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September: Second Week 226 



Fall Bulbs: Plan now to Secure a Long Season of Bloom 

 Next Spring; Types and Varieties. 



" Third Week 233 



Fall Planting of Shrubs and Other Ornamentals: When 

 to Plant; Preparation of Soil; Treatment on Receipt; 

 Pruning. 



" Fourth Week 240 



Perennials for Planting and Replanting this Fall: Phlox, 

 Iris, Peonies. 



" Fifth Week 248 



Bulbs for Winter Bloom: Narcissi, Hyacinths, and Tulips 

 for Forcing; Other Flowering Bulbs; Cuttings to Root 

 Now. 



October: First Week 256 



Hot-Bed and Cold Frame Gardening: Equipment; Soil; 

 Heating; Varieties of Vegetables for Forcing. 



" Second Week 264 



Planting Bulbs for Next Year's Bloom: Propagating 

 Roses. 



" Third Week 270 



Saving the Season's Produce: Harvesting and Storing 

 Vegetables and Fruits. 



" Fourth Week 276 



Fresh Vegetables all Winter: Plan to Keep the Small 

 Greenhouse Busy with Succession Crops until Spring. 



" Fifth Week 283 



Concrete; What you can do with it: and how to use it. 

 Iron Pipe for Many Purposes. 



November: First Week 288 



Making House Plants at Home for the Winter: The Condi- 

 tions that Favor Healthy Growth; the Problem of 

 Heating. Materials for next Spring. 



" Second Week 29s 



Fruits and Vegetables in Storage; Odds and Ends of Out- 

 side Work; Roots for Forcing; "Buds" for Grafting; 

 Making Beds and Borders for Spring Planting. 



