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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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paratioii is necessary in all situations, however dry ; but in wet 

 ones it will also be necessary, in order to render them still more 

 dry, to have a drain in the middle of each, below the stratum 

 of flint, stones, &c., which drains should empty themselves at 

 convenient distances, in such a way as the water which they 

 may collect may be carried off to a distance, or disposed of so 

 that it may not be injurious to any part of the garden. 



Those gravel walks which may have been ridged up in autunui 

 should now be levelled down, and put in order for the season. 

 We have advised this mode of ridging up the gravel for the 

 walks in the Culinary Garden, for the greater preservation of 

 them during winter, when the gravel would be liable to be in- 

 jm-ed by wheeling, and such like operations that might require 

 to be done in that department ; but as there will be fewer of 

 these operations going on in the flower garden or pleasure 

 ground ; and as the walks, while in such a state, would be un- 

 sightly, and rendered unfit for use, we would not advise that 

 operation to be performed in this instance. Indeed, the walks 

 throughout the flower garden and pleasure ground should be 

 kept equally well during the winter as during the summer. As 

 the gravel is turned over, or fresh gravel added, it should be 

 rolled as the process goes on, for gi'avel seldom binds so well 

 after rolling, if that operation be deferred until it becomes either 

 dry or exposed to rain. 



DIGGING THE FLOWER BORDERS AND SHRUBBERY. 



Every part of the flower garden and shrubbery should now 

 be put into the best order. The flower borders and shrubberies 

 should be finished digging if deferred so long. Previously to 

 digging or pointing over these borders, all edgings, whether 

 box or turf, should be neatly and evenly cut, the former with 

 the box-edging shears, and the latter with the edging-iron. 

 Those borders which have been dug over in autunm, or during 

 the winter, should be frequently hoed and raked over to give 

 the whole a more cheerful and respectable appearance. 



