West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-10-24
Removing Plants.

a lady correspondent wishes to Know
about transplanting rose bushes. snow
balls, lilacs, hoilyhocks, flowerin q
almonds, bleeding heart, peonies, lilies,
honeysucklcs, etc. She wishes to inn
prove her yard, in which they are, and
She does hot know whether or not she
can reset them this fall. The rose can
be reset, being careful TO take up with
the roots large quantity of the earth.
we do not understand whether or not
our correspondent desires to reset in
the open ground or to pot. If the for
mer, they will need Winter protection.
III they are to be potted, care must be
taken when they are removed into the
house at the beginning of winner that
they are at first not introduced into too
hlgh temperature, and all the shrubs
named .can be transplanted, though
they will probably need winter protec-
ton. Almost anything can be trans
planted, IL the rules about tax NO up
plants are followed, and they are
plentlfully watered and well cared for.
1t is sometimes little astonishing how
much vitality plants and slips have. II
we'll watered the most of them will take
care of themselves very Handsomely.
and will repay the attention given them
with great certainty OF course. the
transplanting will check their growths.
and sometimes it is a serious question
OF life or death with them There is
nothing tina we know of. except the
tomato, which is not liable to have quite
serious time in recovering from the
effect OF transplanting. We are almost
prepared TO say that the tomato can be
transplanted at any time, and in any
way without serious injury. At al
events, 1T is very tenacious of life. and
even II transplan;ed after the fruit has
attained considerable size, il will wealth
err the storm, and come out all right.
but, necessarily. n transplanted plant
cannot at first draw from the roots its
tull nourishmcnt. The roots. which
iced IT, are not in position TO draw
sustenance from the soil. II il is n
plant that derives considerable nourish-
ment through It's leaves, as is the case
with the tomato. thus helping 10 re-
tam the moisture, IL win do better
IMAM those which do not possess these
characteristics. We do not understand
That our correspondent wishes 10 INQUIRE
about the manner of propagating any
ot the plants she named but only as To
replantiug them Us they are.
But we desire TO suggest TO our cor.
espondent that her plants can be per
mittcd to remain where they are, and
her yard leveled down and seeded next
'Prlng. III IT is done next spring she
VIII have fine sward i'm six weeks.
rms easy way to bcautify door yard
seems TO be very imperfectly under
stood, even by those who must know all
about IT, if they would stop 10 tbink
Ninty-nine people out OF a hundred. IL
hnE wish Tn esavI
grass, resort 90 sOddinp. Except fbe
new sod is exceedingly well taken caro-
Of. II will be poor indeed all summer. and
II IT does its best it is onl an old syyor /
after all. But grass seeds may be sown
upon any sort Of soil, aud Under anv
sort Of circumstances, and 10 will pro-
du1e in few weeks n bright and clean
sward, even If no attention is paid 10 IL.
watering, OF course, will greatly help H..
u It is very dry, but ~ will grow If there
is any rain at all, even If IL is neglected
IN this particular We have seen grass
seed grow this season upon soil thai
was 50 hard that q stroke with an iron
rake would scarcely penetrate 10, and il
was mighty poor soil at that. and In
addition 10 these disadvantages. there
was but little rain for weeks after n was
sown, and the soil WINS being run over
al the time by children. But there L.
now a beautiful sward upon the spot.
All that was done was 10 rake the sur
race as we'll as such q hard surface
could be rakcd with an iron rake. and
the seed sown u was then left 10 IL
seit Whenever the ground can be
properly prepared IL requires but a very
short time to have Beautiful sward.
The seed should be sown thick We
never should sod, II we could got seed,
and that is always " BE- bad - Westera
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