April] FLOWER GARDEN. 355 
which are very beautiful; penstemons, podalyrias, gentianas of 
sorts, hibiscuses in great varieties, cjpripedums and phloxes, 
monardas, coreopsises, sisyrinchiums and gerardias, aletrises, aco- 
nites, ranunculus, aconitifolius, dictaranuses and dodecatheon 
meadia, galega virginica, hedysarums, hemerocallises, napaea, 
paeonia, saponaria, silphiums and rhexias, with many others. A 
great number of the above kinds may now be taken up out of the 
woods and fields, and transplanted into the flower-borders and. 
pleasure-grounds, which will keep up a regular succession of bloom, 
during the whole summer and autumn. 
Let the plants be taken up carefully with balls of earth about 
their roots, and planted where necessary; then water them, and 
repeat it in dry weather, till they begin to grow freely: they will 
flower generally the same year, and those that are truly perennial 
will continue to reward your labours annually with a new display 
of their beauty as long as you deserve that compliment, by render- 
ing them a fostering care. 
Here again would I call attention to the necessity of introducing 
into our gardens and pleasure-grounds, a variety of our beautiful 
field flowers, and not to suffer those departments to appear deso- 
lated in the autumnal months, whilst nature displays a profusion of 
its glory in the fields, woods, meadows and swamps; but in doing 
this, let it be observed to give each kind a soil and situation as 
nearly similar to that in which it grew in its wild state as the 
nature and extent of your ground will admit. See page 78 and 79. 
Note. In page 62, &c. you will find general designs, both ancient 
and modern, for laying out pleasure-grounds, flower gardens, and 
all kinds of ornamental planting, to which I refer you. 
Double Daisies. 
Double daisies may now be propagated abundantly by dividing 
and slipping the roots; but these should be planted in shady borders, 
or rather in shallow frames, where they can be protected from the 
too powerful influence of the summer sun, which would absolutely 
destroy them if left to its mercy. These frames will also be con- 
venient for the laying of boards and mats over them, for the winter 
protection of the plants, without which most of them would perish. 
They may be either planted in small pots sunk in the earth, or in 
rows in the beds, ten inches asunder, and plant from plant six 
inches distant in the row. Water them immediately and give them 
shade for a few days. 
Planting deciduous Flowering and Ornamental Shrubs. 
Such deciduous kinds of trees and shrubs as are yet to be re- 
moved, should be transplanted in the first week or ten days of the 
month in the middle states, and not delayed longer in the eastern 
states than the fifteenth. For the various kinds and methods of 
planting them, see page 301. 
