CHAPTER XXIV 



TRANSPLANTING PERENNIALS 

 [Early September] 



"T BREAK up some families to-morrow," remarked 

 J- Mr. Trommel ; "you want to see how it is done? " 



"Is it insects ? " asked the under-gardener, who 

 was leaning on the fence, admiring Mr. Trommel's 

 asters. 



"No, no, it is not insects ; it is some perennials. 

 The family has grown too large, so I must send off 

 some of the young ones ; it is my larkspurs." 



"Why do you move them now?" 



"It is the time." 



"But why is it the time?" persisted the under- 

 gardener. 



"Liebchen, you will be the savant some day, you ask 

 so many questions. The larkspurs have finished 

 blooming, they have retired. If I separate them now, 

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