find some of them still in bud and blossom. To 

 keep the ethereal border ethereally lovely, culti- 

 vate with care, cut away all fading flowers and 

 yellowing lily stalks. The green spears of the 

 Japanese Iris will be attractive until the putting 

 to sleep of our garden. Bone-meal and a little 

 Scotch soot worked into the soil when cultivating 

 will feed and keep this border nourished and the 

 Iris grub cannot exist where there is real soot in 

 the soil. The lily bulbs (all but the Madonna 

 lilies) should be planted eight inches deep, work- 

 ing sand into the soil over where they are planted. 

 Stake the tall Campanulas with the thinnest 

 green bamboo stakes, they are almost invisible 

 and at the same time very strong. Protect with 

 leaves scattered lightly through this border but 

 before doing so heap coal ashes over the crowns 

 of the Moerheimi Delphiniums. 



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