mportance of cleanliness--The proper way
of watering them._

CHAPTER XVIII

=Various Hints=

_Artificial manures--Labelling--Cutting off dead flowers--Buying
plants--Tidiness in the garden, etc._

TERMS USED BY GARDENERS

=Mulching=--Term used for applying manure in a thick layer round the roots
of shrubs, as a protection from frost.

=Pricking off=--Transplanting seedlings into separate pots.

="Eyes"=--Incipient leaf-buds.

="Heel"=--The hardened part of a cutting, formed where it is joined to the
original plant.

=Annual=--Lasting one year.

=Biennial=--Lasting two years.

=Perennial=--Lasting several years.

=Herbaceous=--Term applied to plants which die down completely every
winter.

=Deciduous=--Not ever-green; this term is applied to trees the leaves of
which fall off every autumn.

=Suckers=--Shoots that spring up from the common stock, as distinct from
those which belong to the engrafted portion.

=Pegging down=--Bending branches down close to the ground, and securing
them with a peg.

=Runners=--Separate little plants, issuing from the parent, and ultimately
rooting for themselves.

=Spit=--A spade's depth.

="Strike"=--A term applied to cuttings making roots.

=Pinching out=--Rubbing off undesirable shoots.

="Blind"=--A term applied to plants which turn out flowerless.

=Heeling in=--The process of temporarily covering plants with soil, till
the weather is suitable for setting them out in their permanent quarters.

=Carpet-bedding=--The geometrical arrangement of plants.

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