SOUTHERN EDITION 
of 
Buist^s Garden Guide 
PLANTING DIRECTIONS 
The active gardening months in the South are January to April and August to 
October. Monthly operations cannot be accurately given for the entire territory, 
but the following give suggestions of cropping about the period they should be 
attended to in latitudes South of North Carolina. Adaptation to various States 
can be observed by noting the conditions of the climate and season. 
A chart of all the principal vegetable seeds will be found on page 143, giving 
proper planting depths and distances apart, seed required and weeks to maturity. 
Further detailed instructions are contained throughout our GARDEN GUIDE, alpha¬ 
betically arranged, under the various varieties of both vegetable and flower 
seeds. 
JANUARY 
Frosts in the Southern States frequently destroy early gardens; but this is no 
reason why you should not try and have one, for if your early plantings are destroyed, 
you will then have ample time to re-seed. Remember, an early garden of one acre, 
if not damaged by frost, will produce more than a two-acre garden planted late; 
therefore, January should be an active month in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, 
Alabama and Florida. If your hot-bed has not been already prepared, attend to 
it at once for the sowing of Early Tomatoes, Peppers, Egg Plants, Cauliflower 
and other early seeds. 
Beets _As soon as the season will permit, sow the seed in drills, about 18 inches 
apart, very thinly and evenly, about 1 inch deep, and when thinned out should stand 
3 or 4 inches apart. Sow BuiS'Fs Extra Early, Perfect Model, Crosby’s Egyptian, 
and Detroit Blood Turnip. During moist weather, the young plants of Beet can be 
as successfully transplanted as cabbage. 
Carrots —Sow Scarlet Horn. Buist’s Improved Rubicon and Danvers Half-Long 
Scarlet. 
Cabbage Seed— Set out plants that have wintered over in cold frames. Sow Buist’s 
Extra Early Jersey Wakefield, Charleston Wakefield, Copenhagen Market, Buist’s 
Prize Succession and Buist’s Improved Flat Dutch and Drumhead. 
Cauliflower planted in the Autumn will commence heading, and should the 
weather be cold, give them a slight protection of straw or other covering. Sow 
Cauliflower in frames, to be transplanted next March. 
Lettuce— Sow, also transplant from Winter beds. In order to produce crisp 
heads. Lettuce must be grown quickly. Therefore the soil must be of'th^ richest 
nature. Select Big Boston, Buist’s Veribest Cabbage Head, Iceberg and New York 
or Wonderful. 
