38 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



described, and by cutting around the roots, say, fourteen 

 days before the transplantation, they may be lifted without 

 injury at almost any time during the summer, provided the 

 watering and spraying overhead is not neglected. 



When planting in flower beds or borders, care is 

 necessary to consider not only the colours but the heights 

 of the plants, so that they will harmonise with the general 

 scheme and not overshadow other plants or be over- 

 shadowed by them. Wherever they may be planted care 

 must be taken to firm the soil well about them, a loose 

 soil tending to develop a sappy growth, which is as little 

 necessary in plants in the open ground as in pots. 



If the plants are put out in April or early in May and the 

 weather is hot and dry it may be necessary to give them 

 one watering, but in ordinary conditions this should be all 

 they require for some time. 



Staking the Plants. The provision of stakes should 

 be made immediately after planting, selecting stakes of 

 sufficient height to suffice for the season. If these are put 

 in whilst the line is in position for planting, the work can 

 be carried out in a neat and methodical manner and the 

 stakes will not offend the eye as they might if inserted in a 

 haphazard manner. One tie may be given at once and 

 this will probably suffice for a month or six weeks, or till 

 the plants are beginning to produce side growths. 



With the exception of the recurrent tying the summer 

 work is not arduous. The hoe should be used frequently 

 among the plants to keep down weeds and also to prevent 

 too great a loss of moisture by evaporation during hot 

 weather. 



Caterpillars must be searched for. A sharp tap to each 

 plant will usually bring them down to the ground, where 



