io Making a Garden of Perennials 



top layer, mixing it with old manure. No 

 fresh manure should touch the root of a 

 plant. The fresh manure at the bottom 

 of the bed will be well rotted by the time 

 the roots reach it. After the top layer is 

 put on you will find the bed raised up six to 

 eight inches above the lawn, which is all 

 right ; it will settle enough in time. At all 

 times break up the soil into fine particles, 

 otherwise a lump of clay will remain a 

 lump, and is of little value for plant use. 



In making beds or shrub holes close to 

 buildings having a cellar, one generally 

 has to remove entirely all the soil, as that 

 present usually consists of the deeper soil 

 from the cellar excavation, mixed with 

 bricks and mortar few flowers root well 

 in brick. 



Place your flower beds along the walks, 

 at the house, or along the lot lines, but 

 do not clutter the center of your lawn 

 with them. An open grass plot adds ap- 

 parent size and dignity to any place. Give 

 as much open sunlight as possible. Only 



