Book of Gardens 



117 



Novembet^ 



THE GARDENER'S CALENDAR 



Eleventh Month 



''W^: 





The grass in the 



orchard should be 



burned to destroy 



insect eggs, etc. 





Now is the time for 



the final cleaning tip 



of all garden and 



groufids trash 



Whatever changes 



are uncompleted in 



the perennial border 



should be made 



SUNDAY 



;iO. All orna- 

 mented garden 

 furniture, set- 

 tees, etc., and 

 all melon 

 Irames. bean 

 poles, tomato 

 trellises and 

 such planting 

 accessories, 

 should now be 

 stored away for 

 winter. Paint 

 those that re- 

 quire it. 



2. It is now 

 time for all fall 

 bulb plantings 

 to be com- 

 pleted. Always 

 plant four 

 times as deep 

 as the diameter 

 of the bulb, 

 mound the 

 earth up so as 

 to shed water, 

 and mulch the 

 surface wel 1 

 with manure. 



9. Carnation 

 plants should 

 be kept sup- 

 ported and 

 properly dis- 

 budded. Never 

 allow the 

 benches to ac- 

 cumulate ereeu 

 mould. The 

 surface of the 

 ground should 

 be kept stirred. 

 Top-dress with 

 sheep manure. 



16. Primula, 

 cyclamen, cin- 

 eraria and 

 other potted 

 plants that are 

 customaril y 

 grown in frames 

 may be brought 

 inside now. 

 Frequent feed- 

 ing with liquid 

 manures is very 

 helpful to their 

 continued suc- 

 cess indoors. 



23. Apples, 

 pears and other 

 stored fruit 

 should be 

 looked over oc- 

 casionally for 

 any decayed 

 ones which 

 would soon de- 

 stroy others. 

 When the fruit 

 is wrapped sep- 

 arately in soft 

 paper this dan- 

 ger is lessened. 



MONDAY 



TUESDAY 



/ saio old Autumn i7i the misty 



morn 

 Stand shadowless like Silence, 



listening 

 To silence, for no lonely bird would 



sing 

 Into his hollow ear from woods 



forlorn. 

 Nor lowly hedge nor solitary thorn;— 

 Shaking his languid locks all dewy 



bright 

 With tangled gossamer that fell by 



night. 

 Pearling tiis coronet of golden corn. 

 — Thomas Hood. 



3. Garden 

 changes should 

 be made now 

 be fore the 

 ground is froz- 

 en, to prevent 

 settling and 

 other irregular- 

 ities in the 

 spring. Plants 

 disturbed now 

 are more likely 

 to live than 

 those moved in 

 midwinter. 



10. Sweet 

 peas sown now 

 and properly 

 protected over 

 the winter will 

 give quality 

 flowers next 

 year. A frame 

 made of boards 

 and covered 

 with manure 

 after it is put 

 in place will he 

 an excellent 

 protection. 



17. Tender 

 roses and all 

 tea roses should 

 be strawed up 

 now to protect 

 them. Putting 

 earth around 

 the bases of the 

 plants helps 

 shed water and 

 will serve to 

 protect the 

 lower part of 

 the plant from 

 damage. 



24. At this 

 time all hard- 

 wooded forcing 

 plants such as 

 lilacs, cherriea 

 deutzia, wis- 

 taria, etc.. 

 should be lifted 

 from their 

 places about 

 the grounds 

 and placed in 

 tubs or boxes 

 foi winter forc- 

 ing. 



4. Do not neg- 

 lect to make 

 successional 

 sowings in the 

 greenhouse of 

 vegetable crops 

 such as beans, 

 cauliflower, 

 beets, carrots, 

 lettuce, etc. 

 The secret of 

 success is sow- 

 ing in small 

 quantities and 

 frequently. 



11. If you 

 have not al- 

 ready stored 

 your loot crops 

 for the winter, 

 they should be 

 attended to at 

 once. Burying 

 them in 

 trenches out- 

 doors with the 

 proper kind of 

 protecting ma- 

 terial is the 

 ideal storage. 



