PERENNIALS 



Phloxes, Rudbeckias, Monkshood, Valerian, 

 Lychnis, Tritomas, Iris, Peonies and Veron- 

 ica are best raised, not from seed, but by 

 buying the plants, and then after a time, 

 as I have said before, dividing them. For 

 instance, take a fine large plant of Phlox 

 of some choice variety, divide all the roots 

 and set out each one separately. From one 

 plant you may, in two years' time, get twenty 

 splendid ones, and the same with the other 

 varieties I have mentioned. 



Rudbeckias, of the Golden Glow variety, 

 grow from six to eight feet high, and must 

 be staked, or when heavy with blossoms 

 they will blow down or be beaten down by 

 the rain. Each plant will bear quantities of 

 long -stemmed double yellow blossoms, which 

 resemble a double Dahlia. These will keep 

 nearly a week in water. When the plant 

 has finished blossoming, cut down the tops, 

 and in October there will be a second crop 

 of blossoms just above the ground. 



The Golden Glow should be divided every 

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