164 THE GARDEN BEAUTIFUL 



TREES, SHRUBS AND HERBS 



Roses are dormant and if planted now will at once 

 start into growth and produce a bountiful crop of 

 blooms early in the season. 



This is a golden time for the planting of all de- 

 ciduous trees and shrubs, also hardy evergreens ; but 

 citrus trees and the more tender sorts, both fruiting 

 and ornamental, are better left until February or 

 March. The latter class will start only when the soil 

 gets warm in spring from the increasing heat of the 

 sun; in the meantime they remain dormant. 



Roses may be pruned and manure spaded in about 

 them any time during the month ; in March they will 

 begin to sprout for the spring crop of blooms. Do 

 not prune such climbers at the present time as 

 Cherokee, Banksia, Beauty of Glazenwood, Gold of 

 Ophir, etc., as their bloom is produced all along the 

 branches. The best time to prune these is after their 

 spring crop of flowers ; then they will have time dur- 

 ing summer to grow long branches for next season's 

 flowers. 



Pansy plants are ready to plant out, and care 

 should be taken in preparing the ground. Many 

 people complain they bought the best seeds or the 

 finest plants, and they are no better, in flowers, than 

 common ones. The cause of such failures is poor soil 

 or lack of preparation. To prepare the ground for 

 pansies: Choose your location, which should be 

 sunny at least two-thirds of the day ; manure it well ; 

 get some charcoal, pulverize it and spade it in with 

 the manure. After spading sow some soot on top 

 of the ground and rake it in thoroughly. The char- 

 coal and soot are to sweeten the soil, the soot also 

 keeps away snails and other injurious insects; 

 together they give a rich dark color to the plants and 



