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care in the places which you have prepared for them in the 

 flower garden. Then next year they should begin their bloom. 



All bought plants, or those given you, are usually ready to 

 set in the garden at once. Divided roots should be set as 

 deep as they stood before. You can tell this depth by study- 

 ing the remains of the stalk. 



Seedling plants should be set with their crown at the 

 ground level, in the seed bed or in the garden, according to 

 their size. 



The treatment of perennial vegetables you can study in 

 the planting list. 



And now for planning the garden. There are so few 

 perennial vegetables that to plan for them is not difficult. 

 The good ones are asparagus, sea-kale, rhubarb, and udo. 

 The gardener should find what space each requires, settle how 

 many plants he needs of each, and then put them in one part 

 of the garden by themselves. This perennial bed should 

 be to the east or west of the annual vegetable garden, so 

 that it need never be in the way of plowing. The rows should 

 run parallel to the others, and they may be cultivated with 

 them. 



And now for my larger list of perennial flowers. The 

 best of them are the following, given according to the months 

 in which they begin to bloom. For April : perennial daisy 

 (Bellis perennis, English daisy), lily of the valley, forget-me- 

 not. For May : columbine, German iris, peony, bleeding- 

 heart. For June : Canterbury bell, Scotch pink, gaillardia, 

 Japan iris, Iceland and Oriental poppies, phlox, sweet 

 William, yucca (Adam's needle). For July : hollyhock, 

 foxglove, larkspur, helianthus (perennial sunflower). For 

 August : cardinal flower, golden glow. For September : 

 Japanese anemone, red-hot poker, hardy aster, helenium. 

 For October : hardy chrysanthemum. 



