Amateur gardencraft; a book for the home-maker and garden lover . rld. Whoknows? We may have among us a yoimg Lin-nseus, or a Humboldt, and the making of a wildgarden may tend to the discovery and develop-ment of a talent which coming years may makeus proud to do honor to the possessor of. I would suggest the formation of a wild-garden society in each country village and neigh-borhood. Organize expeditions into the sur-rounding country in search of shrubs and excursions can be made as delightful as apicnic. Take with you a good-sized basket, tocontain the plants you gather, and som
Amateur gardencraft; a book for the home-maker and garden lover . rld. Whoknows? We may have among us a yoimg Lin-nseus, or a Humboldt, and the making of a wildgarden may tend to the discovery and develop-ment of a talent which coming years may makeus proud to do honor to the possessor of. I would suggest the formation of a wild-garden society in each country village and neigh-borhood. Organize expeditions into the sur-rounding country in search of shrubs and excursions can be made as delightful as apicnic. Take with you a good-sized basket, tocontain the plants you gather, and some kind ofa tool to dig the plants with—^and your the plants very carefully, with enough earthabout them to keep their roots moist. On noaccount should their roots be allowed to get this happens you might as well throw themaway, at once, as no amount of after-attentionwill undo the damage that is done by neglect tocarry out this advice. The search for plants should begin early in theseason if they are to be transplanted in spring, 238 ^«fcl. POUCH BOX THE WILD GARDEN for it would not be safe to attempt their removalafter they have begun to make active is a good time to look up your plants, andMay a good time to bring them home. Lateron, when you come across a plant that seems adesirable addition to your collection, mark theplace where it grows, and transplant to the homegrounds in fall, after its leaves have ripened. In transplanting shrubs and herbaceous plants,study carefully the conditions under which theyhave grown, and aim to make the conditionsunder which they are to grow as similar to theoriginal ones as possible. Of course you will beable to do this only approximately, in most in-stances, but come as near it as you can, for muchof your success depends on this. You can giveyour plants a soil similar to that in which theyhave been growing, and generally, by a littleplanning, you can arrange for exposure to sun-shine, or a shaded location,
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