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Columbines. If these Rhododendrons do not 

 gi'ow in your vicinity, they can be ordered 

 from a florist. In the hills, about five miles 

 from us, acres of them grow wild, and twice 

 a year I send my men with wagons to 

 dig them up. They stand transplanting per- 

 fectly if care is taken to get all the roots, 

 which is not diflicult, as they do not grow 

 deep. Keep them quite wet for a week after 

 j)lanting, and never let them get very dry. 

 A good plan is to mulch them in early June 

 to the depth of six inches or more with 

 the clippings of the lawn grass, or with old 

 manure. When once well rooted, the Rho- 

 (iodendrons will last a lifetime. They seem to 

 bear transplanting at any season. Some think 

 they do best if taken when in full bloom. I 

 have always done this in April or late Octo- 

 ber, and, of a wagon- load transplanted last 

 October, all have lived. Many of these were 

 like trees, quite eight feet tall and too large 

 to be satisfactory about the house, so they 

 were set among the evergreens in a shrubbery. 



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