Fall Planting 
IE question is often asked, When is the better time to plant, fall 
or spring? The answer depends upon what is to be planted 
and when the question is asked. If it is asked in the summer 
or fall, then fall is undoubtedly the better time to plant all trees, 
shrubs and herbaceous plants of unquestioned hardiness, and then the fall is a time 
of comparative leisure in gardening operations and the weather is more favorable 
and the soil is usually in better condition and pleasanter to work in than it is in our 
springs, wet and cold as they are nine years out of ten. It mud be remembered, 
however, if the best results are wanted with hardy herbaceous plants, they should 
be planted early enough in the fall for them to become established before freezing 
weather sets in, otherwise they are apt to be thrown out of the ground by froSt in 
winter-time. This can be prevented by a mulching of Stable manure, and the 
mulching is a benefit in any event. As far as possible, we would advise the plant¬ 
ing of hardy plants in September or early in Odober, but of course many of 
them are not in condition to transplant until the fifteenth of Odober. Hardy Roses, 
Peonies, Iris, and many other hardy plants give beSt results when planted in the fall. 
The fad that many newly planted plants were Killed laSt winter is no argument 
againSt fall planting. The severest winter and the most unfavorable spring we ever 
had killed millions of established plants and shrubs that had always been perfedly 
hardy before. Trees and shrubs may be planted from the fifteenth of Odober 
until the ground freezes. Magnolias, Rhododendrons, Azaleas and many other 
things should be planted in the spring, so as to have a season’s growth before hav¬ 
ing to endure a winter’s severity; but when anything is ordered that should not be 
planted until spring, we always advise our customers of it. 
ELLIOTT NURSERY COMPANY 
TELEPHONES 
22 Grant (City Office) 
No. 15-4 Cheswick 
(N urseries and Experimental Grounds) GERMAN NATIONAL BANK BLDG. PITTSBURG, PA 
J. WILKINSON ELLIOTT. President 
Nurserymen 
Horticultural Buyers 1 Agents 
COPYRIGHT. 1903. BY ELLIOTT Ni 
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