CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA 



will then have acquired most of the vigor necessary 

 to sustain its bloom for the next season. For this 

 reason July is a good time to feed its roots. When 

 Peonies must be moved, August is the best month, 

 in order that they may take root again before becom- 

 ing dormant. 



LILACS 



Within a month after the Lilac has finished bloom- 

 ing, cut out the suckers from around the base, feed 

 and water it generously, and you are quite sure of 

 fine bloom the following year, providing the shrub 

 has been established in its place a year or more, and 

 that the soil is even moderately good. The same rule 

 holds for all shrubs needing to be improved, and which 

 after blooming proceed to make their buds for the 

 next year. Perhaps it is needless to add that the 

 pruning time for this class of shrub is immediately 

 after blooming. Don't prune Lilacs often. 



PKECATTTION IN THE PERENNIAL BED 



An extra precaution for the preservation of our 

 perennials is not to have the beds dug over in spring 

 until nearly May 1, near New York City, and some- 

 what later in a colder place. The most careful digger 

 is apt to stab the unseen plants, or to break the very 

 brittle young shoots of plants just appearing. How- 

 ever, by April 1, lift carefully with a fork most of the 

 litter from the beds. 



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