Round the Year in the Garden 



new straight edge is at the margin of the walk ; the 

 small space between the broken edge and the lawn is 

 easily filled with soil, in which grass seeds may be sown. 



Renovating Arches and Pergolas. Much disappoint- 

 ment may be prevented if, at this season, the pillars 

 and arches of wood are examined and defective ones 

 made good. It is necessary to detach all growths from 

 their supports to carry out the work efficiently, but this 

 affords an opportunity (which ought really to have been 

 taken earlier) of cutting out old and worthless stems 

 and of tying in the remaining ones correctly. An 

 excellent way of adding to the years of a rustic arch 

 or pillar is to fix the base of each pole in an earthen- 

 ware pipe, such as is used for draining, or in iron piping, 

 and to fill the space with cement. One may creosote 

 the bottom of the poles, or use iron supports, and cover 

 them or not with strips of bark. It is often stated that 

 climbing plants will not thrive on iron, but this is 

 disproved by experience. However, they do not, I 

 think, look so well as on wood. 



There are dead leaves and faded stems on the rockery 

 and, if not removed, they are liable to cause some of 

 the plants to perish. A few rock plants are fastidious 

 in so far as they dislike our wet, mild winter. Such as 

 Asperula suberosa, most Androsaces, Gentiana verna 

 and acaulis, Acantholirnon venustum, Antirrhinum 

 asarinum, Arnebia echioides, Silene acaulis, Lewisia, 

 Omphalodes Luciliae, Onosma and Soldanella are among 

 those that need covering with a piece of glass raised 

 a few inches above the ground. One may still plant 

 the vigorous kinds of rockery flowers, but it is as well to 

 defer putting in choice kinds until spring. 



Planting Spring Beds. Those who follow the practice 

 of summer bedding must also plant spring flowering 

 plants, if they wish to keep the garden gay throughout 

 as long a season as possible. Some of the most delightful 

 displays are created with such familiar spring flowers as 



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