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GERMAIN SEED AND PLANT CO. 
Flower and Vegetable Garden 
A Concise Calendar of Operations Throughout The Year. 
Especially adapted for Southern California. 
JANUARY. 
Flower Garden.— Continue to plant Lilies. All kinds of evergreen and deciduous 
shrubs can now be planted. The planting of Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi, etc., should 
be completed this month. Hardy annuals may be sown out of doors, and, where 
artificial heat is obtainable, half hardy annuals may be sown. A hot-bed of stable 
manure is easily prepared by piling it 4 or 5 feet in height, well watered and trampled 
down, over which place a large box or frame, with glass sash, taking care to air and 
sweeten the bed well before using. 
Vegetable Garden. —For main crop sow Broccoli, Carrot, Chicory and Parsnip. 
At the end of the month, in warm, sheltered situations, Early Rose Potatoes may be 
planted. Plant Asparagus, Horseradish and Rhubarb roots. These all require deeply 
worked ground. Dress beds already planted with about 3 inches of well-rotted 
manure. Cucumbers, Egg Plant, Melons, Peppers, Squashes and Tomatoes may be 
sown under glass for after-planting. A safe plan is to sow about 5 seeds of each 
variety on reversed pieces of sod, about 4 inches square. On planting in the ground, 
insert the sod with the growing plants and firm the soil in the usual way. By this 
method the growing plants will suffer no injury. Stick and hill up Peas and other 
crops requiring it, and attend strictly to cleanliness. 
FEBRUARY. 
Flower Garden.— General planting of evergreens and shrubs should be completed 
as soon as possible. Also finish planting Lilies, Anemones and Ranunculi. Com¬ 
mence planting Gladioli bulbs for succession. Sow hardy annuals out of doors, espe¬ 
cially Sweet Peas, and half hardy annuals as recommended for last month. This 
is the best month in which to sow Acacia seeds. Soak for 24 hours before sowing, 
or where practicable, spread dry leaves or bushes over the beds after sowing and 
watering and set fire to them. This is the best manner of sowing all hard tree-seeds. 
Vegetable Garden. —This and the next month will be the busiest of the year in 
this department, as nearly all crops may be sown in these two months. (See refer¬ 
ence table for varieties to be sown.) Continue planting Asparagus and other roots 
as recommended for last month. Plant main crop of Potatoes. Attend to weeding 
and hilling up. Thin out Turnips, Carrots and other root crops requiring it. 
MARCH. 
Flower Garden. —Continue planting Gladioli bulbs for succession. All hardy and 
half hardy annuals may be sown in the open ground this month. Alternanthera 
and other border plants can be planted with safety, as all danger from even slight 
frost is now over. 
Vegetable Garden. —Nearly all vegetable seeds may be freely sown this month. 
(See reference table.) Plant out Cucumbers, Melons and other plants previously 
sown under glass. Hill up rows, keep down insects, slugs and vermin, and attend 
strictly to cleanliness. 
APRIL. 
Flower Garden. —Plant Dahlias. Gladioli, Tuberoses, Tigridias, Tuberous Bego¬ 
nias, and all summer-flowering bulbs. Continue sowing hardy and half-hardy annuals. 
Watch Rose bushes, and if troubled with green Aphis, use tobacco-dust freely. 
Vegetable Garden. — (See reference table for varieties to be sown.) Plant out 
Egg, Pepper, Tomato and Sweet Potato plants, the latter in light, rich soil, well 
wcfrked, in rows 6 feet apart, and 2 feet in the rows, and keep the soil well worked. 
Cultivate well and hill up as required. 
