THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



Every four years, about the middle of April, 

 it is well to take up all the box edging, trench 

 the ground where it is to be reset, and replant 

 it. The object of this is to keep the box 

 bushy, and prevent it from growing " leggy," 

 or showing a wood stem below with a bunch 

 of green at the top, as frequently happens. 

 It is not well to take up at a time more 

 plants than one can replant the same day; 

 they should be reset just touching each other, 

 and it will be found that there is always a 

 considerable number of plants left over, 

 which, if the garden is of any size, will be 

 welcomed with joy. This process has been 

 successfully followed, not far from my own 

 place, in a small formal garden, where the box 

 is now over seventy -five years old, and 

 remains always thick and beautiful. 



The quantity of box edging can be easily 

 increased by taking off clippings every year 

 except the year it is reset. These clippings, 

 made of little branches three to four inches 

 long, may be taken in June after the box has 



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