Sept.] Flower Garden. 4:^5 



any gaps, let them now be mended: the box v,"' ' • 

 rooted in a month after planting,' and the edgin'2;s w.ii 

 then appear neat all winter. 



For the method of planting thefe edgings in either of 

 the above cafes, fee Odobcr. 



Clip Hedges. 



Finifh clipping all fuch hedges as ftill remain iintrim- 

 med; and let this be done in the beginning of the 

 jnonth, before the fhoots get too hard. 



In clipping hedges, always take particular care to have 

 the lliears in perfed good order, that you may Jbe able to 

 make both neat and expeditious work. Let the fides of 

 the hedges be always clipped in nearly to the former 

 year's cut, and as ftrait as puiTible ; ihr it looks ill 

 to fee the fides of hedges waved, efpecially when occa- 

 fioned by being badly fhorn or clipped : and always ob- 

 ferve to flie.ir or train a hedge in fuch a manner as it 

 may run fomewhat taper frcin the bottom to the top ; for 

 the top fliould never be fufiercd to grow fo broad as the 

 bottom, and take great care to cut the top as even as a 

 line. 



Movj Grafs-nA>a.lks and Lci'^j.-ns. 



Mow grafs- walks and lawns, and let this be always 

 done in proper time, never permitting the !?rafs to grow 

 rank, for that not only looks extremely diiagreeable in 

 a garden, but when the grafs is fuflered to grow very 

 rough, it renders it diiricult to mow it to any truth, fo 

 as to make the furface look well : obfsrving at this time, 

 the grafs Itiould be mowed as tlofe and even as poffible, 

 that it may appear agreeable all winter. 



Let the edges of all the grafs next gravel-walks, or the 

 borders, be aifo kept clofe and neat. 



The edges of grafsvvalks fhould, during the fummer, 

 in order to keep them perf-^.tly neat, be gone over about 

 once every week or fortnight with a pair of fliears, cut-' 

 ting the grafs in as clofe as can be to the edge. 



For that purpofe nothing '^ fo handy as apair of fiieep- 

 fiiears; but where thefe are not to be had, garden-fhears 

 will do, or may be trimmed with a knife. 



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