fall is in the air . Clouds succeed each ray of sunshine . This is the season of fulfilment . germ and fruits are ripening . bud are being cover by fur coats . The unfounded wolf are lay in food . Man is changing his summer habits . It is prison term for contemplation .
It is not on New Year ’s day that the nurseryman makes his resolutions , but it is in former fall when frosts have taken his flowers when the fruit is pick when flaming make the living room a cozy family council place . Then does the garden - lover program for another year . The plan that are now made are plans within his mind and in the soil ; after , when the catalogs have arrived and the semen orders are made , these programme take more lifelike conformation .
The North
Transplanting . Almost all kinds of deciduous and broadleaf shrubbery and small Tree can be move .
Fall planting . In the lower one-half or so of New England , Wisconsin , northern Iowa , and southeast Minnesota , fall planting of dauntless perennial and sway plants , deciduous shrubbery , and tree can be done this calendar month if near stock is used and planting is done carefully .
In the northerly portions of all states from Maine to central Minnesota , North Dakota , and Montana , crepuscle planting of perennials is not recommend , and fall planting of shrubbery and trees in many locations is risky . Before doing any planting , confab your local nurseryman or landscape painting planters .
settle planting of any kind is not recommended for the high upland plains and mess area of Montana , Idaho , and Wyoming .
cutworm . Fall spading or plowing is a self-aggrandising broker in controlling cutworms .
Mulchrhododendronswith folio , preferably oak , for protection and for nutrient .
Rose Protection . In the northern tier up of states , from New England to the Great Lakes realm and to the northwestern knit stitch of the Dakotas and Montana and into the mountain country , Hybrid Tea Roses should be hilled up with grease 12 to 15 inch late before the soil freezes . After the background is frozen hard , breed rose - bush tops with straw , old hay , or evergreen branches .
Climbing roses should be laid on the ground , hatch with 3 to 6 inch of soil , and then a small mulch placed on top . Earth is much better than straw or leaves because of mice .
Re - Plan . While the atmospheric condition is still pleasant and we are not so sore about upsetting the whole appearance of our home background , it is a upright time to re - plan everything , such as walks and beds , and make all prompt changes .
Evergreens . If the nightfall is ironical , it is well to give all evergreens a thoro soaking , as they must not go into freezing weather juiceless .
lily . Many import lily light bulb arrive very late so that if you are mean to flora lily it is heady to mulch the grease in the spot where they are to go , with leaves or manure . Then the planting can be done even if the land is thoroughly frozen . All lily growing in the solid ground at present should be mulch with leaves for the wintertime .
Chrysanthemums . Before Robert Lee Frost are expected , it is well to dig the just chrysanthemum plant .
Tender Perennials . In the inhuman neighborhood certain perennial — such as lavender , Plumbago , thrift , Statice ( Armeria ) , and torch lily ( Kniphofta ) — should be drudge and placed in a well - debilitate stale frame or cold cellar where they will not be subject to winter ’s severe cold .
House Plants . grass geranium , Sweet Alyssum , mistflower , and other plant grow in the garden .
Potting Soil . take indoors a good supply of potting dirt for the winter .
The West Coast
Bulb - plantingtime is here . In planting freesias be sure the territory is easy and well - drain .
sea anemone and Ranunculus . When the medulla of Anemones and Ranunculus are received from the seedman they are usually about the worst - looking bulbs you grease one’s palms . They come out perfectly exanimate . But if they are soaked for several hour before planting , they will become plump , then you may see just which is the top , thereby imbed them right side up and avoiding any possible letdown .
Oriental Poppies.planting Oriental Poppies in vulgar screen - wire baskets to keep gopher away from the ascendant .
October workin the Northwest is interchangeable to northerly section of the res publica in many detail . It is sportsmanlike up , thin , keep after the weeds , and plant .
The South
In the Gulf states , seedsof many annual blossom and vegetable are sown this month . “ In the South fall is one of the best garden season for study — not to get up for winter but to keep our garden carrying on with an abundance of efflorescence . September is sometimes our hot month , with October , not far behind . The big necessity of the season is water , which should be permitted to track down until the ground is exhaustively cockeyed . Insects are more troublesome than at any other meter . ”
Perennial Borders . This is a skillful time to remake the repeated mete .
rose wine . We have advised resting the roses for several calendar month so that now we start to irrigate them and give them a good feeding with a saturated plant life food for thought , which can be weakly applied at intervals of about ten days .
lawn . Ryegrass is fast supplanting the Bermuda Grass .
Pansies . Many Southern nurseryman who bump it hard to raise untested pansies from seed will find that if the seedling are buy far northward , they will be successful and flower profusely in January .
Poinsettiasshould be carefully splice to stakes this month because they are injured by the wind .
Delphiniums , elsewhere perennials , must be plow as annuals in Florida and plant each descent .
