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Work to he done in the Garden . 
were before in the ground. It is a great deal 
easier to draw the earth round them afterwards if 
they need earthing up, and plants put in too deep 
are very apt to decay. They require also to be 
most gently handled, or else a succession of snaps 
will leave all your nurslings headless — which is 
deplorable. You will find it best therefore to take 
your time, and fill in the soil very gently while 
you hold the plant most carefully in its place with 
your other hand. 
There are not likely in April to be any real hard 
frosts, but if any morning the leaves should be 
frosted, you will have to water them directly with 
cold water. That sounds very strange, but if you 
do not do it, you will find the leaves turn black, 
and even your Tulip-beds may be all the better for 
the same care being taken. 
When things face the north this does not so 
much signify, or when they are shaded; because 
then the sun does not shine on them till they have 
time to thaw; otherwise it injures the plants, just on 
the same principle that people coming in “ frozen,” 
or calling themselves so, must not rush to the fire 
till they have got warm gradually. 
On the whole, I think, the watering time gene- 
rally, for the next two months, had better be in 