18. Manure 

 for the garden 

 should be pur- 

 chased now. 

 For garden 

 purposes it im- 

 proves greatly 

 with age and 

 handling, and 

 it is always 

 possible to get 

 manure in the 

 fall, while next 

 spring is un- 

 certain. 



25. Young 

 fruit trees had 

 better be pro- 

 tected now 

 from the at- 

 tacks of field- 

 mice, rabbits 

 and other rod- 

 dents which 

 girdle the 

 trunks. Tarred 

 burlap or paper 

 collars placed 

 above ground 

 will help. 



WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 



FRIDAY 



This Calendar of the gardener's labors is 

 aimed as a reminder for undertaking all his 

 tasks in season. It is fitted to the latitude 

 of the Middle States, but its service should 

 be available for the whole country if it be 

 remembered that for every one hundred 

 miles north or south there is a difference 

 of from five to seven days later or earlier 

 in performing garden operations. The dates 

 given are, of course, for an average season. 



5. Ill-kept 

 gardens breed 

 diseases and in- 

 sects. Clean up 

 all refuse and 

 burn the stalks 

 and other ma- 

 terial likely to 

 decay. Thor- 

 oughly sterilize 

 the ground by 

 the application 

 of lime or deep, 

 consistent 

 trenching. 



12. There are 

 a number of 

 popular peren- 

 nials which 

 force well. 

 Clumps of core- 

 opsis, bleedinp 

 heart, Shasta 

 daisy, dicentra, 

 etc., may be 

 lifted, potted, 

 and then stored 

 outside to ripen 

 properly before 

 forcing. 



19. Standard 

 roses are among 

 the hardest 

 garden subjects 

 to protect. If 

 strawed in they 

 must have 

 heavy stakes or 

 they will be- 

 come top- 

 heavy. Laying 

 the stems down 

 and covering 

 with earth is 

 the best. 



26. Boxwood 

 and other ten- 

 der evergreens 

 should have 

 their winter 

 protections ap- 

 plied now. Bur- 

 lap covers that 

 are supported 

 so as not to 

 come in actual 

 contact with 

 the plants are 

 the best ma- 

 terial for this. 



6. Poinsettia, 

 lilies and other 

 heat - loving 

 crops intended 

 for Christmas 

 bloom must be 

 forced rapidly. 

 A temperature 

 of 750 or even 

 81)0 when 

 plenty of mois- 

 ture is avail- 

 able, will be 

 beneficial to 

 them. 



13. Celery 

 must be kept 

 banked proper- 

 ly to protect 

 the hearts of 

 the plants from 

 damage by se- 

 vere frost. In 

 fact, it can be 

 stored in 

 trenches any 

 time now lor 

 use during the 

 late fall and 

 winter months. 



20. Freesias, 

 French grown 

 narcissus, early 

 lilies and all 

 bulbs of this 

 type can be 

 brought into a 

 higher temper- 

 ature now. 

 After the buds 

 show, free ap- 

 plications of 

 liquid manure 

 will benefit the 

 roots. 



27. Low spots 

 in the lawn or 

 irregularities in 

 thesurfacemay 

 be top-dressed 

 now to over- 

 come these 

 troubles. Use 

 good soil, and 

 when not more 

 than 2 inches 

 of it is applied 

 the grass will 

 come through 

 all right. 



7. It is per- 

 fectly safe to 

 plant aspara- 

 gus in the fall 

 provided you 

 make some ef- 

 fort to protect 

 it during the 

 winter. Puil 

 plenty of earth 

 up over the 

 plants and 

 cover them well 

 with decayed 

 manure. 



14. Goose- 

 berries, cur- 

 rants, raspber- 

 ries and black- 

 berries are sur- 

 face rooters. A 

 heavy winter 

 mulch of man- 

 ure will build 

 up the fertility 

 of the soil and 

 help to protect 

 the roots from 

 damage by the 

 frost. 



21. House 

 plants of all 

 kinds should be 

 given a little 

 extra care at 

 this time. 

