Sept.] FLOWER-GARDEN. 503 
Flower-Borders and Shrubberies. 
Towards the latter end of this month, begin to dig the vacant 
beds and borders, where the plants are mostly declined in their 
flowering, to prepare them for the reception of any plants or roots, 
to kill weeds, and to give a neat and becoming appearance to the 
whole; if they require it, add some fresh earth or very rotten 
dung to them, and in the planting of flowers in borders along the 
principal walks, observe to dispose of them in such a manner, as 
that there may be a regular succession of flowers throughout the 
season in the different parts, planting the low growing kinds in front 
and the taller more remote from the walks. 
Continue to keep the general flower borders, clumps, and other 
similar districts very clean, and in neat order, and go round all the 
beds, borders, and shrubbery compartments once a week, to cut 
down decayed flower stems, for such detract much from the beauty 
of the plants in flower, as well as from that of the general appear- 
ance. 
Regulate disorderly growths, tie up straggling branches, and 
pick oflF all decayed leaves, likewise prune or cut away any branch- 
es or twigs that appear in a mouldy or declining slate, on any of the 
flowering plants or shrubs. 
Box Edgings. 
Clip box edgings where it was omitted in the two former months s 
but let this be done as soon now as possible, that the box may have 
time to grow a little and put on a fresh appearance before winter; 
it will be best to do this in wet or cloudy weather, if such should 
happen in due time. 
In the last week of this month, should the season prove moist, 
you may begin to plant box edgings where wanted, as directed in 
page 302, but if the weather sets in dry and hot immediately after, 
it will be necessary to shade them with boards, &c. for a month; 
about that period they will be newly rooted, and appear neat all 
winter. However, should the weather not prove favourable in this 
month, it would be more adviseable to defer that work till the early 
part of October. 
If you have low bunches of dwarf box, that the offsets are 
generally rooted, you need be under no apprehension of their strik- 
ing fresh root and growing freely at this time, if kept regularly 
watered, but where you form edgings of box cut lings, these will 
require to be carefully shaded from the sun, at least for a month 
after, if planted at this season. 
Clip Hedges. 
Sueh hedges as have not been trimmed in the preceding month, 
should be clipped in the early part of this, before the shoots get hard. 
In clipping hedges, always take particular care to have the 
shears in perfect good order, that you may be able to make neat and 
