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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



[Apr. 



CUTTING BOX EDGINGS. 



Box edgings should now be cut where they require it, as 

 all danger from frost will now be past, and the edgings may 

 be i)ut in proper order before the borders and walks are dressed 

 up for the summer. In cutting these edgings, they should be 

 done as neatly as possible, and be of an equal height and 

 breadth throughout, and should not be allowed to exceed 

 three inches in height and two in breadth at bottom, tapering 

 upwards to a point. Nothing looks worse than misshapen 

 box edging, particularly when allowed to attain a large size. 

 The only real use of an edging of any kind is to separate the 

 gravel of the walk from the mould in the border, and an 

 edging of the above dimensions is sufficient for that purpose ; 

 larger ones only harbour vermin, and give the garden a neg- 

 lected and careless appearance. 



GRAVEL WALKS. 



Gravel walks will now require to be regularly hoed, raked, 

 weeded, and rolled, and kept in a neat and orderly manner 

 during the sununer. 



GRASS WALKS AND LAWNS. 



Grass walks and lawns will require to be regularly swept, 

 rolled, and mown, from this time till November. 



SOWING HARDY ANNUALS. 



Annuals of this description may still be sown in the flower 

 garden borders, where they are to remain to flower; and a 

 few may be sown in the reserve garden, to be transplanted in 

 May and June, to fill up vacancies where they occur. 



SOWING TENDER ANNUALS. 



Tender annuals should be sown again this month to suc- 

 ceed those which were sown last month ; about the middle of 



