A PLANTING-TIME CALENDAR 



when it came to actually formulating a table for planting, it 

 was declared impossible, owing to the diversified character 

 of our climate. The mild and almost frostless lowlands 

 near the coast, the more variable hill country, and the severe 

 mountain region, make, as Benjamin Ide Wheeler has aptly 

 said, "forty-nine 'door-yard' climates within forty-nine miles 

 of any given point!" 



In Southern California the conditions are similar, though 

 not quite so extreme. Therefore, in forming the suggestions 

 here given, special reference has been made to the condi- 

 tions of the cities, towns and villages of the coast section, and 

 the larger interior valleys, and without reference to higher 

 altitudes. 



With this somewhat prolonged explanation of what I 

 have not been able to do, I offer to the "tenderfoot" just out 

 from the East, desirous of making a small Eden in "Home- 

 land," this simple planting table, to be used in connection 

 with a large amount of discretion, and much application of 

 common sense: 



JANUARY 



In January plant hardy bulbs, roses, evergreens and 

 deciduous shrubs, vines and trees. Half-hardy annuals may 

 be planted now, pansies, poppies, sweet peas and mignonette 

 seed. Of the bulbs: lilies, hyacinths, narcissus, anemones, 

 ranunculi and the early gladioli. If the rains have come, 

 hurry shrubs and hardy roses into the ground. At this sea- 

 son the vegetable garden calls for attention. Poinsettias and 



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