FALL WORK IN 



for the spring can be done much more thor- 

 oughly than is usually the case because of the 

 absence of the hurry which nearly always char- 

 acterizes work in the garden when two seasons 

 are crowded into one. Therefore, for the 

 sake of avoiding undue haste and the slovenly 

 work likely to grow out of it, as well as for the 

 garden's sake, aim to do in fall all that can be 

 done then, and do it well. Keep in mind the 

 fact which every wise gardener fully under- 

 stands the force of, that a garden which re- 

 ceives attention only during the spring season 

 is a garden only half -cared for. 



ABOUT the first garden-work to be done in 

 fall is the making and planting of the 

 bulb-bed, to which a late chapter of this book 

 is devoted. I shall therefore merely summarize 

 the points there elaborated. 



Bulbs should be planted as early in the fall 

 as possible. September is the best month to 

 do the work in. October answers very well. 

 But I would never encourage anyone to defer 

 it until November, because late-planted bulbs 

 have very little time to make root-growths in. 

 Early-planted ones complete this part of their 



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