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another crop be prevented. If carried any distance 

 there is danger of scattering the seeds, and those 

 already shed beneath the plant are not destroyed 

 but are left to germinate and make trouble another 

 year. If all seed pods are kept off of perennial 

 plants the care of the garden will be much simpli- 

 fied, as seedling plants are just as much trouble to 

 eradicate as any other form of weed growth. Phlox, 

 especially, should not be allowed to self -sow, as it is 

 sure to prove a nuisance, especially when it gains a 

 foothold in the paeony beds, as it will come up in the 

 clumps and it is impossible to dislodge it without 

 injury to the paeonies. Frequently it becomes neces- 

 sary to lift the plants and disentangle the roots from 

 the phlox. 



