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results. You will be surprised, that is if you have 

 never tried it, to see how quickly it grows. Almost 

 before you know it you have enough to use in the 

 garden next year. No matter how rich it is, a 

 liberal amount of coarse bone meal added will pay 

 in the end. 



Your fertilizer ready, as early as possible in the 

 spring dig your ground to the depth of eighteen or 

 more inches. It is better if the earth is pulverized ; 

 some people go so far as to sift it. Next put in your 

 fertilizer, mixing it with the earth previously re- 

 moved. Give it time to settle before planting and 

 you will never be dissatisfied with results. 



Opinions vary as to proper time for planting 

 perennials. Many people feel ihat the spring is 

 the safest. It is foolish to follow this plan unless 

 it can be accomplished as soon as the frost is well 

 out of the ground. Many of them are likely to die. 

 Therefore, if you pot them in the fall, and winter 

 them under glass, the result will be much more sat- 

 isfactory. It is simply the working out of the gar- 

 den lover's idea as to what is correct and what in- 

 correct as to the time of planting. 



Many kinds are better massed. This applies to 

 the Sweet William, the Hollyhock, Delphinium, 



