EXPENSES 
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Now and again one comes across a tap- 
rooted thing such as Gypsophila paniculafa , 
which defies all efforts at division ; but as a 
rule, with care and patience, quite a little stock 
of plants can be got in a year from one good 
bought plant. 
Much can be done by taking cuttings at the 
right time. Aubrietias should have cuttings 
taken from them directly after flowering. 
Here you can get a dozen plants at least in a 
year from one. Phlox canadensis also is best 
propagated by cuttings after flowering ; so are 
pentstemons when not grown from seed. The 
cuttings are struck in a cool hot-bed, one that 
has been used for early potatoes or cucumbers. 
Early - flowering chrysanthemums should be 
broken up into innumerable cuttings, each 
with a bit of root, and planted in a cool hot- 
bed in spring till well rooted and then planted 
out, each plant that cost 6d. to is. in April 
making ten or twelve more the following 
April. 
Enough has been written to show that with 
patience and care £§ will make quite a good 
border in twelve months, or by the second 
season’s flowering. 
When, in addition to this, perennials are 
raised from seed, a few shillings make one rich. 
