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THE MINIATURE FRUIT GARDEN. 



berry and currant trees. The ground is dug between 

 the trees in spring deeply, and often carelessly. ^No- 

 thing can be more barbarous, for the ground is so 



shaded that no surface roots can have the benefit ot 

 air and the heat of the sun ; and if by any chance 

 they could come to the surface, they are, as a matter 

 of course, destroyed by the spade. It is true that in 



