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The Young Gardener . 
would recommend a trellis or cross-stick fence, 
that gives a narrow border ; or a circular bed 
surrounded by a creeper-grown fence of the same 
description; or even a corner, 'providing it faces 
either south or west , in which they may make a 
tiny garden within a garden. 
I shall hereafter give a few hints occasionally 
for this especial little nook of flowers. But what 
month shall we begin with ? 
Well, do you know, I think March will do best, 
because people take houses often at Lady-day, and 
doubtless, therefore, that is the time when you will 
take your garden. Besides, before March perhaps 
you would not do much good. 
Do you like a garden to be full or empty when 
you get it ? I rather like it empty because then it 
has all to be done. 
The first thing, of course, will be : — 1 . To lay 
out the garden. 2. To put the ground into planting 
order. 3. To keep it always full and neat. The 
first of these three things has to be done once 
for all. So I will give a few chapters on these 
arrangements which may of course be missed by 
people who have got their gardens already laid 
out nicely, and who do not want to alter them. 
The second also may or may not be wanted. 
