THE PRACTICAL FLOWER GARDEN 



tire bed where the young plants are growing. 

 This is to give them for the first year the 

 necessary winter protection, as in the forest 

 they would have the natural protection of the 

 fallen leaves and pine needles. 



During the second summer the little plants 

 remain in the seed-bed and need no care 

 except to be kept free from weeds and occa- 

 sionally watered if they become too dry. They 

 do not need the lath screen nor any further 

 covering in the second winter. 



The third year they should be transplanted; 

 trenches of good, rich earth should be made 

 in the nursery a foot apart, and the little 

 trees very carefully lifted from the seed-bed 

 with a spade, put first into a pail of liquid 

 mud, so that the roots do not become dry, 

 and then set out about eight inches apart in 

 rows in the nursery. Here, again, they need 

 no care except to be kept free from weeds 

 and occasionally watered. 



The fourth summer, they may either be 

 transplanted to their permanent place or be 



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