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transplanted) in rich compost, and nipped in to keep them 

 dwarf. It may also be sown thinly in window boxes, and 

 in the open border. 



Window plants should be repotted. Box edgings 

 (where such exist) should be clipped, and the surface of 

 flower borders hoed. 



This is the time to make up the nursery reserve corner. 

 Such things as herbaceous Phloxes, early outdoor Chry- 

 santhemums and Michaelmas Daisies may be taken up, 

 separated, planted in rows, left to grow until July, 

 and then placed in bold masses where they are to 

 flower. Phloxes may be moved with advantage when just 

 coming into flower, and Michaelmas Daisies flower better 

 and earlier by this method than when left undisturbed. 



One seldom meets now with the beautiful old sweet- 

 smelling Double-white Rocket (tlesperis) ; when left to 

 itself it generally disappears, it will flourish, however, if 

 treated as a Violet, broken up some time after flowering, 

 the divisions and cuttings planted in a shady place in the 

 nursery, and re-planted in the borders in early winter. The 

 trouble is more apparent than real. 



GARDENING IN MAY 



"No one can expect everything to be equally successful 

 every season ; an unfortunate sowing, a dry fortnight, 

 a late frost, or a cold wind, are answerable for a good deal 



