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THE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
soil of the bed, and throw in the heap of plants, and dig 
them into the second spit or undercrust, and then to return 
the top soil, and at once plant bulbs for spring flowering. 
This is better, we think, than storing up the plants in a heap 
to poison the atmosphere, or than allowing them to remain in 
the beds after their ( beauty is past—a bugbear to the eye, and 
a testimony of slovenliness. Tastes differ, and “ every one to 
his taste ” is a motto that very well suits a land of liberty 
and a nation of gardeners. 
