SHRUBS, VINES, PLANTS AND BULBS 



in the fall. No manure should be allowed to 

 come near the roots, but bone meal may be 

 used in May, and coal-ashes should be 

 sprinkled on the 

 crown in the 

 autumn as a 

 preventive of 

 the white grub 

 which destroys 

 the plant. Grows 

 so high that it 

 should always 

 be staked. Lark- 

 spur is easily 

 grown from seed , 

 but should be 



finally set out. Delphinium 



where it is to bloom, by September 20th. 

 Begins blooming the end of June, and if the 

 stalks are cut down when the plant has 

 finished blooming, a second, and often a third, 

 crop of blossoms will be produced. There are 

 often twelve to twenty stalks of blossoms on 



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