als^ and certainly well repays the requisite 
pains and trouble. 
Keeping the different plants tied up nice- 
ly as their stems advance in growth adds 
much to the neatness of the flower garden. 
Though a volume mig^ht be filled with a 
rotationary system and rules for managing 
the flower garden, what I have inserted 
may suflice to form the idea. 
COMPOST, 
Of Compost heaps which ought to he pre- 
pared and kept in reserve for the pur- 
pose of refreshing the divisions of the 
flower garden. 
F or the shrubs generally termed Ameri- 
can Plants, good bog earth one half, the 
mould of decayed tree leaves one fourth, 
fine rich vegetable soil one fourth, thoge 
must be well mixed and incorporated to- 
gether, by frequent turning and chopping 
with the spade for a twelve month at least 
before it is used. All kinds of bulbous- 
rooted plants thrive well in this compost. 
For plants in general, the mould of de- 