 Sponge the fo- 

 liage with soap 

 solution, scrub 

 the green scum 

 off the pots and 

 top - dress the 

 soil in them 

 with sheep 

 manure. 



28. Rhodo- 

 d e n d r ns 

 should have 

 their roots pro- 

 tected by a 

 heavy mulch of 

 leaves or litter. 

 Some branches 

 ot pines or 

 other ever- 

 greens thrust 

 into the ground 

 between the 

 plants will pre- 

 vent sun-scald. 



SATURDAY 



1. It is not 

 too late to start 

 seeds of some 

 of the more 

 rapid - growing 

 annuals in tho 

 greenhouse for 

 winter flowers. 

 Of these may 

 be mentioned 

 c a 1 1 i o p s i s , 

 candytuft, rag- 

 ged sailor and 

 the ever popu- 

 lar mignonette. 



8. The straw- 

 berry bed 

 should be 

 mulched with 

 well - rotted 

 manure ; this 

 not only pro- 

 tects the plants 

 but prevents 

 the deteriora- 

 tion ol the soil 

 Straw to pro- 

 tect them from 

 the sun should 

 be added. 



15. One of 

 the hardest 

 plants to pro- 

 tect during coUl 

 weather is tiio 

 French Globe 

 artichoke. It 

 covered too 

 much it decays, 

 so use a frame 

 to prevent the 

 covering ma- 

 terial from ac- 

 tually resting 

 on the plants. 



22. Sweet 

 peas in the 

 green Jiouse 

 should be fed 

 freely with li- 

 quid manures. 

 The first flow- 

 ers to appear 

 should be 

 pinched ott to 

 conserve the 

 plants' 

 strength. Keep 

 the atmosphere 

 dry at night. 



29. Most 

 smooth-barked 

 trees and prac- 

 tically all fruit 

 trees are sub- 

 ject to the at- 

 tacks of San 

 Jose scale. 

 These trees 

 should be 

 sprayed with 

 one of the sol- 

 uble oil mix- 

 tureswhich can 

 be purchased. 



DOWN in the medders back o\ my barn they's a kinder swampy corner, all hiimmocky an' full o' ev'ry 

 sort o' long grass, •which fair turns blue with fringed gentians in the fall. For a couple o' weeks, if 

 the hard fvost holds off, 'Lica goes down there ev'ry few days an' picks a pitcherful, but zve never gets 

 tired of 'cm. They's so durned purty an' blue — same as the sky; an' they's about the last o' the year's wild 

 flowers, too. 'ccpt a stray vi'let here an' there. Them late vi'lets is the blue kind, if ye'll notice — 1\ 

 reckon that's the Noz'cmber wild flower color, somehozv. same as they's others for the other seasons. In 

 the spring it's -white an' yaller, pink an' light blue, mostly, like the weather. Then as the sun gets hotter 

 the colors change an' come stronger an' deeper, 'tH along in August ye see the scorchin red o' thc\ 

 cardinal flowers. After that they begins to cool off ag'in; more yallers, the blues an' purples o' the 

 asters, the browns o' the grass an' leaves, an' fin'ly a patch 0' blue at the very end. Blue's a good color 

 any time — soft an' restful like an' cool. But they ain't no blue quite as good as them little fringed 

 gentians down in my szvamp niedder, with the rusty dead grass all 'round an' the dark green cedars 

 along the fence. — Old Doc Lemmon. 



Liming the garden 

 in the jail will im- 

 prove the produc- 

 tiveness of the soil 



Dead vines from the 



vegetable g ar d e jt 



may be added to 



the compost heap 



When the bulbs are 



well rooted they can 



be brought into the 



house 



A well developed bulb 



with the roots spread, 



ready to force for winter 



bloom indoors 



A good bonfire of the odds-and-ends 



such as cornstalks, dead branches, etc., 



is a great help toward general garden 



cleanliness and insect pest control 



Burlap covers shoidd be placed over 



the boxwood as winter protection. 



These bushes are not really hardy 



north of New York 



Succession plantiyigs of 



beans are now in order 



in the greenhouse. Plant 



in rows 2' apart 



