6 Making a Garden to Bloom This Year 
they do. So, use the permanent things 
wherever they may go, regardless of the 
temporary nature of the home ; and take a 
clump of the roots of each to the next abid- 
ing-place and establish them there. For 
the roots of perennials not only may, but 
should, be divided at intervals, to keep the 
plants at their best. So none ever need be 
lost to the original owner, even though 
others do enjoy their offspring. 
The care bestowed upon the soil is, per- 
haps, the one greatest factor in producing 
results this year. A plant that is given 
exactly what it likes the best, in the form 
most easily taken up by it, will naturally 
flourish — and a flourishing plant is gen- 
erous. It is not, however, altogether a 
matter of enriching the soil, although all 
quick-growing plants like rich earth, but 
it is a matter of giving to each variety its 
peculiar requirements — if it has peculiar 
requirements. In many instances these 
are not fixed — they may vary with a sea- 
son, or with a locality — but, as a general 
thing, good garden soil will accommodate 
the average plant, providing it is well pre- 
pared, and well cared for. Nothing can 
do its best when neglected. 
