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THE YOUNG FLORIST. 



yoii have finished your plan for the disposition 

 of the perennials, in fanciful groups as I pro- 

 posed. 



M. Yes, I have. Shall you move the bul- 

 bous roots this spring ? 



H. No. That cannot be done without 

 injury or total destruction at this season of the 

 year, and wherever they have been introduced 

 in your plan, must be omitted until the proper 

 season of planting, which is the autumn. 



The next day, Henry commenced the sow- 

 ing of the most hardy annuals, such as are 

 marked with a star in the catalogue. 



With a stick two and a half feet long, the 

 beds were spaced off one foot from the edge ? 

 and the number sticks put down, as laid out in 

 the plan. Then round the stick of such as 

 were to be sown, a circle was made one and a 

 half feet in diameter, in which the seeds were 

 sown. Ho had received some general instruc- 



