Some of Your Fall Planting Opportunities Told 



in Pictures 



OF COURSE you will plant all 

 you can at this time. The great 

 advantage for the amateur of 

 fall planting is that he gets rid 

 of a great deal of work at a season when 

 time is comparatively plentiful. In spring 

 there are other and imperative duties 

 which crowd upon each other in an all too 

 short season. But now it's different. 

 What can you plant now? Everything 

 that is shown on this page — and a host 

 of others besides, for these pictures are 

 only types. Of course there are some few 

 things that cannot be planted, but the 

 exceptions are ah noted elsewhere in "The 

 Month's Reminder." In the extreme 

 north fall planting is to be avoided be- 

 cause the roots do not have a chance to 

 establish themselves before hard weather 

 sets in. 



In any case newly set out stock, her- 



Spring flowt'ihig shrubs put out now will give a 

 wealth of bloom next year. There is little shock of 

 removal, and no delay in starting growth 



baceous or woody should be mulched — that is to 

 say the ground around the base of the plants is to 

 be covered lightly with some protective material. 

 Stable manure if possible; if not use anything at 

 hand, such as forest leaves, or old straw, etc. A 



newly set plant is 

 in need of such pro- 

 tection far more 

 than an old estab- 

 lished plant. 



Herbaceous stock set out now and mulched, will bt 

 auite at home in the spring. You practically gain a 

 year's time 



Peonies start into growth with the earliest 

 spring days. Plant now if possible 



Set out orchard fruits (except the "stone" fruits) and berry 

 bushes in home fruit garden now because the vegetable gar- 

 den will demand all your attention in the early spring 



Phlox and other hardy perennials that make 

 large clumps are easily "divided" now 



Fall planting of ornamental shrubs in groups is a wise practice because the 

 garden pictures are still fresh in your mind's eye 



And eaually so in the mixed border, defects can be remediet 

 knowledge and while the tops are yet above ground 



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