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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
431 
Some Posy Beds. 
II. 
Not every farmer's wife can raise fine 
annuals. The patience or the skill, or the 
strength may be lacking, for so much 
sowing of seeds, transplanting of seedlings 
on damp days, hot weather hoeing and 
Fall gathering and labeling of seeds. Yet 
she may have even more beautiful flowers 
to cut and to give away. Comparisons 
are unwelcome to the flower-lover, but 
remind me not of annuals when 1 can cut 
great stalks of Irises, lavender, orange, 
royal purple; or can fill tall vases with 
syringa and lemon yellow lilies; or can 
see, on grandmother’s old card table, the 
green bowl in which she used to mix cake 
heaped full of gorgeous preonies and their 
stout, handsome foliage. With ordinary 
care a garden of perennials is a perma¬ 
nent investment, and will grow more and 
more beautiful each year, provided some 
system of enriching and transplanting is 
kept up. Great clumps of hardy Phlox 
are so lovely when in bloom; full rows 
of daffodils and Narcissi so charming in 
early Spring; one wants many stalks of 
Speciosum and Candidum lilies, whole 
armfuls of Gypsophila and southernwood. 
Any mere man, if obedient to direction, 
may be trusted to hoe a garden where 
none of the big plants can be mistaken for 
weeds. But at transplanting times beware 
how you leave him unwatched. A faith¬ 
ful but thick-pated Patrick once dug up 
and threw away all the roots my mother 
had bid him save, and dealt handsomely 
by all she had ordered removed. Have 
the ground spaded deep and well enriched 
before setting a perennial. A top-dress¬ 
ing of the entire bed will not come amiss 
every Fall. As it is desirable to have a 
rather close stand of plants, not a great 
deal of deep digging can be done each 
Spring. If the Fail top-dressing has been 
neglected a plentiful addition of fine com¬ 
post about each specimen will be paid for 
in blooms later on. Ground bone is also 
gratefully received, or other commercial 
fertilizer mixed with the soil. These last 
any woman can apply for herself, asking 
no aid but a dip into the sacks being emp¬ 
tied on other parts of the farm. Try it 
about whatever old standbys you may 
possess, but remember that wherever you 
have scattered ground bone a hen will 
dig as if possessed of an evil spirit. (She 
would not care half so much for it if 
served in the poultry house out of a pat¬ 
ent dish bought for her especial use.) 
There is an easy way of fighting weeds 
in a bed of perennials, but it so savors 
of shiftlessness that I hesitate to mention 
it. Yet for the sake of those who love 
flowers and long for bouquets, yet cannot 
hoe, it shall be suggested: Make the path 
-—if path one must have—out of coal 
ashes or sawdust, and mulch all the earth 
between the plants with old hay, dry 
leaves, or lawn clippings. Returning after 
a year’s absence T once found my garden 
so carpeted with chickweed that the fol¬ 
lowing Summer was one long fight, with 
victory hanging in the balance in the end. 
That Fall I raked all the maple leaves 
from the lawn on to the bed. The chick- 
weed succumbed. Nor were my Irises, 
Yuccas and Phlox the worse, but rather 
the better off for having their feet kept 
cool and moist. 
Perennials should have sunshine, and 
no water should settle upon them during 
Winter. Yet some sorts thrive best in 
partial shade. A bed but 20 feet square 
will hold many pretty favorites and old 
reliables endeared by long association. 
Daffodils, single hyacinths, Scotch roses 
and double buttercups descended from 
one’s grandmother’s garden have a special 
charm. A long border near the back of a 
beautiful green lawn blooms fresh in my 
memory, though seen several years ago. 
Tall clumps of pampas grass were scat¬ 
tered along its length; at intervals were 
generous plantations of dear old Madonna 
lilies, with here and there a taller Aura- 
turn all shining, more beautiful than ala¬ 
baster candelabra when their blossoms 
were seen from across the emerald fore¬ 
ground. There were neat iron trellises 
on which grew showy-flowered Clematis, 
both purple and white. There were—but 
what was there not of plants rare and 
interesting? Some, till then, but names 
and dreams of loveliness to me. 
