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 Ni3W TORK) 



Week of 



April 25- 



May 2 



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 manui'e. 



Keep ahead of the weeds. 



Thin annuals. 



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