Archive image from page 606 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 TUL 61 ' If the bottom be wet and sour, and you have drained it as before denoted, let there be a good six inches of brick rubbish, or broken flowerpots, or both, put at the bottom, and about six inches of the common garden soil upon them. ' The pit for the bed being now pre- pared for filling, spread dry cow-dung, six inches thick, at the bottom; let it be trodden down, and throw maiden loam, as already described as the top spit of a meadow, with the turf rott
Archive image from page 606 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 TUL 61 ' If the bottom be wet and sour, and you have drained it as before denoted, let there be a good six inches of brick rubbish, or broken flowerpots, or both, put at the bottom, and about six inches of the common garden soil upon them. ' The pit for the bed being now pre- pared for filling, spread dry cow-dung, six inches thick, at the bottom; let it be trodden down, and throw maiden loam, as already described as the top spit of a meadow, with the turf rotted in it; fill up the bed to eight inches above the surface, drive down at each corner of the bed a stake, to mark the exact size the bed should be, that is, the two end stakes four feet from each other, and from one end to the other twenty-five feet; and let these stakes stand exactly square, one foot above the surface of the path, and perfectly level. 'If you design to have the sides boarded, which saves much trouble, your best way is to let the carpenter adjust the boards very nicely as to level, to let them go down at least six inches below the surface of the garden or path, and stand eight inches above it; he must then provide a three-inch width, to fit on and take off at pleasure, because it is of the greatest service in planting. The most simple way of planning this is with bolts ; the boarding should be an inch thick, staples should be placed both in the fixed and in the moveable board, opposite each other, at proper distances. « The whole should be covered from heavy falls both of rain and snow ; and from the moment the bulbs are in the ground, have none but genial showers, and not much rain of any sort. We would never see the bed dry, but should be quite as unwilling to see it too wet.' —Gard. and Pract. Flor. Should very severe frosts occur dur- ing the winter, cover the bed all over a few inches thick with sawdust, which, ifdry, the frost never penetrates. When t
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