or to transform them into fountains, &c. The water 

 may of course be so arranged that there exist several 

 places in the lawn or in the paths where hydrants may 

 be affixed and a length of hose-piping attached, and the 

 water thus brought to all parts. 



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