GARDEN" MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



5rd Month. 



MARCH, 1905. 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



New Moon 5d llh 19ra After. I Full Moon .. 



First Quarter 14d 2h 39m Morn. | Last Quartei 



20d lOh 65m After. 

 27d 3h 35m After. 



Day of 

 Month and Week 



Sun Sun 

 sets 

 h.m. 



rises 

 h.m. 



Moon 

 rises 

 h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



Wednesday 

 Thursday 

 Friday 

 Saturday 



6 27 I 5 59 

 6 26 I 6 



I 4 48 



1 5 27 



6 25 

 6 23 



Yellowstone Park established by Congress, 1872. 

 Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. 

 International Copyright Law passed, 1891. 

 Constitution became law of United States, 1789. 



10. Quinquagesima Sunday. 



Day's Length, llh. 40m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturaay 



6 22 



6 2 



6 3 1 



6 21 



6 2 



sets 1 



6 20 



6 3 



7 30 



6 19 



6 4 



8 20 



6 18 



6 4 



9 12 



6 16 



6 5 



10 4 



6 15 



6 6 



10 57 



Mercator, famous geographer, born 1512. 



Heroic death of Texans at the Alamo, 1836. 



Mardi Gras Day. 



First Locomotive crossed Niagara bridge, 1855. 



Joan of Arc announced her mission, 1429. 



Order of the Iron Cross established, 1813. 



First daily weather charts issued in England, 1872- 



11. First Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length, llh. 52m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturdav 



6 14 



6 6 



11 51 



6 13 



6 7 



morn 



6 12 



6 8 



45 



6 11 



6 8 



1 39 



6 9 



6 9 



2 32 



6 8 



6 9 



3 23 



6 7 



6 10 



4 11 



The "Oregon" started on her famous voj^age, 1898. 



Planet Uranus discovered by Herschel, 1781 



Alex. M Bell expounded "visible speech," 1866. 



Richard Frotscher born, 1S83. 



West Point Academy established, 1802. 



St. Patrick's Day. 



Stamp Act repealed by Parliament, 1766. 



12. Second Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length, 12h. 5m. 



19 



20 

 21 

 22 

 53 

 24 

 25 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesdaj^ 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Fridaj^ 



Saturday 



6 6 



6 11 



4 57 



6 5 



6 11 



5 44 



6 4 



6 12 



rises 



6 2 



6 12 



8 8 



6 1 



6 13 



9 15 



1 3 



6 14 



10 20 



|5 58 



6 14 



11 23 



David Livingstone, African explorer, born 1813. 

 Johnson's paper, the Rambler, first issued, 1750. 

 Bach, celebrated composer, born 1685. 

 Rosa Bonheur, famous painter, born 1822. 

 Perry opened the Japanese ports, 1854. 

 Telephone worked from N. Y. to Chicago, 1883. 

 England abolished the slave trade, 1807. 



13. Third Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length, 12h. 18m. 



26 



Pundav 



5 57 



6 15 



morn 



27 



Monday 



5 56 



6 15 



21 



28 



Tuesday 



5 54 



6 16 



1 15 



29 



Wednesday 



5 53 



6 17 



2 4 



30 



Thursday 



5 52 



6 17 



2 48 



31 



Friday 



5 51 



6 18 



3 28 



Prehistoric human skeleton found in France, 1872. 

 Robert Bruce crowned King of Scotland, 1306. 

 Haydn's "Creation" first performed, 1800. 

 Dominion of Canada established, 1867. 

 Treaty for purchase of Alaska signed, 1867. 

 Bunsen, inventor of Bunsen's Burner, born 1811. 



Jewish Calendar, March 8th— Adar, Sheni (year 5665.) Fast of Esther, Adar, Sheni 13, 

 March 20. Purim, Adar, Sheni 14, March 21. 



Our Japanese Soluble Insecticide has Never been Fonnd Wanting. 



