A PLANTING-TIME CALENDAR 



HE directions for planting incorporated in this 

 chapter are especially intended as a guide 

 to amateur gardeners south of Tehachapi and 

 along the coast, and as a guide only, since 

 after several years' experimenting in calendar- 

 making for gardening, I have demonstrated to my complete 

 satisfaction that no absolute rule or set time can be offered, 

 though certain seasons are apparently more propitious for 

 the growth of certain plants than others. For instance, I 

 find by referring to a note-book, kept carefully during a 

 period of four years of innumerable gardening episodes 

 throughout Southern California, encountered during my 

 travels, that roses may be planted with fair success every 

 month in the year, except only July, August and September, 

 though the same note-book shows that the greatest success 

 has been attained by planting in December, January and 

 February. 



Ambitious to make a calendar that might at least be a 

 guide to planting throughout the State of California with its 

 750 miles of coast line, I spent some time in visiting promi- 

 nent growers in the region of San Francisco Bay, with a hope 

 of formulating such a calendar; but while the best men were 

 willing to recommend certain seasons for certain plants, yet 



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