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You ought now to collect a heap of leaves to 

 rot into mould for next year ; and your turf and 

 loam heaps should be turned and broken occa- 

 sionally. The gravel walks should be swept 

 and rolled every week during the winter, even 

 when there is no work to be done in the gar- 

 den: and indeed, I think you will find this no 

 bad exercise in cold weather. 



Do not forget to pay great attention to the 

 beds of carnations; they must <be protected 

 from both frost and wet. And, I may here 

 mention again, that the great object with re- 

 spect to most of our garden plants, like carna- 

 tions, &LC., is to guard against too much wet ; 

 this is far more injurious than frost: many of 

 the plants in our gardens are killed by the 

 effects of wet more than by the frost. 



This observation applies particularly to Alpine 

 plants, or those that come from mountainous 



