THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



June interesting hardy plants, biennial or perennial, which are 

 l~^5 not so well known, but which are beautiful. Although 

 the common method of getting a stock of hardy plants 

 is to buy one or two of each kind first of all and then 

 propagate by division, it should not be forgotten that 

 seeds offer a means of getting a large number of plants 

 cheaply ; the only drawback is that a year must elapse 

 before the majority of the plants bloom. 



Several seedsmen offer seed of interesting hardy 

 flowers in penny packets, and specify the number of 

 seeds supplied for that modest sum. Doubtless thou- 

 sands of amateurs take advantage of the system, and 

 buy a good many things which they do not know, on 

 the ground that the experiment will interest them, and 

 will not cost much even if it fails. Let us, however, 

 glance at a few special things, most of which may be 

 sown in June. In all cases it is understood that the seeds 

 are sown out of doors, in specially prepared beds, with 

 the surface soil made very fine, thoroughly moistened, 

 and drills drawn far enough apart for a hoe to be run 

 between the rows with the object of keeping down 

 weeds ; further, that the plants are thinned, or even set 

 out a few inches apart in nursery beds, and finally 

 planted out in autumn or spring. 



INTERESTING HARDY PLANTS THAT MAY BE RAISED 

 FROM SEED IN JUNE 



Achilleas or Milfoils. — Of which there are several 

 species or varieties, Ptarmica The Pearl being one 

 of the best. 



Aconituins or Monkshoods. — Of which both the blue 

 and the white, Napellus and its variety Albus, are fine 

 plants. The roots are poisonous. 

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