spring the manure and compost remnants of last 

 year's hotbed may be made over into glowing blos- 

 som-garments of lavender, pink, hlue and gold. 



Trar^planting 



I have bragged once before in print about my 

 success in transplanting, but hoping you were lucky 

 enough not to have read it, I'll say it all over: I 

 have yet to lose a plant because of transplanting ! 



The majority of gardeners set out plants immedi- 

 ately after a rain when the ground is quite wet. 

 This is probably a nice habit for lazy people who 

 don't want to lug the watering pot around. Dur- 

 ing a lazy spell I tried it myself, and had hard work 

 to save my plants. Many authorities advise " trans- 

 planting just before a rain." Unfortunately I have 

 never personally known any wizards who could pre- 

 dict with a certainty when it is going to rain. Even 

 the weather bureau's guessing is seldom corroborated 

 by showers on time. So this fine advice has been 

 useless to me. 



I always transplant on dry days after the sun 

 has gone down. When the hole is dug the full depth 

 of the plant's root length, I place the plant in hole, 

 fill hole half full of water, throwing in dirt to make a 



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