WINTER BEDDING 



Autumn Work 



This usually consists of the filling up, by means of small 

 conifers and other shrubs, of those beds, or portions of 

 the garden occupied by tender bedders and annuals 

 during the summer. 



Each bed might be filled with plants of one variety. 

 On the other hand, where the beds are large, planting 

 of several varieties is usually favoured, the plants being 

 dotted, or placed in lines, or in blocks, etc. In small 

 gardens, some may prefer a planting in which every tree 

 is different from its neighbour. 



Suitable selections have been given, but by far the 

 best plan is to choose by sight in a nursery. 



Plants 2 to 4 feet high are most generally useful ; 

 they should be carefully moved with balls of soil 

 adhering, as soon as possible after the removal of the 

 summer plants. They may be set so closely that their 

 branches touch, or further apart. It is less formal, and 

 more satisfactory, if two or three sizes are used in plant- 

 ing the beds, putting in the smaller plants more closely 

 between the larger. Water well unless the soil is 

 moist. 



Before the spring or summer planting of the beds take 

 place the shrubs must be carefully lifted and replanted 

 in a spare piece of ground, watering well for some weeks 

 after, if needful. Here they will stop until autumn, 

 when they are again transferred to the flower-garden, 

 etc. Treated thus, many shrubs remain in good condition 



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