CHAPTER VI 



PLANTING 



T CAN NOT impress too strongly upon my 

 readers the importance of ordering their 

 plants and seeds of well-known firms. The 

 best are always the cheapest in the end. 

 Inquiry among friends will generally give 

 the best information as to reliable seedsmen 

 and growers. In ordering shrubs and plants 

 it is important to specify the precise date of 

 dehvery, that you may know in advance the 

 day of arrival. The beds or borders should 

 be prepared in advance, so that everything 

 may be set out without delay. Care must 

 be taken that the roots are not exposed to 

 the air and allowed to become dry. It is a 

 good plan, when unpacking a box of plants, 

 to sort them, laying each variety in a pile 

 by itself, covering the roots with the moss 



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