K34 THE PLEASURE, OR I Feb. 



and add a lining of good horse-dung to the back and ends of the 

 frame to its entire height, which will produce a strong growing 

 heat in the inside, sufficient for any purpose of forcing small plants. 

 The glasses being placed on this kind of frame with a considerable 

 degree of elevation, will receive the rays of the sun in a more direct 

 manner than if not elevated so much, by which means more heat 

 will be accumulated. 



Shelves may be erected in this kind of frame towards the back 

 part, if the plants intended to be forced arc not large, and the lining 

 can be renewed as often as necessary. 



Dress and dig the Borders, Beds, 8fC. 



"When the weather permits, let the flower beds and borders, in 

 general, be thoroughly cleared from weeds, and from every kind of 

 litter; for neatness in those parts of the garden is agreeable at all 

 times, but more particularly at this season. 



Therefore, let the surface of the beds and borders be lightly and 

 careful!}/ loosened with a hoe in a dry day, and let them be neatly 

 raked, which will give an air of liveliness to the surface, and the 

 whole will appear neat and very pleasing to the eye, and well worth 

 the labour. 



Likewise, if any borders, beds, &c. were not dug last autumn or 

 winter, it should now be done, ready for the reception of flower 

 plants, seeds, &c, that the whole may appear fresh and neat. 



Prime Flowering Shrubs. 



Finish pruning the hardy deciduous ilowering shrubs where 

 wanted. In doing this work, observe to cut out all dead wood.; 

 and where any of the branches are too long, or grow straggling, 

 let them be shortened, or cut oft' close, as you shall see necessary; 

 and likewise, where the branches of different shrubs interfere or 

 run into each other, shorten them so that each may stand singly 

 and clear of another, then all the different shrubs will show them- 

 selves distinctly and to the best advantage. 



When the shrubs are pruned, let the cuttings be cleared away 

 and the ground be neatly dug between and about all the plants, 

 observing to take oft' all suckers arising from the roots. Nothing 

 looks better in a shrubbery than to see the ground neat and fresh 

 between the flowering shrubs, and evergreens, &c, especially in 

 such clumps and other compartments where the shrubs stand 

 distant. 



But as sometimes particular parts of a shrubbery are on some 

 occasions required to form a close thicket, in that case very little 

 pruning or digging, &c. is wanted. 



Care of Grass JValks and Lawns. 



Grass walks and lawns should be kept extremely clean; in dry 

 weather, as soon as the greater winter frost is over, roll them with 

 a heavy roller to settle the earth which the frost had thrown up. 



