38 EVERGREEN SHRUBS. [PFB. 



half way betwixt, to allow oLall being seen. 

 But should there be a walk entirely round the 

 bed, then the tallest plants, of course, must be 

 placed in the centre. 



Hitherto, I have said nothing about garden 

 tools. It is absolutely necessary for you to have 

 a small strong spade, a rake, a trowel, a water- 

 ing-pot, a hoe, a birch broom, and a wheelbar- 

 row of your own, in order that you may not be 

 perpetually borrowing tools from the gardener, 

 which are, besides, too heavy for you to use 

 with pleasure. These you may buy by degrees ; 

 beginning with the three first, as being the 

 most wanted. 



I should recommend you to plant, about the 

 middle of the next month, a few evergreen 

 shrubs, such as rhododendrons, balsam fir, holly, 

 and laurel, round the place where you intend to 

 build your seat, or summer-house. These are 



