AQUILEGIAS
WILL GROW UNDER TREES
The columbines' (aquilegia) have ! been wonderfully improved of recent years, and the newer long-spurred varieties are charming subjects for garden adornments. The plants greatly resent disturbance, and rarely do any good when divided.. Seed should be sown now in boxes and covered lightly. Germination is fairly . rapid, and as soon as the seedlings are large enough prick out into beds of good soil about three inches apart. Keep them watered and by the autumn the plants should be large enough to put out where they are to flower next spring. Ir. the final planting allow one foot apart each way. These plants do splendidly under the shade of spreading trees. The tall graceful masses of blossom car-1 ried well above the fernlike foliage produce a very pleasing sight. The plants should be allowed to remain undisturbed, and provided the soil is moderately good will continue to produce abundance of flowe*r heads for eight or ten years. ...
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1936, Page 30
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161AQUILEGIAS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 134, 3 December 1936, Page 30
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