

PART I. 



ARRANGEMErrr OF THE FLOWER GARDEN, AND PRO- 

 PAGATION OF PLANTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



On Laying out the Flower Garden. 



ART. 1. General Remarks. 



THE principal object of the "Flower garden" being to 

 please the eye, it should in every department have a clean 

 and healthy appearance, which greatly facilitates the health 

 and growth of the plants and flowers that it contains. 



The situation should be so selected, that all the kinds of 

 plants are, as near as possible, accommodated to their natural 

 location, which, by general observation, will be found to be of 

 a more varied nature than can in any given spot be combined 

 to suit the health and growth of such plants as are placed in 

 the flower garden : hence the propriety of selecting a soil, 

 that will suit most kinds ; and in some cases, a proper soil, 

 to suit those plants that will not thrive without their peculiar 

 earth to support them. 



A knowledge of these requisites, is, in a great measure, the 

 leading principle of what is called flower-gardening ; although 

 in many cases, the mere act of culture is the only object in 

 view, which has but little weight on the subject ; for we can 

 observe wild flowers growing luxuriantly in their natural state, 

 without any other assistance than the hand of nature. 



For a definition of the different modes and management of 

 flowers, I refer the reader to their respective heads. 

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