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moist soil. Thin or transplant to at least six inches apart each way, 

 and when the plants are about nine inches tall, tie them with string 

 or raffia, to keep the light from the heart. The inner leaves pres- 

 ently turn white, when the plant should be cut and eaten. It is 

 well, therefore, to blanch only a few at a time, tying a few more every 

 week. 



Eschscholtzia, see California Poppy. 



Ferns : This class of plants is for the most part easily transplanted 

 from its natural places to cool and moist and shady places in the 

 garden. Take with each as much earth as possible, and give leaf- 

 mold to grow in. 



Flame-flower, see Phlox. 



Floss-flower : see Ageratum. 



Forget-me-not : A hardy perennial usually grown as an annual, 

 which when once started seeds itself freely. The seedlings can 

 easily be transplanted into any good soil, especially if it is some- 

 what moist. Or the parent plants may be covered against the 

 winter. The plants are beautiful for edgings, or for blooming among 

 clumps of other plants, and are attractive in the house. Sow 

 the seed broadcast as soon as the ground is fit, and thin or trans- 

 plant to about six inches apart. 



Foxglove (Digitalis) : A hardy biennial plant, very popular in 

 old-fashioned gardens on account of its oddly shaped brightly 

 colored flowers thickly borne on stems about two feet tall. The 

 plants are useful in masses, as a background to smaller plants, 

 or between shrubs. The colors are numerous. Soil should be rich 

 and deep, with partial shade. Sow the seed in April when the 

 ground is fit, transplant to six or nine inches apart, and in Septem- 

 ber set where they are to stand. Or sow in August the freshly ripe 

 seed, nurse the young plants well, and set them in September as 

 before. Plants should stand about two feet apart. They blossom 

 in early summer. If the spikes are cut off as their blossoms fade, 

 the remainder will grow the better. Foxgloves often seed them- 

 selves, and the young plants may be transplanted. 



