GARDENER'S CALENDAR 



poppies, portulaca, mignonette. These are by no means all the annuals, 

 but they are the most all-round satisfactory ones for the average gar- 

 dener. Those marked * are best sown in the seed-bed and trans- 

 planted when two or three inches high to their permanent home. 

 Those unmarked should be sown where they are to grow. 



MAY 



A BELATED GARDENER'S CALENDAR FOR MAY 



(LATITUDE OF NEW YORK) 



Week of 



April 25- 



May2 



May 2-9 



May 9-16 



May 16-23 



May 23-30 



Plant deciduous shrubs and trees without delay. 



Plant vines (if young growth is cut back). 



Plant evergreens and rhododendrons. 



Plant tea-roses from pots. 



Sow any hardy annuals if not already planted. 



Plant gladioli, dahlias, and other tender bulbs and tubers. 



See p. 108. 

 Spray roses with whale-oil soap before leaves open. 



Plant shrubs and trees; cut back hard if leaves have started. 

 Plant Hortensis hydrangeas, such as "Otaksa," and "Thomas 



Hogg." 



Sow tender annuals. 



Begin "hardening off" annuals in hotbeds and cold-frames. 

 Begin looking for cutworms. 

 Prune shrubs that have finished blooming, and no others. 



Plant out petunias (from pots). 



Plant vines ampelopsis, clematis, etc. (from pots). 



Make second sowing of mignonette. 



Thin early-sown annuals. 



Give roses potassium sulphide. 



Transplanting begin setting out annuals from frames. 

 Sow moon- vine (not before this week). 



Perennials spray hollyhocks with Bordeaux to prevent rust. 

 Roses spray with whale-oil soap (buds set). 



Plant out annuals from flats to open. 



Plant tube-roses. 



Roses give liquid manure. 



Keep ahead of the weeds. 



Thin annuals. 



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