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inate rapidly, the former in about eight to ten days 

 and the latter in five to six days. If properly put in, 

 a dense bright green mat will form that will be 

 ready for cutting in six to seven weeks. It should 

 grow so dense that it will choke out in large measure, 

 and prevent the germination of, the crop of winter 

 weeds. In purchasing either blue grass or clover 

 seed insist upon having the highest quality. 



TIMELY PRUNING 



Look over Cherokee rose hedges during this month 

 and should they require pruning do it at once. To 

 delay and prune later is proper with those roses of 

 the noisette type, such as La Marque, Reve d'Or, etc., 

 but is fatal to best results in the spring blooming 

 of the Cherokees. 



During this month cut back, but not too severely, 

 hedges of lantana, heliotrope, geranium, etc. With 

 many plants of this character there is a heavy crop 

 of seed during autumn, which saps their vitality. 

 Trimming them at this period removes the seed and 

 induces a fresh growth of young shoots, which ex- 

 tends their blooming season to the middle of winter. 



OCTOBER 



The month of October should be a busy one in all 

 California gardens, for it stands much in the same 

 relation to us as do April and May in the snow- 

 bound eastern states. Among the flowers it is bulb 

 month. 



The dry, rainless period is nearly over and ere 

 long the first rains of autumn will wake to life every 

 dormant seed, bulb, and plant. Soon the whole 

 country will be clothed with beauteous green and 

 brilliant blossoms. Gardening should be so ordered 



