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roll it with a heavy roller now and then, to make it firm 

 and even. See lafl and next month. 



Gravel Walks, 

 Keep the gravel walks perfedly free from weeds, mofs, 

 and litter of any fort ; and let them be well rolled once or 

 twice every week in dry weather. 



Planting Hedges. 



Plant hedges where wanted, both deciduous and ever- 

 green kinds ; fuch as hawthorn, white-thorn, hornbeam, 

 beech, elder, elm, holly, yew, box, &c. See December for 

 the method of planting. 



Likewife is a proper time to plafh old hedges, that are 

 run up naked, or open below. See alfo December. 



Plant Box, i^c. for Edgings to Beds and Borders, 

 Box, where wanted for edgings to bord'?rs, &c. may be 

 planted any time in this month ; it will take root in a ihort 

 time, and there will be no fear of its fuccefs : likewife, 

 where there are gaps in any former planted edgings, let 

 the deficiencies now be made good ; for nothing looks 

 worfe in a garden, than ragged box-edgings by the fides of 

 the walks. 



For the method of planting box, fee the Flower Garden 

 for Oaober. 



Thrift makes a very compaft and beautiful edging, if 

 planted properly, and well kept. This may be planted 

 any time this month ; fetting the plants near enough to 

 touch, as at once to form a clofe row like box, or not above 

 three inches afunder; and, if you give it two or three 

 good waterings in dry weather, it will grow away freely. 



Double dailies and pinks make alfo tolerable good edg- . 

 ing^, and may be employed both ia default of the two for- 

 mer, and to effect variety in particular compartments, and 

 will m.ake a good appearance in May and June, when in 

 flower. Let them be planted in feparate edgings, fetting 

 the plants three inches dillance in the row. 



Thyme, hyflbp, winter-favory, and lavender, are fome- 

 times planted for edgings to borders ; but thefe do not 

 continue long in good order. 



But, after all, there is nothing makes fo neat, efTedual, 

 and durable edgings, as box. 



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