| Show what to do in winter Alth aith although bugh no work can be performed out of doorman doormat this season in the garden yet there brehany are bany hany things which cm can be more P properly fOP etlY attended to than in those portions of the year when the active operations of the garden call for the entire tinie tima and energies of the eutiva tor chiet chief among these is the formation of plans for alterations and improvements to be made in the coming pring prinz for the consideration of such plans and the manner in which to carry them out the abundant leisure of ino inclement lement winter affords ample opportunity booksman Book be read and friends consul konsul consulted tedy as to wei weir and desirableness materi als ais may bay be collected and every preparation may lie bie made for a vigorous prosecution of the labor at the earliest possible moment in all ali cases where any extensive alterations of th the eplan pian plan or planting of the roder noder garden are contemplated contemplate i ae a ground plan pian of the garden should be made as nearly correct as possible not for the purpose of oe serving as the only gudde guede in such alterations but to be used as an oal obi assistant stant in making them for it will ba found that manya many a plan pian which looks admirably on paper will fail fall entirely when carried into effect oh dh the grounds persons inexperienced in buchl buchi matters inest must always expect so botne boine in 6 disappointments disappoint ments menta in their efforts to improve their grounds alterations wll will frequently be found to beng heng be no improvement and patience and antl perseverance are aro greatly needed in the prosecution of any plans evich may be bie formed where grounds are extensive a man of experience and taste bolste should always be employed to lay them out in the first place orao or to superintend any desired alterations on 2 a large cale caie but in the case of A small garden where the owner Is unable or unwilling ing inc to e employ a an architect his bis own taste and judgment enst be called into requisition to esmie emmie essect effect ct the desired changes at season selections of shrubbery and Ao fi plants plan pian tsmay may mry be made from the cat eat the various florists and nurserymen nurseryman nursery men the une places inah in wh ch they are to be planted may maxs also ba marked so that when they arrive from the nursery no thought or consideration is ia necessary except as to the mode of plant planting flower seeds may also bo be selected from ty the list furnished by the seeds men and if ordered a month or two before they are needed it will be all the better they will be b e on handt handi really for use G generally e ne rally raily all buch such things are left until the ver very y moment they are wanted then they are ard ordered to be sent without any delay and the seeds men is ia fretted at and blamed because he cannot fill the orders of a hundred dilatory and impatient cus customers tomera at once lv we would urge the importance of using th the tha leisure winter months for such purposes as aa these theses and are sure bure that the importance of these thise suggest ivris mast must be obvious to every one who will take the trouble to reflect upon the tha subject at all |
