PLANTING 



Connecticut. This garden is set well in the sun and 

 built around a dial marking the passage of hours. 

 A tall hedge protects it on one side. Free from the 

 annoyance of riotous gales, well at their ease in a place 

 fitted to their comfort, these peonies can revel in their 

 own gorgeousness. To walk among them is to sense 

 the mystery of the world of flowers. 



Late summer is also an excellent time to set out the 

 gas plant, Dictamus fraxinella. In growth and longev- 

 ity, this plant is something like the peony, although 

 its spikes show curious flowers of a delicate outline. 

 They are very fragrant. On warm evenings the 

 plant, as its name suggests, exudes a gas so strong 

 that the flowers will ignite and produce a bright flash 

 when a lighted match is held near them. It is not 

 very generally planted, although it might well be, 

 both as a curiosity and for its beauty. 



Evergreens should be planted in late August. 

 In fact, there are few months in the year so favorable 

 for setting out the coniferous evergreens. The warmth 

 of the soil and the likelihood of plenteous moisture 

 then assist them greatly in becoming well settled 

 before the winter. When it is necessary to plant 

 them in the spring, late April or early May are 

 propitious times, since their growth of the season 

 rarely begins before the last of May or the first of 

 June. It is to avoid the exhaustion incident on the 

 production of new growth which follows so quickly after 

 spring transplanting that the majority of gardeners 

 prefer to put them in the ground in August. Their 

 growth for the season is then over, but their roots 



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