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the edge and thirty inches apart, and each 

 plant will be fully exposed to the light and 

 air and will not interfere with its neighbours. 

 For Teas and Hybrid Teas the width of 

 the bed may profitably be reduced to even 

 three feet. The plants can be set eight 

 inches from the edge and two feet apart, 

 which will be ample space. 



MAKING A BED ON THE LAWN 



In preparing a bed on a lawn the sod and 

 soil should first be entirely removed and 

 placed apart. The best of the subsoil should 

 then be taken out and placed on the opposite 

 side of the trench, and finally the portion to 

 be discarded, making in all a depth of at least 

 two feet. The floor should be loosened up 

 to the full depth of a pick-head, the good sub- 

 soil replaced and mixed with a generous 

 dressing of well-decomposed manure (prefer- 

 ably that from a cow stable). Lastly the sod 

 should be well broken up and the top soil also 

 thoroughly enriched with manure, and the 

 bed filled with good unmanured top soil to 

 about two or three inches above the adjoining 

 surface, enough good soil being added to 



