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Hints for Watering. 
| watering plants during the dry season 
which extends usually from May until 
November, the mistake made not only by 
the novice but by old residents also, is to 
overwater —in forgetfulness of the fact that 
after the rainy season the soil is a store- 
house of moisture which the roots seek 
out and appropriate. 
Of course a certain amount of artificial 
watering is needed with most plants not 
indigenous to the section, but it should be 
administered in a way to reach well down 
to the main roots, not sprinkled on the 
surface only, to tempt the roots up to it. 
For this purpose it is well to scoop ample 
shallow basins around the bases of shrubs, 
roses, and all plants that stand far enough 
apart to permit, and slowly apply the water 
with the hose (the sprinkler removed) 
directly at the root. After the basin is 
full, let the water sink in, then fill again, 
continuing the process if needful until the 
soil will absorb no more. Then in a day 
or two, or as soon as the surface is dry 
enough to be worked, fork up the ground 
in the basin, making a sort of dirt mulch. 
Unless the weather is exceptionally hot, 
in which case the plant will show its need 
by wilting, nothing further need be done for 
two or three weeks, when the process is to 
be repeated. During July and August, 
however, roses should not be watered at 
all, this being their resting time here. 
In the case of plants in a close border or 
in arow, a trough may be made with a hoe 
as a channel for the irrigating water to run 
in, the forking up and dirt mulching to 
follow just as with the basined shrubs. 
Where the plants are massed in a bed so 
that working about them is impracticable, 
the hose (always without the sprinkler) should 
be laid upon the ground and the water 
allowed to run slowly until the bed is 
thoroughly saturated. For this purpose, 
every bed should be enclosed with a slightly 
raised edging of board, brick or stone, to 
keep the water from running upon the paths. 
There is no hard and fast rule as to when 
to water again, but I find it well to turn up 
the soil with a trowel now and then near 
the plant roots and if the moisture fails to 
be apparent at a couple of inches depth, 
it is well to water again. 
The cactus bed must never be soaked, as 
an excess of moisture tends to rot the roots; 
but a moderate sprinkling once or twice a 
week during the dry months, simulating a 
summer shower, has, in cur experience, 
proved beneficial. 
So. California. C. F.S. 
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