The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



August or early September and gi'owing them on 

 until cold weather when they should be protected 

 for the winter and in the spring planted out where 

 they are to bloom. Every hardy perennial set 

 out in one's garden is an asset that will increase 

 in value each succeeding year. Many have the 

 root formation that admits of divisions — as the 

 Shasta daisy, a single two year old clump usually 

 dividing up into from six to ten blooming-size 

 plants. English violets, English daisies, poly- 

 anthus, and many other plants may be divided an- 

 nually until in time one owns large colonies of 

 them, and this is a point well worth under- 

 standing, — that a large number of one kind of 

 plant is much more effective and worth while 

 than a large number of hinds of plants, of just 

 one or a few individuals. Many plants which 

 are inconspicuous or ineffective singly or in small 

 groups, surprise one with their beauty when 

 grown in large masses or long rows. The 

 ulmaria — a variety of spiraa of deciduous 

 growth — is a notable example of this. Planted 

 singly it is merely a rather pretty flower; grown 



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