THE GARDENER'S KALENDAR 



latter, make good lawn fertilizers. It is not necessary 

 to have the lawn unsightly all the winter months through 

 the use of coarse stable straw-manure. Give a good 

 top dressing of pulverized sheep manure that is suffi- 

 cient. 



October is the best time of the year in which to 

 plant ornamental trees and shrubs, except in localities 

 where the winters are extremely severe. In the selec- 

 tion of both ornamental trees and shrubs regard must 

 be had for the adaptability of the subject to the climatic 

 conditions existing where it is to be planted. In plant- 

 ing always make the hole at least a foot wider than the 

 root area of the specimen, and the depth according to the 

 depth of its root system. If the earth at the bottom is a 

 stiff hard clay, or a gravelly hard-pan, it should be 

 broken up to a depth of a foot or more and a goodly 

 portion of sods and manure incorporated with it. 

 If the soil where the tree or shrub is being set is poor, 

 a good compost of well rotted manure, leaf mold, and 

 sods should be thrown in and dug in to a depth of six 

 inches or more. 



Sweet Pea seed planted now to lie dormant in the 

 ground all winter will give much earlier bloom than 

 the earliest spring planting. Fall planting is especially 

 desirable for well drained, light, sandy soils, as the vines 

 start early in the spring and come into flower much 

 earlier than they would in a heavier soil, where they 

 make a much stronger growth. The period of Sweet 



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