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Still continue the care of gravel walks, whether 

 with respect to hand-picking, hoeing, or rolling, 

 while the weather continues open. Gravel walks 

 that are liable to be overgrown with moss, should be 

 more frequently hoed than others, in order to de- 

 stroy it, this being the chief season of its growth. 



FLOWERS* 



Care of choice Bulbous Flowers. 

 The beds of choice Hyacinths, Jonquils, Polyan- 

 thus-Narcissuses, Tulips, &c. planted last month, 

 should, in the apprehension of a severe winter, be 

 covered for their preservation. This is often done 

 by canvases or mats, suspended over hoops, in the 

 manner specified in March and April ; but by be- 

 ing too much excluded from the action of the at- 

 mosphere, the roots are frequently injured. It is, 

 besides, a method both troublesome and expensive, 

 to cover and uncover them as they ought to be, in 

 the course of a changeable winter. It is less so, and 

 perhaps they may be as effectually secured by a co- 

 vering, to the depth of two inches, of saw-dust not 

 resinous, and fine sheer-sand, mixed in equal quan- 

 tities. Or, they may be covered, to the depth of 

 three or four inches, with one-fourth part sand, and 

 three-fourths rotten stable-dung, well mixed toge- 

 ther; which, besides preserving, would act as a ma- 

 nure to them. 



