OBSERVATIONS 



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Previous to forming a Flower Garden, the ground 

 should be made mellow and rich, by being well pul- 

 verised, manured, and prepared in every respect as if 

 intended for a Kitchen Garden. A Flower Garden 

 should be protected from cold cutting winds by close 

 fences, or plantations of shrubs^ forming a close and 

 compact hedge, which should be neatly trimmed every 

 year. Generally speaking, a Flower Garden should 

 not be upon a large scale ; the beds or borders should 

 in no part of them be broader than the cultivater can 

 reach to, without treading on them : the shape and 

 number of the beds must be determined by the size of 

 the ground, and the taste of the person laying out the 

 garden. Much of the beauty of a pleasure garden 

 depends on the manner in which it is laid out ; a great 

 variety of figures may be indulged in for the Flower 

 bed. Some choose oval or circular forms, others 

 squares, triangles, hearts, diamonds, &c. r and inter- 

 sected winding gravel walks. 



