ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



high, and with these plants also the best 

 effect is to be obtained when they are grown 

 in clumps of six or eight. Strong plants in 

 rich soil will be quite a foot across when 

 blooming. If planted a foot apart, they will 

 grow together, and, with the Foxgloves, 

 produce the most beautiful effect of the 

 entire Summer. In case none of these plants 

 have been raised, and no more fortunate 

 kindly neighbor, with the free-masonry that 

 exists among gardeners, can give them to 

 you, they should be bought and planted at 

 once, if they are to blossom in next Sum- 

 mer's garden. 



Perennial Larkspurs, too, should now be 

 finally transplanted. These are hardy and 

 long-lived plants, growing from four to 

 six feet in height, often higher. Plant six 

 or eight together, about two feet apart. 

 When the Larkspurs are finally cut down, 

 a small quantity of fine coal ashes should be 

 sifted over the tops of the plants, enough 

 to cover the crown about half an inch. 

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