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The Compost Pile

Compost has various uses and plays an important rôle in many garden practices, as in the making of hot beds, planting shrubs, potting, for filling greenhouse benches, in the making of new gardens and for renovating old ones. Every three or four years most perennials require to be lifted and divided in order to freshen their growth and increase the production of bloom. At this time it is well worth while to remove the surface 6 inches of soil and then to fertilize the lower soil strata by incorporating into it a dressing of [182]