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A PLEA FOR HARDY PLANTS 



of rotted stable manure, and that they should be prepared in late summer 

 or fall, the planting to be done in the fall and the following spring. Fall 

 planting is not recommended for everything; my experience is that many 

 plants are winter-killed after fall planting that would be quite hardy it 

 they had the benefit of a growing season to establish themselves. Of 

 course special plants require special treatment; for instance, the bulbs of 



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Showing the beauty of simple but tasteful planting. Compare this with illustration of stone house on opposite page 



the Lilium auratum should not come in direct contact with manure, and the 

 fine double and single varieties of PyretJinim roseum should be planted in 

 beds raised a few inches, to prevent their rotting out in cold, wet weather. 

 I would advise the same liberal preparation of the soil for shrubs that 

 I do for hardy plants, though in many instances the expense would be pro- 

 hibitory, or thought so; but in any event I should insist on the ground 

 being subsoiled or trenched and a liberal application of manure being made. 

 An annual mulching of manure is beneficial to shrubs and hardy plants. 



