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Show TIPS to (jrardeners Care in Transplanting ""TRANSPLANTING is an impor-tant impor-tant activity in almost every garden, but a gardener will save time and possible disappointment if he knows what should and what should not be transplanted. The following should not be moved: Celosia, didiscus (blue lace flower), four o'clock, hunne-mania, hunne-mania, and perennial sweet pea. Because of their peculiar root growth, these flowers are damaged, dam-aged, sometimes even killed, when transplanted. Flowers which may be transplanted trans-planted with little fear of damage, dam-age, as long as the moving is done properly, include ageratum, alys-sum, alys-sum, snapdragon, aster, calendula, calendu-la, marigold, pansy, petunia, pinks, salvia, scabiosa, verbena, Canterbury bells, columbine, hollyhock, hol-lyhock, pyrethrum and viola. There is a third division of flowers, flow-ers, according to Harry A. Joy, flower expert of the Ferry Seed Breeding Station, whose lives will not be endangered by transplanting, transplant-ing, but whose growth will be stunted. Both plant and blossoms will be smaller but earlier. Larkspur, Lark-spur, zinnia, phlox, nasturtium and bachelor button are in this group. |