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and the plant lost if attempts are made to remove 

 it. When filling in the soil press it firmly, 

 making a trough round the top, which should be 

 filled daily with water. Any branches that have 

 been tied up may now be undone, and the foliage 

 occasionally syringed. Large plants may be shifted 

 in this manner without any ill effects. 



In removing plants in sandy soil, where it is 

 difficult to shift them with balls of earth at their 

 roots, it will be found to be of great benefit to the 

 plants, after transplanting, if a hose with a fine rose 

 attached, is kept playing for a week or so over the 

 foliage during the day until new roots are made, and 

 the borders should he mulched with manure, to prevent 

 evaporation. The manure can afterwards be dug in. 



New borders for shrubs should be dug deeply, and if 

 the soil is poor and sandy, Nile soil and manure should 

 be added. Where the ground is of a heavy nature, as 

 one often finds in Cairo, a good dressing of sand or 

 ashes will help to keep the soil open. 



Plant always in angles, and consider the habit and 

 growth of each plant, having the taller behind, and those 

 of a dwarfer nature in front, Allowing sufficient room for 

 each plant to develop without touching its neighbour. 



Where the shrubbery does not adjoin a lawn, a verge 

 or strip of turf about 3ft. wide, or a border of suitable 

 dwarf plants, such as Gazania rigens, which blooms 

 with large yellow flowers from April until July ; Cine- 

 raria maritima^ Tradescantia tricolor^ and others would 

 give a tidy appearance, while sufficient room between 

 the shrubs and the adjoining plants should be left for 

 Dahlias, Lilies, Sweet Peas, Carnations, Poppies, &c., 

 so that the borders may present banks of foliage and 

 flowers. All shrubs should be pruned into shape at 

 least once a year, usually after flowering. 



The following are some of the best varieties of 

 shrubs suitable for the usual requirements : 



Aralia digitata. A large bushy shrub, known 

 under this name, found in almost every garden in 



