The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-03
Removing Plants,

A lady correspondent wishes to know
abnut transplanting rose bushes, snow
bails, liIaes. hollyhocks, Towering
almonds, bleeding heart, peonies, lilies,
honeYsuckles, etc. She wishes to i'm
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
mef, they will need Winter protection.
II they are to be potted, care must be
taken when they are removed into the
house at the beginning of winter that
they are at first not introduced into too
high temperature, and all the shrubs
named can be transplanted, though
they will probably need winter protec-
ton. Almost anything can be trans
planted, if the rules about tax no up
plants are followed, and they. are
plentifully watered and well cared for.
1t is sometimes little astonishing how
much vitality plants and slips have. Ii
well 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 q serious question
of life or death with them. There is
nothing thai we know of, except the
tomato, which is not liable to have quite
a 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 all
events, it Is very tenacious of life, and
even If transplanted after the fruit has
attained considerable size, it will wealth
er the storm, and come out all right.
But, necessarily, transplanted plant
cannot at first draw from the roots its
full nourishment. The roots, which
feed it, are not in position to draw
sustenance from the soil. Ii it is q
plant that derives considerable nourish-
ment through its leaves, as is the case
with the tomato, thus helping to re-
tain the moisture, it will do better
than those which do not possess these
characteristics. We do not understand
that our correspondent wishes to inquire
about the manner of propagating any
Of the plants she uamed but only as to
replanting them as they are.
But we desire to suggest to our cor
respondent that her plants can be per-
mitted to remain where they are, and
her yard leveled down and seeded next
pring. If it is done next spring she
will have fine sward in six weeks.
This easy way to beautify door yard
seems to be very imperfectly under
stood, even by those who must know all
about it, if they would stop to think.
Ninty-nine people out of q hundred, if
they wish to get a yard or lawn in
grass, resort to soddlng. Except the
new sod is exceedingly well taken care
OF, it will be poor indeed all summer, and
if it does its best it is onl Y an old sward
after all. But grass seeds may be sown
upon any sort of soil, and under any
sort of circumstances, and it will pro-
duce in few weeks a bright and clean
sward, even if no attention is paid to it.
Watering, of course, will greatly help it,
if it is very dry, but it will grow if there
is any rain at all, even if it is neglected
in this particular. We have seen grass
seed grow this season upon soil that
was so hard that stroke with an iron
rake would scarcely penetrate it, and it
was mighty poor soil at that: and in
addition to these disadvantages, there
was but little rain for weeks after it was
sown, and the soil was being run over
all the time by children. But there is
now beautiful sward upon the spot.
All that was done was to rake the sur
face as well as such hard surface
could be raked with an iron rake, and
the seed sown. 1t was then left to it.
self Whenever the ground can be
properly prepared it requires but a very
short time to have beautiful sward.
The seed should be sown thick. We
never should sod, if we could get seed,
and that is always to be had Western
Rural.