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done in warm weather. Scratch the ground around the small plants 
before it becomes thoroughly dry. 
Plants should be set out far enough apart to allow for their full 
growth and to prevent disease in the garden, but close enough to 
shade the ground to prevent too rapid evaporation. As a rule, allow 
a distance between plants equal to one-half their mature height. 
Thus plants which grow three feet high should bet set out one and 
one-half feet apart, and those which grow only one foot high 
should be set out six inches apart. 
Most perennials need to be shifted twice. The only difference in 
the transplanting of annuals and perennials is that perennials are 
moved to a second "flat” instead of to the open ground. Put a 
handful of bonemeal to each second "flat” of soil. In raising peren¬ 
nials from seed, a shade of some sort is advisable. It is suggested that 
a shelf which holds about six "flats” be attached to the back of a 
building, over which a light screen of unbleached domestic should 
be hinged, operating with a small rope and pulley, to protect the 
seedlings from storm and sun alike. 
After the small plants are well started, either in the second 
"flat” or in the open bed, water them every ten days with weak 
manure-water. (See page 11). 
The roots of plants play an important part in their existence, 
be they taproots or fibrous roots. They hold the plant in position 
and draw sustenance from the soil. Taproots are highly developed 
in such plants as the Poppy and Mignonette, and care must be 
taken in transplanting not to injure them. Too deep cultivation in 
a garden may injure the fibrous roots, resulting in loss of bloom, 
and is, therefore, to be avoided. 
Plants which reseed themselves easily are: Ageratum, Bluebonnet, 
Calliopsis, Coreopsis, Cornflower, Cosmos, Feverfew, Four o’clock, 
Gaillardia, Larkspur, Poppies, Petunias, Annual Phlox, Portulaca, 
Queen’s Lace and Annual Poinsettias. 
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