110 YARD AND GAEDEN 



THE MOST SUITABLE SOIL 



The ideal annual flower-bed is within the 

 reach of every person who has any flower-bed 

 at all. First of all, it means suitable soil, and, 

 in the second place, it means thorough treat- 

 ment of this soil. If your ground is heayy — 

 clayish in quality — or light — due to too much 



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sand — it is often best to get rid of it entirely. 

 Outline the size of the bed, making sure not to 

 make it too wide to permit easy access to every 

 part of it, and excavate the poor soil to a depth 

 of two feet. Cart it away. Level off the bot- 

 tom and place a five- or six-inch layer of drain- 



