Gardening in Californi 



Chrysanthemums will now be showing bloom. Give them 

 also a generous supply of water at their roots and apply liquid- 

 manure once a week. When large flowers are desired, thin out 

 the flower-buds to one bud to each stalk and see that the stems 

 are well-secured by being tied to light stakes to prevent them 

 being blown about by the Autumn winds. 



Fibrous-rooted Begonias, which have been occupying space in 

 the flower-garden during the Summer, may now, if thought 

 desirable, be taken up, potted and taken to the greenhouse where 

 they will continue to flower most of the Winter. It is well to 

 shade the plants for a week or ten days, after placing them in- 

 doors, until they form new roots. 



Anemones may be planted during the present month; plant 

 them six inches apart. One-half inch of soil should cover the 

 crowns, and any good friable garden soil grows them well. 



Plant Cowslips, hardy Primroses, Cinerarias, Pansies, and 

 other early Spring-flowering plants in their permanent quarters. 



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Cinerarias. The more forward plants should now be 

 put into three-inch pots in a compost of loam, two-thirds 

 leaf-soil and one-third dry cow-manure from an open pasture, 

 with a little sand and a sprinkling of bone-meal added. Let them 

 stand on a bed of ashes in a protected spot facing North. 



Calceolarias. Pot off the young plants of Calceolarias in 

 two-inch pots and treat as recommended for Cinerarias. 



Primulas. The early plants will soon begin to show their 

 flower-spikes. If the pots are full of roots, give them a little 

 weak liquid-manure occasionally. Later plants, now in three- 

 inch pots, should be transferred to others, five inches in diameter, 

 if they are already well-rooted. This treatment will be suitable 

 for not only Primula sinensis but also Primula stellata (a type 

 which should be more commonly seen) and Primula obconica; 



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