34 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



during the early part of the summer, but if this fact is con- 

 sidered a drawback, the plants can be cultivated in nursery 

 beds until they are required for the borders, as with care 

 they may be transplanted readily at any time, provided 

 they are planted in soil that will cling to the roots and care 

 is taken to cut round the roots a few days before lifting 

 them. Following the transplantation give the plants plenty 

 of moisture at the root and spray them overhead for the 

 first few days. In this way they may be planted when 

 such annuals as Stocks, Phlox Drummondii, Larkspurs, 

 and Nigella have flowered, and so provide a continuous 

 display. 



For making an autumn display in large beds chrysan- 

 themums are also useful, and they need not be planted in 

 such a position until some earlier flower has ceased to be 

 attractive or, if planted from pots in May or June, the 

 dark green foliage will serve as a very suitable ground- 

 work to such tall-growing subjects as Gladioli, Liliums, and 

 Hyacinthus (Galtonia) candicans. 



When planting large beds with more than one variety 

 care should be taken in the selection, as the heights may vary 

 in different localities and soils. It is better to choose only 

 one variety for each bed, unless the exact height each 

 variety is likely to attain in the particular neighbourhood is 

 already known. 



In France great quantities of dwarf-growing Chrysan- 

 themums are grown in nursery beds or in pots for 

 providing autumn displays. The plants are not placed in 

 the beds until quite late in the season, or just before they 

 come into bloom ; early frosts being less frequent than in 

 England, I have seen plants making a grand display as 

 late as the second week in November. 



