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it up and allow it to get thoroughly aired and sunned ; 

 after a time level it down, and when beaten solid by 

 rains, spade up deeply again. If fertilizer is put in 

 at the first spading, a well-mixed, resourceful soil 

 will be the result. 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS 



Chrysanthemums may be taken up and tempo- 

 rarily planted in some waste piece of ground. Then 

 dig up the ground, enrich with well rotted manure, 

 and you are ready to make a planting. 



Do not be snipping off the ends of branches on 

 deciduous shrubs that are now dormant or becoming 

 so, or you will rob the plants of the best of their 

 spring's crop of bloom; they should be pruned only 

 immediately after flowering. Neither prune any 

 plant or vine that is very tender, for the frost may 

 do it for you, and the growth so injured may protect 

 the balance of the plant from injury or death during 

 a very cold spell. 



Now is the time when all clumps of cannas, caladi- 

 ums, etc., should be taken up and stored in a cool, 

 dry place. Late March or early April will be early 

 enough for replanting. While it is not necessary to 

 remove them no advantage accrues from leaving 

 them in the soil, and if old masses of roots are left 

 for years, they do not thrive as well as if divided. 

 It is also advisable, if their room is more desirable 

 than their presence, to so store clumps of golden- 

 rod, golden glow and other vigorous, free-rooting 

 perennials. 



Do not fertilize lawns. The great disadvantage of 

 fertilizing too early is to force a nice green growth 

 at the time we are expecting our cold weather and 

 the consequence is it makes a spurt, and when it 

 should look nice in early spring it stops growing and 



