GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



5th Month. 



MAY. 1905. 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 



New Moon 4d 



First Quarter 12d 



9h 

 Oh 



MOON'S PHASES. 



50m 

 46m 



Morn. 

 Morn. 



Full Moon ....- 18d 



Last Quarter 25d 



3h 



8h 



36m 



30m 



After. 

 After. 



Day of 

 Month and Week 



rises 

 h.m. 



Sun 



sets 

 h.m. 



Moon 



rises 

 h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



1 



Monday 



5 18 



6 37 



3 48 



2 



Tuesday 



5 17 



6 37 



4 21 



3 



Wednesday 



5 16 



6 38 



4 54 



4 



Thursday 



5 1.5 



6 39 



sets 



5 



Friday 



5 14 



6 39 



7 42 



6 



Saturday 



5 13 



6 40 



8 36 



Cor. stone of Smithsonian Institution laid, 1847. 



Hudson Bay Company chartered, 1670. 



Martin Pinzon discovered Brazil, 1500. 



Horace Mann, the educator, born 1796. 



Mass. Congress renounced British allegiance, 1775. 



Thanksgiving day at Valley Forge, 1778. 



19. Second Sunday after Ea^gter. 



Day's Length, 13h. 29ra. 



7 



Sunday 



8 



'f Monday 



9 



Tuesday ' 



10 



Wednesday 



11 



Thursday 



12 



Friday 



13 



Saturday 



5 12 



6 41 



9 30 



5 12 



6 41 



10 23 



5 11 



6 42 



11 13 



5 10 



6 43 



morn 



5 9 



6 43 







5 9 



6 44 



45 



5 8 



6 45 



1 29 



Robt. Browning, English poet, born 1812. 



Metric system originated in France, 1790. 



Columbus sailed on his last voyage, 1502. 



Centennial Exposition opened, Philadelphia, 1876. 



Washingtan made general of France, 1789. 



Old South Church, Boston, begun 1669. 



John Smith began settlem'tat .Jamestown, 1607. 



20. Third Sunday after Easter. 



Day's Length, 13h. i3m. 



14 



Sunday 



5 7 6 45 



2 11 



15 



Monday 



5 7 i 6 46 



2 62 



16 



Tuesday 



5 6 1 6 46 



3 35 



17 



Wednesday 



5 5 1 6 47 



4 19 



18 



Thursday 



5 5 1 6 48 



rises 



19 



Friday 



5 4 . 6 48 



7 49 



20 



Saturday 



5 3 ! 6 49 



8 51 



Lewis and Clark left St. Louis, 1804. 



Eiffel Tower opened at Paris, 1889. 



Lincoln nominated for the Presidency, 1860. 



Money-order system established in U. S. 1864. 



Peace Conference at The Hague began, 1899. 



Legion of Honor instituted by Napoleon, 1801. 



Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 1775. 



21. Fourth Sunday after Easter. 



Day's Length, 13h. 46m. 



21 



Sunday 



22 



IMonday 



23 



Tuesday 



24 



Wednesday 



25 



Thursday 



26 



Friday 



27 



Saturday 



Manchester Ship Canal formally opened, 1894. 



Wagner, German composer, born 1813. 



Eads, builder of Mississippi jetties, born 1820. 



First calculated return of a comet (Encke's), 1822. 



Ralph Waldo Emerson born, 1803. 



First steamship to cross the Atlantic sailed, 1819. 



Morse telegraph line first used, 1844. 



22. Rogation Sund 



Day's Length, 13h. 53m. 



28 



Sunday 



5 



1 6 54 



1 48 



29 



Monday 



5 



6 54 



2 22 



80 



Tuesday 



5 



1 6 55 



2 56 



31 



Wednesday 



5 



1 6 55 



4 30 



Louis Agassiz, scientist and teacher, born 1807. 

 Pepys made last entry in his famous diary, 1669. 

 G. A. R. instituted Memorial Day, 1868. 

 Tallest cathedral spire (Ulm) completed, 1890. 



Jewish Calendar, May 6th— lyar, (year 5665.) 



When In Doubt Consult Steckler. 



