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fer it to a hole already prepared, in one operation. 

 Foxgloves, which are often hard to transplant, will 

 do nicely if moved in this way. 



Paeonies are of the plants which should not be dis- 

 turbed unless it is necessary. If not blooming well 

 and remedial measures have failed it may be well to 

 lift, dividing if the clumps are old and large and to 

 reset in a more favorable location. Failure to bloom 

 is sometimes caused by too deep planting (there should 

 not be more than two inches of soil over the top of 

 the clump), by sour soil — remedied by application of 

 lime; by poor drainage — indicated by sour soil; lack 

 of sunshine, or — and this is almost always the real 

 trouble — ^lack of sufficient water when the plant is 

 making growth and developing its flowers. It will 

 frequently be found that paeonies that have had a 

 poor blossoming season, followed by a rainy summer, 

 give abundance of fine flowers the following season. 

 Another thing that often injures the paeony is cut- 

 ting off the foliage before it matures and dies a nat- 

 ural death ; this should never be done. 



Nearly all of the old-time garden favorites have 

 been greatly improved in the last ten years. Espe- 

 cially is this improvement noticeable in the holly- 

 hock and in the paeony. The new double hollyhock, 

 Newport pink, is an exceptionally beautiful flower, 

 perfect in color, flower and manner of growth. A 

 long row of them in full bloom in July and August is 



