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should never be left longer than two years, they 

 should then be carefully gone over and an experi- 

 enced hand should determine how much should be 

 left and what removed. If you have planting of 

 Iris, Shaster daisies, and Veronicas, they can read- 

 ily wait until the third year. 



The ground is of just as much importance as the 

 planting. Just because you wish to grow flowers 

 and shrubs, you must remember that they must 

 have food to live on, that this food must be prop- 

 erly prepared and contain plenty of nourishment, 

 otherwise you will have spent money and time for 

 naught. First of aU comes fertilizing. Doubtless, 

 in some part of the ground you can find a corner 

 that wiU be the proper place for the compost heap. 

 In its selection, it is better that it should be con- 

 cealed by shrubs or treUis, vine covered. It would 

 be a blot in the landscape if you treated it other- 

 wise. 



Every time you rake over the lawn or weed the 

 garden, throw into a large basket the refuse and let 

 it form part of the compost heap. The foundation 

 for this should be plenty of manure and this, to 

 be at its best, must be well rotted and mixed in with 

 other material to lighten and bring about better 



