GARDEN MANUAL FOR THK SOUTHERN STATES. 



ist Month. 



JANUARY, 1903 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the Ji^atitude of the Southern States. 



First Quarter 6d. 



Full Moon 13d. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



3h. 



8h. 



56m. 

 17m. 



After. 

 Morn. 



Last Quarter 20d. 



New Moon 28d. 



5h. 

 lOh. 



49m. 

 38m. 



Morn. 

 Morn. 



Day 



of 



Month and Week. 



Sun 



rises 



li.m. 



Snn I Moon 



sets sets 

 h. ni. I h m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 56 

 6 56 

 6 56 



5 11 

 5 12 

 5 13 



7 56 

 S 49 

 9 43 



N"ew Year's Day. 



F'reach Academy estab'd by Richelieu. 1635. 



Work begun on the Brooklyn Bridge, 1870. 



1. 2d Sunday after Christmas. 



Day's Length, lOh. IGoi. 



4 



5 

 6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 57 



5 13 



10 37 



6 57 



5 14 



11 32 



6 57 



5 14 



morn 



6 57 



5 15 



30 



6 57 



5 16 



1 30 



6 57 



5 17 



2 33 



6 57 



5 18 



3 37 



Silk manufacture introduced into Europe, 536. 

 Stephen Decatur, hero of Tripoli, born 1779. 

 Joan of Arc, French national heroine, born 1412. 

 Montgolfier, inventor of the balloon, born 1745, 

 Jackson's heroic defense of New Orleans, 1815. 

 First test of the Davy Safety Lamp, 1816. 

 First river steamer reached New Orleans, 1812. 



2. First Sunday after Epiphany. 



Day's Length, lOh. 12m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 57 



5 19 



6 57 



5 19 



6 57 



5 20 



6 57 



5 21 



6 57 



5 22 



6 57 



5 23 



6 57 



5 24 



4 41 



5 43 



rises 



6 5-7 



8 5 



9 10 

 10 11 



Alex. Hamilton, Atnerican patriot, born 1757. 

 Pestalozzi, educational reformer, born 1746. 

 Society of King's Daughters founded, 1886, 

 Pitt spoke against American taxation, 1766. 

 British Museum first opened, 1759. 

 U. S. Civil Service Commission appointed, 1883. 

 Benjamin Franklin born at Boston, 1706, 



Second Sunday after Epiphany. 



Day's Length, lOh, 28m. 



18 



Sundav 



19 



Monday 



20 



Tuesday 



21 



Wednesday 



22 



Thursday 



23 



Friday 



24 



Saturday 



6 57 



5 25 



11 10 



6 56 



5 25 



morn 



6 56 



5 26 



7 



5 56 



5 27 



1 2 



6 55 



5 28 



I 56 



6 55 



5 29 



2 48 



6 55 



5 29 



3 3S 



Conference lead'g 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. 

 Ampere, the great French electrician, born 1775. 

 Queen Elizabeth opened Royal Exchange, 1571. 

 Fox, English orator and statesman, born 1749. 



4. Third Sunday after Epiphany, 



Day's Length, lOh. 36m. 



25 I Sunday 



26 I Monday 



27 I Tuesday 



28 I Wednesday 



29 I Thursdav 



30 Friday 



31 I Saturday 



( 6 54 



5 30 



4 27 



6 54 



5 31 



5 12 



6 54 



5 32 



5 54 



6 53 



5 33 



sets 



6 53 



5 34 



6 43 



6 52 



5 35 



7 37 



6 52 



5 36 



8 31 



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. 

 Swedeuborg, famous mystic, born 1689. 

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

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



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