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TIIE AMATEUR’S FLOWER GARDEN. 
finish it off as neatly as a brick-built wall. Then, for tho 
sashes to rest on, nail a strip of board of sufficient width 
to lap over the turf to carry off rain; and fit three of the 
ordinary three and a half feet sashes, well painted and glazed, 
and your pit is complete. 
To complete the pit for the reception of plants, make a bed 
of clean-sifted coal-ashes inside to plunge the pots in, or lay 
down a bed of brick rubbish, and on that one foot depth of 
sandy loam for the plants. During severe weather thatched 
hurdles would be the most useful covering to assist in keeping 
out frost. Pits of this kind are not only valuable in winter 
for preservative purposes, but in spring, when cleared out, 
they are useful for raising annuals and early vegetables for 
planting out. Two feet well-worked dung, with six inches of 
mould on the top, would make hotbeds of them at once : and 
during the whole year round, they could be kept in active use* 
and if well made at first would last a lifetime. 
C-ABDEIT SATE IN CHINESE STYLE, 
