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cation, unless a beautiful and regular suc- 
cession of the choicest flowers is continued 
during the season. In order to obtain this 
delightful arrangement, when laying out 
or dividing any space of ground for that 
purpose, observe to make the division 
commodious Avhere the larger plants are to 
be cultivated^ though it ought at all times 
to be remembered, not to make any bed 
or plat broader than a person can conveni- 
ently reach to gather the flowers without 
stepping on the soil, which ought to be 
frequently stirred and raked neatly. 
I am friendly to the fashion of laying 
out flower gardens on grass lawns, surround- 
ed with a shrubbery of the choicest species, 
and at proper distances, clusters of Holly- 
hocks, Dahlias, Delphiniums or Bee-Lark- 
spurs, Heleanthemuins or perennial Sun 
Flowers, Rudbeckias, Solidagos or Golden 
Rods, Starry Asters or Michaelmas Daisies, 
&c. ; those may be placed promiscuously 
in the fore-ground of the shrubbery. Walks 
should judiciously intersect the plantings, 
in such manner as to lead to the most ad- 
vantageous points for viewing the flower 
garden and pleasure grounds. Plate II. 
is a specimen for laying out a flower garden 
on grass, either with or without Box edging 
round the beds. 
