Blow off dust from plants in flower—using the mouth for the more
delicate sorts, and taking the bellows for those that are of stronger
constitution. Pull back ivy from adjacent gardens, and train up against
your own wall, with pieces of old waistcoating.
For borderings, you may now resort freely to the planting of
oyster-shells, which you can procure in large quantities from the boys,
after the grottos are demolished. It is not advisable to have recourse
to box, though, if you have planted it very close in the previous
season, you may fill up the spaces that you will now find, with the
oyster-shells. They are not so liable to be attacked by the grubs, and
the cats do not displace them so readily by running over them.