FEB.] FLOWER GARDEN. 173 



occasions required to form a close thicket, in that case very little 

 pruning or digging, &c., is wanted. 



CARE OF GRASS WALKS AND LAWNS. 



Grass walks and lawns should be kept extremely clean. In dry 

 weather, as soon as the greater winter frost is over, roll them with a 

 heavy roller to settle the earth which the frost had thrown up. 



GRAVEL WALKS. 



Keep the gravel wjdks perfectly clean and free from moss, weeds, 

 or litter of any kind ; let them be well rolled, to settle them after the 

 winter frost, which will give them a fresh and neat appearance, and 

 render them comfortable for walking on. 



SOUTHERN STATES. 



This is a very proper period in the southern States to sow annual, 

 biennial, and perennial flower seeds, and to transplant the various 

 kinds of fibrous-rooted herbaceous flowering plants ; to plant out into 

 the borders of the pleasure grounds all kinds of deciduous trees, 

 flowering and ornamental shrubs ; and, in short, to perform all the 

 other works directed to be done either in this or next month, in the 

 pleasure or flower garden compartments, which are suitable to that 

 climate. .' : 



A COLD VINERY. 



A simple lean-to cold vinery, as represented'in the following sketch, 

 may be prepared this month for planting in April. 



Fig. 19. 



A lean-to cold vinery ; scale ten feet to an inch. 



It may be built against the south side of a barn or other building, 

 and may be thirty feet long, twelve feet high on the back wall, and 

 one foot in front, and fourteen feet wide. The ends should be double, 

 and filled in with tan-bark for warmth. No fire is used, as the name 

 indicates. The sashes are in two lengths, the upper ones to slide 

 easily over the bottom ones, so that the house may be readily aired. 



A hogshead sunk in one corner of the house will catch the water 

 from the barn. The border may extend over the whole inside, run- 



