GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



1st Month. 



JANUARY, 1806. 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 



New Moon 



First Quarter 



5d 

 13d 



Oh 



2h 



MOON'S PHASES. 



17ni 

 11m 



After. 

 After. 



Full Moon s^ld 



Last Quarter 27d 



Ih 

 6h 



14ra 

 20m 



Morn. 



After. 



Day of 

 Month and Week 



Sun 



Sun 



Moon 



rises 



sets 



rises 



h.m. 



h.m. 



h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



1. Sunday after Christmas. 



Days' Length, lOh. I6ra. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 



56 



6 



66 



6 



57 



6 



51 



6 



57 



6 



57 



6 



57 



2 44 



3 46 



4 45 



5 42 

 sets 



6 25 



7 21 



New Year's Day. 



French Academy established by Richelieu, 1635. 

 Work begun on the Brooklyn Bridge, 1870. 

 Silk manufacture introduced into Europe, 536. 

 Stephen Decatur, hero of Tripoh, born 1779. 

 Joan of Arc, French national heroine, born 1412. 

 Montgolfier, inventor of the balloon, born 1745. 



2. First Sunday after Epiphanj'^ 



Day's Length, lOh. 20m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 



57 



6 



57 



6 



57 



6 



57 



6 



57 



6 



57 



6 



57 



17 



8 14 



18 



9 7 



18 



9 59 



19 



10 51 



20 



11 42 



21 



morn 



22 



35 



Jackson's heroic defense of New Orleans, 1815. 

 First test of the Davy Safety Lamp, 1816. 

 First river steamer reached New Orleans, 1812. 

 Alex. Hamilton, American patriot, born 1757. 

 Festalozzi, educational reformer, born 17 16. 

 Society of King's Daughters founded, 1886. 

 Pitt spoke against American taxation, 1766. 



3. Second Sunday after Epiphany 



Day's Length, lOh. 26m. 



15 



Sunday 



16 



Monday 



17 



Tuesday 



18 



Wednesday 



19 



Thursday 



20 



Friday 



21 



Saturday 



6 57 



5 23 



1 28 



6 57 



5 24 



2 23 



6 57 



5 24 



3 19 



6 56 



5 25 



4 16 



6 56 



5 26 



5 13 



6 56 



5 27 



6 9 



6 55 



5 28 



rises 



British Museum first opened, 1759. 

 U. S. Civil Service Commission appointed, 1883. 

 Benjamin Franklin born at Boston, 1*706. 

 Conference leading to King James Bible ended 1604 

 Bessemer, discoverer of steel process, born 1813. 

 First assembly of the English Commons, 1265. 

 Letters of "Junius" began to appear, 1769. 



4. Third Sunday after Epiphany. 



Day's Length, lOh. 34m. 



22 



Sunday 



6 55 



5 29 



7 16 



23 Monday 



6 55 



5 29 



8 2-2 



24 Tuesday 



6 54 



5 30 1 9 27 



25 Wednesday 



6 54 



5 31 10 31 



26 



Thursday 



6 54 



5 32 11 35 



27 



Friday 



6 53 



5 33 1 morn 



28 



Saturday 



6 53 



5 34 



38 



Ampere, the great French electrician, born 1775. 

 Queen Elizabeth opened Royal Exchange, 1571. 

 Fox, Enghsh orator and statesman, born 1749. 

 Robert Burns, Scottish poet, born 1759. 

 Webster's great speech in reply to Hayne, 1830. 

 Independence of Greece proclaimed, 1822. 

 First train across Isthmus of Panama, 1855. 



5. Fourth Sunday after Epiphany 



Da^ 



Length, lOh. 43m. 



29 I Sunday 



30 I Monday 



31 I Tuesday 



6 52 ; 5 35 



1 39 



6 52 5 36 



2 38 



6 51 5 37 1 



3 36 



Swedenborg, famous mystic, born, 1689. 

 W. S. Landor, essayist and poet, born 1775. 

 John Marshall became U. S. Chief Justice, 1801. 



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