CHAPTER II 

 WHERE TO SOW 



HARDY PERENNIALS THE OPEN NURSERY 



All the perennials that are grown from seed may be 

 started in the open nursery a propagating space 

 reserved outside of the garden. 



Even after the garden has been planted, the nursery 

 should continue to keep in reserve a small supply of 

 well grown plants, especially those of the less long- 

 lived varieties, in order to be always ready to replace 

 the possible losses in the garden. The nursery will 

 then serve as well for a picking garden. Many of the 

 plants will self -sow, others will increase by root-spread- 

 ing, and the difficulty will be to keep a small nursery 

 within bounds, if pests or extreme cold do not inter- 

 fere. To know the plants for the nursery, see the 

 chapter on "When to Sow." 



For a new garden, it is well to begin sowing in the 

 nursery of perennials at least a year in advance of the 

 planting, unless well developed hardy perennials can 

 be purchased of the nurseryman, an expensive method 



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