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Work to be done in the Garden. 
gay patches, and yon should always in planting 
them fill the hole up with sand, and only put 
an inch or so of soil over it. They should be 
planted about two inches deep. 
April . 
What a pleasant month this is always in the gar- 
den. We have just now a world of work to do, 
and it is all so pleasant that we want to do all at 
once. There are seeds to sow, and cuttings to 
strike, (the process of doing which will be found in 
“May,”) biennials to plant out and watering to be 
done. I remember how delightful we always used 
to think it when it came to be time to water. The 
flowers and leaves look all so very fresh, and 
the scent of the watered ground is perhaps the 
pleasantest of all. 
It is indeed really necessary, now that we come 
to April, to think a little of what we are about. It 
will not answer to do indoor work on fine days, 
because the fit has taken us to put in a lot of cut- 
tings, even although it is true we may do it out of 
doors. There will be many days when the rain 
