The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02

uous trees, vines and bushes. Prune
a third of the new growth and cut off
all of the old wood, except in the case
OF the vines, which are trimmed lit
tie but not as severely as the others.
Violets and pansy plants can be set
out of doors now in a partially shaded
location, If they are protected with a
light covering, such as newspaper or
sacking, whenever there seems to be
danger of a night frost. Tuberous
rooted begonias which have been
started in pots can also be planted in
the garden this month, if they are
protected in the same way.
The poppies can be sown now in the
locations where they are to remain. In
order to scatter the tiny seeds sparsely,
it is d good plan to mix them with
sand, and IL when the plants come up
they are. too close together, they must
be thinned out, so as to give those
that remain a chance to grow.
Other seeds that can be sown out Of
doors at this time are mignonette, dian
thus or china pinks, candytuft. mari
golds, calendula, phlox, celosias or
dwarf coxcomb and sweet peas, al
though it is rather late for the latter.
When these plants have sprouted be
sure and thin them out little, SO that
those that are left will not interfere
with each others development. Mas
turtiums can be sown now IL they are
protected from frost, and, in fact, 1t is
a good plan to protect young and
tender plants of every variety in this
way. in order to avoid all danger Of
their being blighted.
Smilax roots and hardy ferns may be
planted in partially shaded locations.
Yellow callas can be started in pots IN
the house, or outdoors in we'll drained
soil, protected from the wind.
Among the border plants whose Seeds
may be soWn now are the lobelias, py-
rethrum or golden feather, sweet alys-
sum, oxalis and centaurea. These must
either be protected from the wind and
boxes in the house and transplanted to
the garden when danger of frost is
over. Other plants which are so tender
as to require this latter treatment are
coleus, stocks, asters and cosmos, To-
bella; scarlet sage, which requires
plenty of heat; ageratum, gaillardia,
coreopsis and calliopsis, cineraria for
summer blooming; petunias, bachelor
buttons and sweet sultans.
During this month the vegetable gar
den will require a good deal of atten-
ton. II the preparing and planting
recommended for December have not
been done, they should be attended to
now without fail. Put in your radishes
turnips, parsnips, beets, carrots, spin
ach and onion sets as soon as possible,
and cabbage, kale, caulifiower, brus-
sells sprouts. lettuce and celery can now
be planted out of doors and trans
planted when they have grown to
height of about an inch.
Artichoke, asparagus and rhubarb
roots may be set out; strawberries may
be planted. and the roots of other ber-
ries may be put into the ground. Po-
tatoes should be cut into pieces having
one eye IN each piece and planted in
hills about a foot apart, at the rate Of
two eyes to each hill.
The soil around the shrubbery and IN
the flower beds and borders should be
covered with a coating of fertilizer and
spaded to a depth of at least one foot:
then II should be left in as rough and
lumpy a condition as possible in order
that the air may penetrate to IT and
act upon 1t benehcially.