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and add a lining of good horse-dung to the back and ends of the 
frame to its entire height, which will produce a strong growing 
heat in the inside, sufficient for any purpose of forcing small plants. 
The glasses being placed on this kind of frame with a considerable 
degree of elevation, will receive the rays of the sun in a more direct 
manner than if not elevated so much, by which means more heat 
will be accumulated. 
Shelves may be erected in this kind of frame towards the back 
part, if the plants intended to be forced are not large, and the lining 
can be renewed as often as necessary. 
Dress and dig the Borders, Beds, 8,-c. 
When the weather permits, let the flower beds and borders, in 
general, be thoroughly cleared from weeds, and from every kind of 
litter; for neatness in those parts of the garden is agreeable at all 
times, but more particularly at this season. 
Therefore, let the surface of the beds and borders be lightly and 
carefully loosened with a hoe in a dry day, and let them be neatly 
raked, which w^ill give an air of liveliness to the surface, and the 
whole will appear neat and very pleasing to the eye, and well worth 
the labour. 
Likewise, if any borders, beds, &c. were not dug last autumn or 
winter, it should now be done, ready for the reception of flower 
plants, seeds, &c., that the whole may appear fresh and neat. 
Prune Flowering Shrubs. 
Finish pruning the hardy deciduous flovi^ering shrubs where, 
wanted. In doing this work, observe to cut out all dead wood; 
and where any of the branches are too long, or grow straggling, 
let them be shortened, or cut o3" close, as you shall see necessary; 
and likewise, where the branches of different shrubs interfere or 
run into each other, shorten them so that each may stand singly 
and clear of another, then all the different shrubs will show them- 
selves distinctly and to the best advantage. 
When the shrubs are pruned, let the cuttings be cleared away 
and the ground be neatly dug between and about all the plants, 
observing to take oft' all suckers arising from the roots. Nothing 
looks better in a shrubbery than to see the ground neat and fresh 
between the flowering shrubs, and evergreens, &c., especially in 
such clumps and other compartments where the shrubs stand 
distant. 
Bat as sometimes particular parts of a shrubbery are on some 
occasions required to form a close thicket, in that case very little 
pruning or digging, &c. is wanted. 
Care of Grass Walks and Lawns. 
Grass walks and lawns should be kept extremely clean; in dry 
weather, as soon as the greater winter frost is over, roll them with 
fi heavy roller to settle the earth which the frost had thrown up. 
