CHAPTER XII 
SPRING AND AUTUMN 
Importance of sheltered and slightly shaded position — 
Winding walks — Main paths — List of plants suit- 
able — Autumn effects — Golden glory — Brilliant 
colouring. 
Early spring is not a very interesting time for 
the lover of herbaceous plants. Certainly he 
has much to do in the way of dividing and 
replanting, and March is perhaps the busiest 
time of all for this work. All the phloxes 
have to be pulled to pieces and replanted in 
well-enriched and well-dug soil, and the del- 
phiniums to be divided where necessary to 
increase stock. They do not need to be 
divided so often or so thoroughly as the phloxes 
do, for they will flourish for years in the same 
clump if good manure is given to the roots. 
One way of dividing them is to take pieces 
from the edge with a sharp spade, filling up 
the holes that are left with good manure. 
Pyrethrum can be divided, and many another 
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