September: Third Week 



FALL PLANTING OF SHRUBS AND OTHER ORNA- 

 MENTALS: WHEN TO PLANT; PREPARATION 

 OF SOIL; TREATMENT ON RECEIPT; PRUNING 



The planting of hardy shrubs and perennials which are 

 not subject to winter injury presents the greatest opportu- 

 nity for constructive work at this season of the year. 



There are two good reasons why it is advisable to do this 

 work now: The first is that such plants, if set out now, will 

 have from two to four months' more growth before encoun- 

 tering the usual summer drought than they would if set out 

 next spring and during the first year after planting dry 

 weather is the biggest source of loss, even though the plant- 

 ing is properly done. In the second place, this work if de- 

 ferred until spring is apt to be put off until quite late or 

 postponed altogether, because there are so many other 

 things insistently demanding attention at that busy season. 

 Moreover, with many plants, especially those blooming 

 during the spring and early summer, a whole year is gained 

 by planting now, instead of waiting a few months until 

 spring. 



In fall planting, as in spring planting, there is no set rule 

 as to the best time to plant that can be applied to every- 

 thing and to every season. "The earlier the better" is a 

 slogan that can be quite generally adopted for fall planting. 

 In seasons when the ground is very dry from a prolonged 

 summer drought it may be advisable to wait until the fall 

 rains begin, but even then, unless planting is to be under- 

 taken on a very large scale, water can be given at the time 

 of transplanting, and if necessary two or three times there- 

 after, to carry the plants through until the fall rains come. 

 The extra time gained, even if it is but a week or so, is im- 

 portant, because the more firmly the roots become estab- 



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