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Work to be done in the Garden . 
young workman will take good care to avoid 
treading on ground once dug, and will also be 
on the look out for roots of weeds, or stones that 
may turn up. 
I always was very anxious to have my garden 
arranged so that I could reach to the middle of 
beds without treading on them. On a wet day for 
instance it is not nice to have one’s foot go down 
deep into the mould leaving a great hole. And 
people are always apt to tread in such wrong 
places and perhaps to crush down a flower-stem 
just rising through the soil. 
The plants, if any are in, should always bo 
taken out before a grand digging begins — and be 
laid on one side carefully till the piece is dug*. 
Taking up these said roots requires a little care.. 
Some people go to work as if the only thing was to 
get them up . That is quite a mistake however, for 
the proper question is how to make them grow again. 
We must then be careful to take up the roots 
unhurt, and to take up some soil with them. You 
should watch the gardener some day making cuts 
straight down all round the plant, and then taking 
out a spadeful of soil, and getting his spade nicely 
below the plant ; you never see him take hold of 
the stem and give a twist and a pull ! No, he 
