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shoulder height to drop them with sufficient force to send them 

 rolling in every direction. The number of bulbs to be used runs 

 all the way from twenty-five to a thousand or as many more as 

 there is space for. Spill them recklesly in the smaller groups by 

 simply turning the basket upside down; in larger quantities it 

 may be given a toss as it is overturned, flinging them just as 

 water would be flung along the ground. 



They will roll off in all directions and some will lie in close little 

 clumps and others will spread and journey' far, and there will be 

 bare spaces where none are. This is exactly the way they should 

 do: plant them just where they finally lie. When two kinds 

 are to be used together, scatter the larger ones first, then the 

 smaller. This gives the latter a chance to roll in around the 

 former in the same way that they would naturally work around 

 them underground, in the process of growth. 



LISTS OF PLANTS 



Herbaceous perennials is the term commonly used to indicate 

 hardy flowering plants which, given a place in the garden, do not 

 need renewing from year to year. They do, however, need a 

 little care and attention in the shape of digging up and dividing 

 every three or four years. The tendency of these plants to 

 spread at the roots causes them to crowd themselves in the course 

 of three or four seasons; division is therefore quite necessary, 

 if they are not to choke to death. 



Herbaceous plants die to the ground every winter and rise 

 from the roots each spring. Their stems are succulent instead 

 of woody, like a shrub ; and they are of all flowering plants the 

 most satisfactory, because the most permanent. 



