. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. CULTIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANTS. f^ «^a. FLO^VEIt-BEnS. .ONSIDERABLE care should be exercised in tlie preparation of flower-beds, after which they will give less trouble, and will last for many years with a little addition of manure every fall or spring. They may be various in shape â either round, triangular, palm-leaf or starsâor several of one shape with grass or paths between, grouped or massed together. They should be dug to the depth of at least a ot, and deeper if the natural soil is stiff or heavy. If the soil i
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. CULTIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANTS. f^ «^a. FLO^VEIt-BEnS. .ONSIDERABLE care should be exercised in tlie preparation of flower-beds, after which they will give less trouble, and will last for many years with a little addition of manure every fall or spring. They may be various in shape â either round, triangular, palm-leaf or starsâor several of one shape with grass or paths between, grouped or massed together. They should be dug to the depth of at least a ot, and deeper if the natural soil is stiff or heavy. If the soil is poor, it would .isable to remove it entirely and supply its place with better. If the lage is bad â a wet soil, for instance â the surface eaith that has been -â ned for the bed should be thrown aside, and two or three inches of gravel, cinders or what is still better, some long straw manure or brush, be placed in the bottom, the soil thrown in again, manured if necessarv, the lumps well beaten out, and the bed raked fine and even. After this it will require onlv to be well stirred with a digging-fork every spring to loosen it up a little. It is better in low situatiuntlcd by gravel walks, a border of close-cut grass is very neat as marking the outlines of the bed. In some parts of California flower- beds are well rolled down, to pack the surface, so as to give off less evaporation during the months of drouth. The terra cotta manufactured for the purpose, as well as tiles, bricks standing on end and touching sides, or thin, flat stones set in the same manner, are sometimes used to preser\e beds from the encroachments of grass. FLOWER-BEDS IN RELATION TO SYMMETRY AND COLOR. In arranging flower-beds, some attention should be paid to the effect different plants will produce when brought together. The taller ones should go to the center, and the lower growing and prostrate ones toward the margins, so that one will not hide another. The same rule applies to straight borders
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