42 OF TH FORMATION SECT. III. 



Perennial flowers have been mentioned ; but let 

 fancy direct as many annuals and biennials to be 

 cultivated, as room can conveniently be found for, 

 that the garden may be, as much as possible, or- 

 namented. 



In furnishing a garden with shrubs and flowers, 

 respect should be had to their usual height, their 

 bulk, colour and season, (see section 19.) that the 

 mixture may be properly varied, harmonious to the 

 eye, and come in regular succession. The latter 

 end of the year is seldom provided for so well as it 

 might be ; late flowers should be set in warm situa- 

 tions, as their proper place. In the most dreary 

 months, by judicious planting, evergreens in their 

 neat and cheerful " winter liveries," may be viewed 

 from our windows, and serve instead of flowers, and 

 some of them bear pretty fruit. 



Those who garden upon a large scale, should take 

 care to have every thing proper and convenient libe- 

 rally provided. Let there be a well situated place 

 for hot-beds, with some building as a tool house, and 

 (if dry) for keeping bulbs, seeds, and herbs. Those 

 also who garden even upon a small scale will do well 

 to have every needful implement : It is the way to 

 save time and labour, and have work done well. 



If water can be introduced, and kept clean with 

 verdant banks around it, it would be found very use- 

 ful where a garden is large : but let it be as near the 

 center as possible, being the most convenient situa- 

 tion. It should be fed from a spring, and (if it 

 could) be made to drip in the reservoir, because its 

 trickling noise is agreeable music in a garden to most 

 ears. 



Mixed Gardening, as comprehending the useful 

 with the sweet the profitable with the pleasant, has 

 been the subject hitherto; but if the flower garden 

 and the kitchen garden are to be distinct things, the 



