THINGS TO BE DONE IN MAY 51 



MAY 



THE BEDDING STOCK 



THERE are still thousands of plants to be shifted and many 

 more to be transplanted; in fact, there's no end of work to do. 

 The last lot of plants isn't nearly ready before the first is ready to go 

 out. Try to manage to have stock coming along up to the middle 

 of July, for while a lot of business is done before Memorial Day, 

 with many bedding out doesn't really start until June is under 

 way. 



Keep on propagating, transplanting, sowing, and don't let up. 

 Start the filling of veranda boxes and hanging baskets early. There 

 is nothing like having a good sample on hand for visitors to look at. 



Space the large Geraniums a little to give them room for proper 

 development. Keep the large Petunias tied up, and the same with 

 the Cobaeas. It's cheaper to do that than to ruin the plants, 

 which means a total loss and waste. Watch the hotbeds and the 

 coldframes; proper watering and ventilating mean everything. 

 Don't get caught napping during a cold night. The potted Hybrid 

 Tea Roses, however, have had no sash over them for the past month 

 and don't need any; you don't want them to make much of a growth 

 or get soft. 



MORE WORK OUTDOORS 



Here, as well as inside, there is no end of work. The Carnations 

 should be planted and a little frost won't hurt them if they have had 

 a chance to harden off a little in a coldframe. 



Plant the Dahlias and Gladioli. Start to cultivate the her- 

 baceous plants, which were overwintered outdoors. A little manure 

 worked in between the Peonies won't hurt. Plant out the young 

 Phlox you propagated during the Winter months and the perennials 

 grown from seed sown during the latter part of January and in Feb- 

 ruary. 



You can still divide Shasta Daisies, Iris and other hardy plants 

 if short on stock, but the earlier in the season this is done, the bet- 

 ter. Get a seed bed ready now and sow more biennials and peren- 

 nials such as Canterbury Bells, Foxglove, Larkspur, Columbines 

 and others which take rather a long time to develop. 



If you are short on Phloxes, purchase some now and get the 

 benefit of a season's growth. This holds good with many other 

 perennials you may wish to work up a stock from. Why not plant 

 out a few long rows of small Spruces, Pines, Arborvitae and 

 Cedars? They will grow into money while you sleep and are 

 bound to come in handy some day. The same is true of Berberis 

 Thunbergii, Lilacs, Bush Honeysuckle, Weigela, Red-Twigged 

 Dogwood, Forsythia, Philadelphus, Hydrangeas in fact, almost 



