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as a rule to plant in tlie spring. The conten- 

 tion that fall planting is as safe as spring plant- 

 ing is due largely to the desire of various nur- 

 serymen to relieve themselves of a portion of 

 the spring rush. In the spring they have thou- 

 sands of orders for seeds, and for summer- 

 blooming or bedding plants to till, and it is to 



Swamp Eose {Hibiscus Moscheutos, var. "Crimson Eye") 



their advantage usually to urge autumn planting 

 of such plants as can with any safety be set out 

 at that season of the year. 



As a rule, however, in the fall nurserymen 

 will not disturb their plants until the season's 

 growth is matured — which is only proper — but 

 in many instances this is so late in the autumn 



