186 PLANNING AND PLANTING 



or seller is left to tear his hair and wonder at the 

 complexity of human nature. 



While there are many natural causes that may 

 lead to a partial, sometimes an entire failure, I 

 think there are possibly no others greater than 

 those stated at the head of this chapter ; ignorance, 

 neglect, and carelessness. 



It has come within the purview of the writer in 

 at least a couple of instances of folk buying the 

 plants to make a hedge, and then when the plants 

 arrive, it seems so many other things require doing 

 that the planting is put off to a more convenient 

 time, and as a consequence the bales of plants 

 reposed for weeks in a shed or cellar, there to await 

 the more convenient time. Generally, even in such 

 cases, many will complain about the quality of 

 the plants. Odds bodkins! 



Another incident within the personal experience 

 of the writer was the purchase by a school teacher 

 of a couple of rose bushes. The roses were deliv- 

 ered by a clerk, and later complaint made that 

 only one of the roses was received. 



An investigation showed that the purchaser 

 had simply removed the waterproof wrapper, and 

 had planted BOTH roses in one hole, not even 

 removing the wet moss that was wrapped around 

 the roots of the plants. 



Again, a certain woman had ordered both achil- 

 lea and strawberry plants. She was promptly 



