GARDENING 7. 
balsams. Transplant these into the garden when the ground 
is warm and danger of frost is over. 
2. Plant sweet peas out of doors as soon as frost is out as 
the ground to a sufficient depth. 
3. A little later, as soon as the ground is fit to work, plant 
nasturtium, sweet alyssum, candytuft, mignonette, annual 
phlox, annual poppies, 
morning glory, calliopsis, 
bachelor’s button. 
Perennials. — Perennials 
grow and blossom several 
years in succession,— some 
of them running out after 
two or three years, and 
others continuing to live 
for a practically unlimited 
period of time if the clumps 
are divided and_ reset. 
Plants of good size may 
be procured in the spring 
from dealers, and if they 
grow they should blossom 
the same summer. It is Chik Rear 
much cheaper, however, to 
raise the plants from seeds; but that is a slower process, as 
most perennials do not bloom till the second year. 
Some of the perennials, as the peonies and irises, do not 
‘‘ breed true ” from seeds, and are started by the division of 
old clumps. Most perennials multiply each year, and the 
plants finally become so crowded that they are unable to secure 
sufficient nourishment. It is then best to take up the whole 
clump, cut it into pieces, and set these in fresh soil. 
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