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THE FLOWER GARDEN, 
The following table shows the distances for planting, 
etc. : — 
Name of Shrub. 
Time to 
Plant. 
Distance 
to 
Plant. 
Height 
of 
Plants. 
Cost of 
Plants 
per 100. 
Cost of Planting 
and Preparing Site 
per lineal yard. 
Cost of Trimming 
per chain. 
Deciduous — 
Inches. 
Inches. 
£ 
S. 
d. 
S. d. 
s. d. 
Beech 
Oct. to Feb. 
q to 12 
18 to 24 
O 
4 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Ditto 
12 
24 to 36 
O 
5 
O 
0 9 
0 4 
Berberis... 
Ditto 
o to 12 
18 to 24 
I 
O 
O 
0 9 
0 4 
Hornbeam 
Ditto 
36 
24 to 36 
O 
5 
O 
0 9 
0 4 
Myrobalan Plum 
Ditto 
6 
12 
O 
6 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Quick 
Ditto 
4 
12 
0 
3 
O 
0 9 
0 4 
Ditto 
6 
18 
0 
4 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Evergreen — 
Arbor vitae 
Sept.& Oct. 
12 to 18 
24 to 36 
I 
IS 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Ditto 
24 
36 to 48 
2 
10 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Box 
Autumn ... 
12 
12 
I 
s 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Cupressus 
Sept. & Oct. 
18 
18 to 21 
I 
10 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Euonymus 
Oct. to Dec. 
12 
12 tO l8 
2 
0 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Holly 
) April ... f 
9 to 12 
12 
I 
I 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Ditto 
^ May . . . J 
12 
12 to 15 
I 
15 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Ditto 
1 Sept. ... 1 
is 
18 
2 
s 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Laurel 
Autn. & Spg. 
12 to 24 
12 tO 24 
O 
>5 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Ditto 
24 
18 to 24 
I 
5 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Privet 
Autumn ... 
4 
12 tO 24 
O 
5 
0 
0 9 
0 4 
Ditto 
6 
24 to 36 
O 
7 
6 
0 9 
0 4 
Yew 
Ditto 
9 to 18 
9 to 12 
I 
I 
O 
0 9 
0 4 
Ditto 
T* 
T2 to Ti; 
I 
TO 
O 
0 9 
0 4 
It is advisable to cut young thorns well back the first year of 
planting to make them bushy at the base. The soil, too, at 
the base of the hedge should be forked over every winter 
and weeds kept in check. 
Statuary and Garden Furniture, — The day has gone 
by for an excessive display of statuary in gardens. If, how- 
ever, such ornaments are used they should be placed not too 
far from the house, where they will be more in character. 
Vases in that case look well on the pillars of steps leading from 
the house to the terrace or gravel path ; on the steps descending 
a terrace or alongside the margin of a terrace. They are quite 
