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trench has been returned to it. Early planting 
is advisable because it enables the plants to 
make root-growth before hot weather comes, 
and deep planting has been proved desirable 
because it gets the roots well down into the 
soil, where they will be cool and moist when 
summer heat prevails. Shallow, late-planted 
sweet peas almost invariably fail when hot 
weather comes on. But when you read that 
seed of this flower should be planted and coy- 
ered with six inches of soil at once, be sure 
that the person who offers the advice is writ- 
ing from theory, and not from personal ex- 
perience. Seed planted at that depth will fail 
to germinate always. 
I hope you are going to plant the gladiolus 
this season. It has the merit of being ex- 
tremely easy to grow. It succeeds in almost 
any soil. It blooms profusely, and rivals, if it 
does not excel, any other summer blooming 
plant adapted to general garden culture. It is 
one of our very best summer blooming plants. 
Large groups of it are simply magnificent. Put 
the corms about four inches below the surface. 
Let the soil be mellow and rich. “They should 
be put out about the tenth of May, at the 
North. Plant at intervals of ten days or two 
weeks for a succession of bloom. 
Do not fail to arrange for a bed of tea 
roses. Nothing will afford greater pleasure 
to the lover of choice flowers. Get two-year- 
old plants. Set about a foot apart, in a very 
rich soil. This is an item of great importance, 
as you need not expect to grow them well in 
a soil of only moderate richness. “They can be 
put out any time after the first of May. 
This is the month in which to set perennials 
and biennials. For early flowering, I would 
advise dicentra, better known as “bleeding 
heart,” aquilegia, phlox sublata, peonies and 
iris. For later bloom, doronicum, the her- 
baceous spireas, dianthus, perennial phlox, 
achillea, rudbeckia, hollyhock, coreopsis lance- 
olata—all good, and all of easy culture. If 
strong roots are procured, most of them will 
give quite a crop of flowers the first season. 
Shrubs can be set out to excellent advantage 
now. In planting them, be sure to have the 
hole for their roots so large that every root 
can be spread out naturally. If any roots have 
been bruised, cut them back to sound wood. If 
the tops have not been shortened, cut away at 
least one-half. Thin out all but the strongest 
branches. 
If you want to secure the best effect from 
shrubs, do not set them in rows, or scatter 
them about singly over the lawn. Group 
them, being careful to put together sorts that 
will harmonize in color when in bloom, also 
in habit of growth. 
Old border plants which have received no 
attention for years can be greatly benefited 
by transplanting. Reset in a rich soil. They 
will have almost completely renewed them- 
selves by midsummer. If you do not care to 
transplant, divide old plants, cutting their 
roots apart with a sharp spade. ‘This is often 
almost as effective as transplanting. 
Roses, and other shrubs which produce 
flowers on branches of spring growth, can be 
pruned now. But care should be taken to not 
cut back at this season such plants as lilacs, 
cydonia, and others whose buds were formed 
in fall, and bloom early in the season before 
any growth of branch is made. 
In pruning roses cut away all weak wood, 
and thin out the branches well. Shorten at 
least one half. Spade a liberal amount of old 
cow manure into the soil about them. You 
can hardly make the soil too rich to suit a rose. 
In laying out the flower garden, do not at- 
tempt to make beds of elaborate design. All 
that is done along that line is labor wasted. sa 
far as flowering plants are concerned. The 
most satisfactory beds are the long ones, in 
