THE WILD GARDEN 



for it would not be safe to attempt their removal 

 after they have begun to make active growth. 

 April is a good time to look up your plants, and 

 May a good time to bring them home. Later 

 on, when you come across a plant that seems a 

 desirable addition to your collection, mark the 

 place where it grows, and transplant to the home 

 grounds in fall, after its leaves have ripened. 



In transplanting shrubs and herbaceous plants, 

 study carefully the conditions under which they 

 have grown, and aim to make the conditions 

 under which they are to grow as similar to the 

 original ones as possible. Of course you will be 

 able to do this only approximately, in most in- 

 stances, but come as near it as you can, for much 

 of your success depends on this. You can give 

 your plants a soil similar to that in which they 

 have been growing, and generally, by a little 

 planning, you can arrange for exposure to sun- 

 shine, or a shaded location, according to the 

 nature of the plants you make use of. Very often 

 it is possible to so locate moisture-loving plants 

 that they can have the damp soil so many of 

 them need, by planting them in low places or 

 depressions where water stands for some time 

 after a rain, while those which prefer a dry soil 

 can be given places on knolls and stony places 



