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it with great care. We have planted thousands in the spring and cut 

 flowers from them in six weelis. 



Grafting is seldom practiced. A bud is taken from a costly variety 

 and inserted in a root of a common sort, but the process is a little 

 difficult. 



In planting buds alone, you must first get the buds. This is done 

 by taking a box eighteen inches deep. Knock off the top and bottom 

 and then place what is left of it around the plant and fill with earth. 

 The plant will force itself through, and as it is ambitious to move the 

 plant up into the light it will throw out buds on the stems. These you 

 cut oif with a portion of the stem and plant in moist earth in a cellar 

 till well rooted, then plant in the open. 



PLATYCODONS. 

 These are very fine; brought to us from Japan. We have the white 

 and the blue. You can grow them from seeds planted early in the spring 

 or plant the roots in the fall or early spring. These are much like 

 turnips, increasing their size as they grow older. 



THE BOCCONIA. 



This is one of the most imposing of our perennials. It grows to the 

 height of eight or ten feet. It should be placed in the back-ground. It 

 is a grayish green. The leaves are lobed and notched and very large, 

 giving the plant a semi-tropical appearance. It is a decided acquisition. 

 It is grown from seeds like other perennials, and from root divisions. 



PHLOXES. 



Here we are in a land of delight. We have reached a point now when 

 advancement is certain. It is easy to originate new and glorious forms. 

 If your plants are well bred, plant seeds in the fall. No matter how 

 severe the winter or stormy the spring — the slushier and sloppier the 

 better — the tiny plants will buffet snow and ice and rather enjoy it. 



By planting seeds you can get new sorts. You propagate the old 

 sorts by root division. I find to get good, strong, vigorous roots it is 

 much better to divide and transplant every year. It is better to do this 

 in October, giving the plants a chance to root. If deferred till spring it 

 should be done early. Plant so the bud will be two inches below the 

 surface. 



THE YORK EXPERIMENT STATION. 



When we review the work which has been accomplished the last few 

 years we are really proud of ourselves. When we take up an eastern 

 paper and read glowing accounts of the famous Nebraska wizard we 

 are somewhat at a loss, as we seem surrounded with a sort of halo of 

 impossible things no man can produce, but as we emerge from the 

 glamour and the mist and begin to find ourselves, we find we have some 

 cause for self-congratulation. 



