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THE YOUNG FLORIST. 



show their flower buds — and the progress 

 which the Tulips, Crown Imperials, and Hya- 

 cinths had made, plainly told that a thousand 

 new beauties w ere about to unfold themselves. 



Daniel having now returned, was directed to 

 take a spade and throw the soil from the part 

 marked out for the alleys on to the beds. Great 

 care was observed not to get over the marks. 

 Henry next laid out the alley from the out- 

 side of the square to the arbor, two and a half 

 feet wide. — The beds were now raked fine, the 

 circles again described, arid the narrow strips of 

 turf laid evenly round, and settled into the 

 ground with the back of the spade, the edges 

 trimmed, and the soil thrown upon the beds, and 

 again raked. 



The next thing that Daniel did, was to 

 wheel from the brook gravel for the alleys, 

 which was rather a heavy job. — They w ere 

 filled nearly as high as the turf, and made per- 

 fectly level. 



