How to manage a Garden 



protective measures must be applied. Dogs learn not 

 to interfere if frequently driven off, but cats are not so 

 intelligent. The smell of chloride of lime is said to 

 be disliked by them, and should be put in places where 

 they play their pranks. If it can be found out where 

 they enter the garden a very simple device will deter 

 them. Procure a large, thick piece of cardboard, and 

 pierce it with sharp tin tacks. Place it with the points 

 uppermost at the entry and cover with a thin piece 

 of cardboard or brown paper, so that when the cat 

 treads on it the points of the tacks will enter its feet. 

 To add to the deception some sand or soil should be 

 scattered over. It is safe to say that the cat or cats 

 will soon leave the garden severely alone or find other 

 entrances, where they can be treated in like manner. 

 To keep out fowls it will be necessary to have wire 

 netting, although it may often be remarked that fowls 

 do not enter a garden when it is fully open to them. 

 Much depends on the way they are managed. If a 

 sharp, business-like terrier has been kept to drive the 

 fowls from the garden whenever they intrude, it is 

 probable that caution in entering is handed down 

 through generations as a species of legacy. The 

 trouble is trebly increased where pea fowls are kept, 

 for these will not confine themselves to a little healthy 

 scratching, but must needs be pecking and biting at 

 vegetables, flowers, and fruit. I never yet met a 

 gardener knowing anything of the matter who could 

 see anything to admire in a peacock. Perhaps this is 

 prejudice, but it is certainly backed up by knowledge. 



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