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Title: American homes and gardens
Identifier: americanhomesgar91912newy (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic; Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Centaurea for division, all dead shoots clinging thereto should be cut away. It is needless to say that all roots should be handled tenderly. The garden beginner will come to learn that there is no general rule that can be taught him for properly separating old root clump into numerous parts, which, when set out, themselves multi- ply in rootlets and themselves become sturdy clumps in the course of a few seasons again to be divided and reset. The garden-maker must use his judg- ment and learn by experience and the intuition that will probably come to his aid just how he may cut or break up an established clump of roots into a number of settings for fresh culture. This process of root division refreshes the stock of any hardy garden. If the old plants were not lifted season after season, they would eventually form root-masses that would over- crowd the beds and borders. Moreover such plants as the Iris would form a hard root-mass which would give out a circle of leaves and flower-stems leaving the center bare, thus forming unsightly patches of bare earth in the gardens. Fortunately for the garden-maker, Perennials present species adapted both for very sunny, half-sunny and shaded When working in an established hardy garden, for the locations, thus offering a wide range of planting material purpose of removing and dividing the roots of old plants, both in low-growing Perennials and in those of taller one must take care not to damage any clumps of Bulbs growth. Again there are Perennials that thrive in rich soil, which might remain hidden in the soil. As one garden lover those that are best adapted to clayey soil and still others put it: "Roots are to be fished out, not to be speared!" In that do very well in sandy soil, digging up a clump of herbaceous roots, for resetting or Among the hardy Perennials that require less sunlight
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