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outdoor seed bed not later than the first of May. True 

 biennials are Foxgloves, Canterbury Bells, Verbascum 

 olympicum, Campanula pyramidalis, Lunaria biennis, 

 and Anchusa Italica. A number of plants, not true 

 biennials, are much more satisfactory when treated as 

 such. Of these are Sweet William, Hollyhock, Wall- 

 flower, Columbine, Lupines, Sweet Rocket, and Forget- 

 me-not. 



Plants of large leaves and sturdy growth, such as 

 Campanulas, Hollyhocks, Mulleins, Foxgloves, and An- 

 chusas, should be sown in a frame to themselves, as they 

 would quickly overpower small plants and tiny alpines. 



It is interesting and helpful to make the acquaint- 

 ance of a certain number of new plants every year. We 

 usually try to grow at least a dozen new kinds from seed 

 and to get half a dozen unfamiliar plants from a nursery. 

 In this way one soon makes a very large circle of ac- 

 quaintances, many of which become permanent friends. 

 Sometimes we grow all the kinds of Pinks we can get 

 hold of, sometimes it is Campanulas, and this year we 

 grew a number of Silenes and a fine collection of 

 Aubrietias. 



DIVISION 



All herbaceous plants having spreading, fibrous roots 

 are easily propagated by division done either in early 

 spring, just as growth is starting, or in September, when 

 growth is practically accomplished. Spring flowering 



