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plunged in the spring, have grown straggling 

 and bare, cut them in ; that the new growth 

 may be well begun before repotting time 

 comes. It is bad to give a plant everything 

 to do at once. 



As the season passes on, and flowers suc- 

 ceed each other, take note of any perennials 

 that are ill-placed, so that they may be re- 

 moved in the fall. And if different mem- 

 bers of the same family have got in a con- 

 fused state, without due regard to height 

 and colour and contrast, label them care- 

 fully now while they are in bloom. It 

 is very hard to remember in the spring 

 which small green tuft bore crimson heads 

 last summer, and which bore white, — 

 whether the tall striped Triomphe de Twickle 

 stood here, or only the low-growing, pink- 

 eyed Marie le Croix. Therefore mark them 

 all now. 



I am convinced that it is well, where 

 you can, to have a bit of reserve ground, 

 with a stock of reserve flowers always 

 ready for replanting. Late -sown asters 



