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then gradually inure to sun. Every year marks an 

 improvement in this class of begonia, and no garden 

 is complete without them. They range from white 

 to deep orange and crimson, both single and double, 

 also plain and fringed. 



GENERAL PLANTING 



During February you may plant bare root, dor- 

 mant roses if a good rain has fallen. It is also timely 

 to prune and fertilize those now in the garden. De- 

 ciduous trees and shrubs should be planted at once, 

 and all hardy seeds and plants should be rushed into 

 the soil for growing weather is with us and only 

 those plants that get a good start in spring come to 

 greatest perfection. Carnation, petunia, pansy, 

 stock, verbena, and salvia can be transplanted from 

 seed boxes to the open beds. 



February is a good month for planting golden 

 glow, or summer chrysanthemum (a rudbeckia). 

 Few of the seedsmen or nurserymen handling orna- 

 mentals catalogue it, and few people seem to know 

 it, though it is by no means a novelty. It is a large, 

 showy plant attaining in good soil a height of six or 

 eight feet the same season planted; flowers three 

 and one-half inches in diameter, double, well formed, 

 deep golden color, and borne on long stems which 

 render them suitable for cutting. They are magnifi- 

 cent for indoor decoration. Plants bloom profusely 

 from June to October. 



TRANSPLANTING EVERGREENS 



The best time to transplant an evergreen is when 

 the growth is about to start. This is usually in the 

 spring when moisture and heat are adequate to stim- 

 ulate new growth. The best season is from February 

 to May, according to the region in which you are 



