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following summer in the matter of water, cultivation, 

 and mulching. Plants transplanted at any time of 

 year will do better if the top growth is reduced by 

 trimming or cutting back, and all broken or injured 

 roots removed with a sharp knife. 



Spring-planted shrubs rarely fail to do well if the 

 precaution is observed of moving them while dor- 

 mant. The only exception I need to mention being 

 the various Irises when purchased from florists. 

 These, being dug in the fall, and kept in cold storage 

 during winter, have their vitality much depleted by 

 spring, and are then of doubtful value. This is es- 

 pecially true of the Japanese Iris; the German and 

 English, being much more hardy, are not so easily 

 injured. Home-grown Iris would better be moved 

 in the spring. 



Among the desirable shrubs for fall or spring plant- 

 ing are the various Spiraeas; these are both shrubby 

 and herbaceous. Of the shrubby variety Anthony 

 Waterer is the only really good crimson, or red, va- 

 riety, and is very fine. The catalogues give it a dwarf 

 character rarely exceeding eighteen inches, but my 

 own experience with the plant is, that with rich soil 

 it much exceeds that height. Van Houttei is the finest 

 white sort, and is especially valuable grown singly on 

 the lawn, where it may develop its beautiful form to 

 perfection. Of the herbaceous Spiraeas the filipen- 

 dula is very desirable for the border or for edging 

 shrubbery. The fern-like foliage, which is of itself 



