PLANTING 



reset, and the young perennials transplanted 

 from the seed-bed into their final places. 

 All perennial plants whose roots are suffi- 

 ciently large, should now be divided and 

 reset. This fall planting and transplanting 

 should be done at about the time mentioned, 

 for the shrubs and plants must become well 

 rooted before the ground freezes, or they 

 will rarely survive the winter. No matter 

 how rich a bed or border may be, I always 

 have the hole to receive the plant made 

 larger than is necessary, and put a spade- 

 ful of manure in the bottom. In trans- 

 planting, my man always has a wheelbarrow 

 of this at his side to work from. 



If there are bare places in lawns or grass 

 paths, sow grass seed about the twentieth 

 of September, then roll, and the grass will 

 be well rooted before cold weather. 



It must be borne in mind that everything 

 possible should be done in the fall. Peren- 

 nials start early in the spring, and it is a 

 pity, when they are once started, to disturb 



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