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The orchard should be provided with a winter cover crop 

 sown in August. Eye, crimson clover and winter vetch may 

 be sown for this purpose. _ 



Some nurserymen recommend the transplanting of ever- 

 greens in August. It can be done now if a ball of earth is 

 kept about the roots and the trees are watered well after 

 planting. 



FiQ. 128. — For small gardens the hedge-row system of glowing strawberries is 

 probably the most productive. (New Jersey Station.) 



Flowers. — Look over fall catalogues and make lists of 

 bulbs for autumn planting. They should be ordered this 

 month. Look over all flowering plants and prune away the 

 faded flowers and seed cases. Hips of roses and ripe seed 

 of many perennials may be saved. Place the kinds in separ- 

 ate envelopes properly marked. The ripening of seeds on 

 flowering plants takes much of their strength, and should 

 usually be avoided by pruning earlier. A few seeds of annual 

 flowers, suitable for use in windows next winter, should be 

 started in some secluded ground now. 