But let us keep to ordinary farm pos¬ 
sibilities, to the struggle against chick- 
weed, hens and various marauders. Prob¬ 
ably you must fence in your flowers with 
poultry netting. It saves worlds of strain 
on the temper, and dogs and cats are as 
well kept out. I remember a petted out¬ 
door companion, a brown-eye;l setter, who 
would watch with deep interest while T 
planted bulbs, alert ears hanging over his 
intelligent face, and now and then a lap 
at my cheek, if possible to say, ‘Why do 
you do it?” When my back was turned 
two rakes of his strong paw and out 
would come my Gladiolus or tuberose for 
a brief and cursory inspection. Dear dog 
gie! TIis was a friendly soul. He wished 
to share my interests and my possessions, 
and no place would do so well as my 
flower bed for the burying of bones he 
wished to lay away to season. 
A root of perennials will show by one 
of three signs when it needs resetting: 
When it becomes too bulky for good 
looks, when it falls into the way of giv¬ 
ing less blooms each succeeding season, 
or when its growth is less robust and it 
seems dwindling in size, then select a 
fresh site, having an eye to its apparent 
preferences. Most bulbs will lose their 
leaves, and can be lifted and reset during 
August. Plants which bloom in early 
Spring are best moved after active growth 
is over, but not in a season of hot, dry 
weather. Later-blooming sorts one will 
naturally transplant when the beds are 
being put in order in the Spring. Usually 
each plant will be greatly benefited by 
division of its roots. Cut squarely such 
sorts as cannot be pulled apart. Discard 
the brown, knotted pieces that seem old¬ 
est, setting the fresh, new nodes, and 
being careful to preserve the fine feeding 
roots. Directions for setting trees apply 
perfectly. Do not expose roots to wind 
or sun, or let them dry out. Trim broken 
and mangled roots to a smooth cut. Pre¬ 
pare a deep bed well enriched. Spread 
out the roots and sprinkle fine, rich soil 
among them. When covered pour in a 
pailful of water. Add more soil and 
firm close over the roots. Have the 
plants stand at about the same height 
in the earth as before lifting, except pae- 
onies and such sorts as tend to bury 
themselves too deeply. Set the latter 
with the newest nodes just beneath the 
surface. 
Does such a garden offer too little in 
the way of fresh interest and novelty, 
and do roots of perennial plants seem 
more expensive than seeds of annuals? 
But you can become a miser in plants so 
far as varieties- go. Set all you can and 
keep all you get. Try one or two fresh 
varieties each season. Study, humor and 
cherish each till it proves not for your 
locality or begins multiplying and prom¬ 
ising offspring for your neighbor’s beds. 
When selecting varieties the season of 
bloom counts for a good deal. So many 
old favorites heap our laps with blossoms 
in May and June, when we are almost 
too busy house cleaning to enjoy them, 
and leave us flowerlcss later on. But it is 
a rest from the smell of paint-pots and 
soap-suds and whitewash just to go out 
and look at the big, fresh-faced preonies, 
the Dicentra hearts all hung in tinkling 
rows and Narcissi and daffodils all “Nod¬ 
ding their heads in sprightly dance.” The 
gorgeous perennial poppies must be wel¬ 
come at any season, and who doesn’t love 
any sort of lily, from the grassy-leaved 
yellow ones to huge, heavy-scented Aura- 
turns? 'I he Funkias, white and lavender, 
bloom in August, and hardy Phlox has 
now so many delicate colors wherewith 
to brighten the hardy borders at a sea¬ 
son when flowers are not plentiful. Then 
Golden Glow is a faithful ally all the Fall, 
and hardy Chrysanthemums carry on the 
decorative scheme long after the Dah¬ 
lias have drooped beneath the first breath 
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