CHAPTER V 



PLANTING OUT IN BEDS AND BORDERS, ETC. 



The question as to the correct time for planting is a 

 somewhat vexed one. Some growers advocate Autumn 

 planting, and others Spring planting. Gardeners, it will 

 be found, (especially those who are constantly changing 

 the character of the beds and borders under their manage- 

 ment, the beds presenting an entirely different spectacle 

 almost every season) are, as a rule, great advocates of 

 Autumn planting. They like to get the plants in at the 

 end of September or beginning of October, thus getting 

 them well established before the Winter sets in. These 

 will then flower early in the succeeding Spring season, 

 much earlier than if planted in March, and can after 

 a month or two be removed to make room for some 

 other form of bedding plant. 



For an early display in the Spring, say at the end of 

 April and early May, it is essential that Autumn planting 

 be practised, as comparatively few of the blooms will be 

 out at that time if the beds be planted during the latter 

 part of March or early April. For later displays, 

 however, Spring planting is quite early enough. 



In the case of Spring planting, the grower will not 

 have the trouble of looking after the plants during the 

 trying Winter months, a point worth consideration ; and 

 if the plants are not put out until April, which is quite 

 soon enough for Summer and Autumn flowering, they 

 will escape the treacherous east winds, which are so 

 frequently disastrous to plant life. 



However, to a great extent, the period for planting 



