. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. h, we may have so much rainin January or February that the groundcan not be touched until the weeds havealmost taken possession. See that youdestroy the early crop of weeds, andyou will be ready for the later cropwhen it makes an appearance. Self Sown Annuals.—Some self sownseedlings of annuals may now, in re-gions of early rains, be nearly ready totransplant to permanent annuals, which only bloom for afew months in the early part of the sea-son, may be planted closely so as tomake a display as soon as annuals
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. h, we may have so much rainin January or February that the groundcan not be touched until the weeds havealmost taken possession. See that youdestroy the early crop of weeds, andyou will be ready for the later cropwhen it makes an appearance. Self Sown Annuals.—Some self sownseedlings of annuals may now, in re-gions of early rains, be nearly ready totransplant to permanent annuals, which only bloom for afew months in the early part of the sea-son, may be planted closely so as tomake a display as soon as annuals look better in smallmasses, or groups, not in formal the ground among them quite fre-quently, and particularly after eachrain, as there is nothing plants like bet-ter. In some cases it is best to thinout the self sown seedlings where theystand, and stir the surface as much aspossible. Such plants will probably bethe first to bloom. Cuttings. — This is the season forplanting out cuttings of deciduousshrubs, and of roses. Select a warm,. TORNELIA.—Tornelia fi^grans. THE CALIFORNIA HOKTICULTUKIST. 369 well - sheltered, slightly sloping bedwith a southern exposure. Sandy soilis the best for starting cuttings. Takewell-ripened, short-jointed wood, cut itwith a sharp knife, and make cuttingsten to twelve inches long. Set them inthe ground in rows three feet apart,sloping them somewhat, and packingthe soil very closely about the base ofthe cutting. If these points have beenattended to, there will hardly be a fail-ure out of whole rows of cuttings. Improvements to be Made.—This isthe time to notice the vacant placeswhere plants have died, and to studythe lacks, the failures, and the a path is to be changed, or newflower beds made, or a tree has growntoo large, and must be removed fromthe tiny garden plot. Then, too, plantsmust mostly be ordered from the nurs-ery this month. The best plan is tovisit the nursery, see the plants your-self, purchase what
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