SPRING WORK 



Peonies can be moved to advantage now. If 

 you cut about the old clump and lift a good deal 

 of earth with it, and do not interfere with its 

 roots, no harm will be done. But if you muti- 

 late its roots, or expose them, you need not ex- 

 pect any flowers from the plant for a season or 

 two. 



Get stakes ready for the Dahlias. These 

 should be painted some unobtrusive color. If 

 this is done, and they are taken proper care of 

 in fall, they will last for years. This is true of 

 racks and trellises. 



Provide yourself with a hoe, an iron-toothed 

 rake, a weeding-hook, a trowel for transplanting, 

 a wheel-barrow, a spade, and a watering-pot. 

 See that the latter is made from galvanized iron 

 if you want it to last. Tin pots will rust out in 

 a short time. 



Take your watering-pot to the tinsmith and 

 have him fit it out with an extension spout — one 

 that can be slipped on to the end of the spout 

 that comes with the pot. Let this be at least two 

 feet in length. This will enable you to apply 

 water to the roots of plants standing well back 

 in the border, or across beds, and get it just where 

 it will do the most good, but a short-spouted 

 plant will not do this unless you take a good 



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