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Continue tosow all varieties of Grasses, 
Field and Clover Seed as directed for 
September. as Pa ; ae 
: repare your lan o set out frui 
Orchard. trees, transplant those which are 
dormant. 
o Sow Flower seeds of all 
Flow er Garden. kinds in boxes and trans- 
pliant when large enough into open ground, such as 
Pausy, Daisy, Phlox, Petunia, Chinese and other 
Pinks, Alyssum, Candytuft. Wall Flower, Larkspur, 
Lobelia, Nierembergia and Poppy. 
Set out Roses and Other hardy plants. 
Plant Hyacinths. Tulips, Narcissus, Jonquils. Ane- 
qmones and Ranunculus in open ground or flower 
pts for forcing. 
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To force Hyacinths and other bulbous rooted 
plants in flower pots, use light but rich soil, plant in 
5 inch pots. so that the top of the bulbs are covered 
half aninch. E 
Give one good watering and bury the pots 6 inches 
underthe ground, until the bulbs are well rooted, 
which takes from 4 to 5 weeks. When well rooted 
take the pots out of the ground and gradually ex- 
pose to the light, whenthey will soon put out and 
bloom well. Plant English Rye Grass for your win- 
ter lawn. 
During the latter part of this 
Shade Trees. month plant all shade trees 
described inthis catalogue. 
DECEMBER. 
During this month 
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Vege table Gar den. not a great deal is 
ee as the ground is gencrally occupied by 
growing crops. 
Peas for general crop may be planted, some Pota- 
toes may be pianted: but on ac ccount of cold weather 
aquring January and February. it is very uncertain 
whether they will succeed or not. 
Spiuach, Roquette, Radishes, Carrots, Lettuce, En- 
dive and some early Cabbage may be sown. 
Sow early varieties of Caulidower ina frame or a 
sheltered situation in the open ground to be trans- 
planted in February. 
Sow Tomatoes for forcing in a cooled-off hot-bed. 
Fi ld Sow Alfalfa, Red, Alsike, Burr, White 
1e * and Crimson Clover, all varieties of 
Grass seed, Rye, Barley, Wheat and Oats for stock 
food. 
Prepare ground for fruit trees during 
Orchard, this month, and towards the end be- 
gin to plant. 
Plavt Pecan Nutsto raise trees from. 
Prune, work and fertilize trees which have beeu 
planted during the previous season. 
: is 3 Plant Hyacinths, Tulips, 
Hlewer Uratene i sone ee 
nunculus, Anemones, Japan Lilies. Sow ali varie- 
ties of winter and spring blooming flower seeds 1n 
cold frames to be set out in January and February, 
as for instance Lobelia, Asters, Pamsy, Daisy, Phlox, 
Petunia, Chinese and other Pinks, Alyssum, Candy- 
tuft, Wall Flower, Larkspur, Nierembergia, Poppy, 
Hollyhock, Snapdragon, Flos Adonis, Calleopsis, 
Heliotrope, Primula and Reseda. Set out Roses and 
other hardy plants. Plant English Rye Grass ior 
your winter lawn. 
Shade Trees, plant all varieties. 
SOWING 
Some seeds are sown at once where they are to re- 
main and mature. Others are sown in seed beds 
and transplanted afterwards. Seeds should be cov- 
ered according to their sizes, a covering of earth 
twice the size of the seed is about the maximum. 
some seeds, such as Beans, Cornand Peas, can be 
covered from onetotwoinches, and they will come 
up well. Here isa difference again: Wrinkled Pea 
and Sugar Corn have to be covered lighter and more 
ciretully than Marrowfat Peas or the common varie- 
t:es of corn. It depends upon the nature of the soil, 
s2ason of the year, etc. For instance, in heavy wet 
soils, seeds have to be covered lighter than in sandy 
light ground. Seeds which are sown during summer 
in the open ground, such as Beets and Carrots, should 
be soaked over night in water and rolled in ashes 
before sowing; they will come up quicker. When 
they aresown in a seed bed, the ground should be 
light enough notto bake aftera rain. Some varie- 
ties of seeds require shade when sown during sum- 
mer, such as Caulifower,Celery and Lettuce. Care 
should betaken to have the shade at least three feet 
from the ground, and shade only after thesun has 
been on the bed fortwo or three hours: and remove 
again early in the afternoon sothe plants may be 
comesturdy. If too much shaded they will be drawn 
up, long-legged, and not fit to beset out in the open 
ground. The most successful Cabbage planters sow 
their seeds in the open ground, towards the end of 
July and during August, and give them no shade, 
but water and keep the ground moist from the day of 
SEEDS. 
sowing until the plahts are transplanted. Seeds 
should be sown thinly in the seed bed. If plants 
come up too thickly they areapttodamp off. 
Lettuce seed should be sprouted during the hot 
months before sowing, according to directions. given 
for June. 
To sow Turnips on a large scale during the late 
summer and early fall months, the ground should be 
prepared 1n advance and the seed sown just before or 
during the rain. Small pieees of ground, of course, 
can be sown at any time and watered afterwards. 
For covering all kinds of seeds a fork is preferable 
toarake; with either implement care must be taken 
not to cover the seeds too deep. Beans, Peasand 
Corn are covered with the hoe. Some fine seeds, 
such as Thyme and Tobacco, are covered enough 
when pressed with the back of the spade tothe 
ground. The seedsman is often blamed for selling 
seeds which have not come up when the same are 
perfectly good, but, perhaps, throughignorance, the 
‘party by whom they were sown placed them too deep 
or too shallow in the ground, or the ground may 
have been just moist enough to swell the seeds and 
they failed to come up. At other times washing 
rains after sowing beat the ground and form acrust 
that the seeds are notable to penetrate, orif thereis 
too much manureit will burn the seeds and destroy 
their vitality. 
When seeds, such as Beans, Cucumbers, Melons 
and Squash, are planted before it 1s warm enough, 
they are very apt to rotif it rains. 
GERMINATING SEEDS. 
Complaiuts are often made to seedsmen by inex- 
perienced Truck farmers and Planters that certain 
varieties of garden and field seeds are slow in com- 
ing up or failentirely. The fault, asa generalrule, 
is mostly the gardeners, but the seedsman invariably 
gets the blame, mostly unjust and groundless, but 
he 1s blamed and otherwise abused nevertheless. 
For the guidance of those who are inexperienced 
ae deem it necessary to lay down the following 
rules: 
The Oldest and Best Seed House in the South. 
