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LANDSCAPE GARDENING, 



number of the shoots that start in the spring should be 

 allowed to grow. All others should be pulled out or 

 broken off as soon as they appear. 



LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY (Convallaria majalis), Fig. 129. 

 This little flowering plant, so much sought for and so 

 beautiful, may be easily grown in shaded places. It spreads 

 rapidly and needs thinning out occasionally to insure an 

 abundant bloom. A light dressing of compost in the fall 

 will improve the size and number of the flowers produced. 



FRAXI;N"ELLA OR GAS-PLANT (Dictamnus Fraximllci). 

 A very hardy old garden-plant, producing large terminal 



FIG. 130. CARNATION-PINK (Dianthus caryopJiyllus). 



racemes of flowers. There are two forms: the pink- and 

 the white-flowered. It is called the gas-plant because of 

 an explosion that occurs when a lighted match or lamp is 



