40 FLOWER GARDENING 
fully in a basket or wheelbarrow and protect from 
the hot sun; the roots dry very quickly. As a rule, 
take up only what can be replanted before night- 
fall; any held over may be placed in the barn or 
cellar after being sprinkled lightly. Put all plants 
that are not required for the garden scheme in rows 
in a nursery bed, dividing them into as many 
parts as you can. They will be useful there in 
three ways—for increase of stock, gifts to friends 
and bouquet flowers. The greater part of the 
spring flowers may be lifted with safety even after 
they have begun to bloom; give them plenty of 
water. 
Plant always in a hole deep enough and wide 
enough to a little more than take the ball of earth 
that holds the roots. If the bottom of the hole 
is hard, loosen it with the point of the trowel or 
spade. Where the ground is dry fill the hole with 
water and let this soak in thoroughly. Then 
sprinkle the bottom with a little soil and set the 
plant down, steadying it with the left hand to keep 
it upright and filling in with the other until it 
stands alone. As the remainder of the soil is filled 
in, press it down with the hands or feet. Unless 
there is a drought, a second watering will probably 
not be necessary, but the plants must be watched 
until the next rainfall. 
Many flower seeds cannot be sown outdoors 
with safety until late in May, when, as the seeds- 
men say on their little packets, “danger from frost 
is over.” April therefore ought to find a cold- 
