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sunshine. It is also time to plant seeds for succession so long is our 

 fall-growing season. For those who prefer sowing in open ground 

 without transplanting, the season is also right in coast or valley 

 districts. 



Give the lawn a good cover of well-rotted and finely-broken manure 

 if not already attended to. 



Cineraria seedlings should be set in shaded places, also for winter 

 and spring glory of long duration. Delphiniums, if they are dormant 

 and not indulging in fall bloom, can be re-set if more plants are desired. 



NOVEMBER. 



If the suggestions for the last few months have been heeded, the 

 Thanksgiving month will find the California garden gay with colors 

 and rich in foliage forms, and the Thanksgiving table decorations may 

 be blossoms fresh from the open air, commingling their fragrance with 

 the incense of the eucalyptus fagots which blaze brightly on the 

 hearth. Many think Thanksgiving reunions lack an important element 

 unless fire burns as a token of the warmth of family affection. In 

 California another token is added the beauty of the flowers manifest- 

 ing the warmth of the mid-day sun and declaring the thankful spirit, 

 both in man 'and his environment. 



Autumn roses and chrysanthemums are in their fullest glory it 

 is their harvest time. It is the grower's delight to admire them; it is 

 his duty to judge them discriminatingly. Those roses which are best 

 in the lessened heat of autumn should be noted, and the thriftiest 

 bushes marked as a source of cuttings to be taken later. Roses should 

 be thus judged at least twice in the year. Chrysanthemums are judged 

 once for all, but be sure to drive a stake, which cannot be displaced by 

 spading, beside the plants which it is desired to remember when spring 

 growth is taken for cuttings. The same exhortation, to mark the best 

 and not trust to memory, is made for all the splendid bloomers; the 

 carnations, cannas, dahlias, pelargoniums, geraniums and many others 

 which contribute to the glory of the November garden. Except where 

 spading, fertilizing and lawn-making have been delayed to await the 

 rains, November garden activity largely consists of enjoying, planning 

 and resolving for the future. It is rather too late for fall sowing where 

 frosts and heavy rains are to be expected, although there are many 

 thermal situations where even the shortest days bring conditions favor- 

 ing deep rooting of seedlings or bulbs for mid-winter and spring 

 maturity. 



November is the beginning of the transplanting season for decidu- 

 ous trees and shrubs, and, when the ground is deeply moistened by 

 rain or irrigation, this early transplanting is particularly desirable in 

 the drier and warmer parts of the state. The transplanted tree soon 



