56 INDIGENOUS SHRUBS, &c. [MARCH. 



soon as they have five or six leaves, should 

 be planted in the places where they are to 

 remain. 



But beware of crowding your garden by 

 planting too many, as they will all grow large 

 and tall, except the wallflower. Consider also, 

 when you plant out seedlings, the size they will 

 be when full-grown, and allow sufficient space 

 for them to attain that size, without injuring the 

 plants that may be near them. 



Our indigenous shrubs and evergreens may 

 be planted soon, if required ; they must be ta- 

 ken up with good balls of earth attached to the 

 roots, that the smaller fibres may be disturbed 

 and broken as little as possible. Continue also 

 to transplant rose trees, and to take suckers 

 from them, in order to make new plants ; tak- 

 ing care, however, that the suckers have roots, 

 otherwise, you will not succeed in removing 



