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may be sown. This is the season to pot plants that are de- 

 sired for use in the house in the winter. 



AUGUST 

 Overhaul old violet beds, dividing and replanting and 

 putting in new stock. A good deal of mulching should be 

 done and the soil well worked. During August is the best 

 time to sow hardy perennials, as sown thus they will flower 

 early next year. Calceolarias, pansies, cinerarias and 

 primula seeds may be sown at this time with good results. 

 Start seed boxes for bedding and border plants to be used 

 in the early spring. Annual vines that are hardy may be 

 started now. August, September and October are uncertain 

 months for planting general crops, save where the facilities 

 for irrigation are extremely good. They are excellent 

 months for seeding early winter vegetables and flowers. 



SEPTEMBER 

 Sow eucalyptus and cypress seed, for hedges or street 

 rows, in well-drained boxes or pans that are protected from 

 the direct rays of the sun. Plant the hardy Dutch bulbs 

 this month. Violets may still be started, although it is late. 

 Early fall vegetables should be sown where frost will not 

 strike. The pricking off of annuals may begin. All hardy 

 annuals and perennials may go in the ground this month. 



OCTOBER 

 Annuals for early spring blooming and bulbs and peren- 

 nials that bloom the second year should be planted during 

 this month. Early winter bloom may be secured by now 



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