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be taken up, divided and replanted, and the surplus slips 

 may be planted in a nursery bed in rows about a foot apart; 

 these will be suitable for making edgings the year following. 

 Flower beds should be kept free from weeds, and watered 

 occasionally in the Summer. In the Autumn they should 

 be covered with leaves, straw or light litter ; this should be 

 taken off in the Spring, and the ground should be hoed and 

 dressed in such a manner as to enliven the earth around 

 the roots of the plants, as also to give the whole a neat 

 appearance. 



FLOWERING AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



Arbrisseaux d/Ornement. 



SHRUBS are so closely connected with flowering plants, 

 and indeed so many of them are embellished with flowers, 

 that they may be considered as essential to the completion 

 of an ornamental garden. They are all Perennial, and are 

 divided into two classes, deciduous and evergreen ; the for- 

 mer lose their leaves in the Winter, the latter only shed 

 them when others are ready to supply their places. 



Shrubs are not only necessary to the embellishment of a 

 flower garden, but many kinds are eligible for hedges to it. 

 and may be planted at a trifling expense. These hedges 

 should be frequently trimmed and trained, the sides cut.even 

 and the tops sparingly clipped, so as to make them ornamen- 

 tal, as well as useful, and also to increase the vigour of their 

 growth. When hedges become open or naked at the 

 bottom, they should be plashed down ; this is done by 

 cutting the branches half through near the ground; they 

 will then bend easily, and may be interwoven with the 

 adjoining branches. 



When shrubs, creepers, or climbers, are planted against 

 walls or trellises, either on account of their rarity, delicacy, 

 or to conceal a rough fence, or other unsightly object, they 

 require different modes of training ; some attach themselves 



