79- Platycodon grandiflorum {^Continued) 



secure a long period of bloom the seeds should not be allowed to form. 

 In fall the dying stems should not be cut to the ground, but should be 

 left to protect the crown. 



Propagate most easily by seed, though the seedling frequently does 

 not come true to the parent in form and color; or, with more difficulty, 

 by division in early spring. 



Var. flore-plcno \\7iv. japoniciim). Similar to the type except that 

 the flowers have a double row of petals, one inside the other, forming a 

 ten-pointed star; pretty and interesting, though perhaps not quite so 

 handsome as the type. 



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