GARDEN MANUAI. FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



3rd Month. 



MARCH, 1903 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the I/atitude of the Southern States. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



First Quarter 



Full Moon 



6d. ih. 



13d. 6h. 



Urn. After. 

 13m. Morn. 



Last Quarter 20d. 8h. 8m. After. 



New Moon 28d. 7h. 26m. After. 



Month and Week. 



Sun 1 Sun 

 rises sets 

 h. m. 1 h. m. 



Moon 



sets 

 h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



9. First Sunday in Lent. 





Day's Length, lib. 30m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



: 6 2S 



5 58 



8 18 



1 6 27 



5 o9 



9 17 



6 26 



6 



10 Ki 



6 24 



6 



11 16 



6 23 



6 1 



morn 



6 22 



6 2 



17 



6 21 



6 3 



16 



Yellowstone Park established by Congress, 1872. 

 Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. 

 International Copyright Law passed, 1891. 

 Constitution became law of United States, 1789. 

 Mercator, famous geographer, born 1512. 

 Heroic death of Texans at the Alamo, 1836. 

 Landseer, celebrated painter, born 1802. 



15. Second Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length, llh. 43m. 



8 



Sunday 



6 20 



6 3 



2 13 



9 



Monday 



6 19 



6 4 



3 7 



10 



Tuesday 



6 17 



6 5 



3 58 



11 



Wednesday 



6 16 



6 5 



4 45 



12 



Thursday 



6 15 



6 6 



5 28 



13 



Friday. 



6 14 



6 6 



rises 



14 



Saturday 



6 13 



6 7 



7 35 



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 

 The "'Oregon" started on her famoi^s voyage, 1898 

 Planet Uranus discovered by Herschel, 1781. 

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



11. Third Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length, llh. 56m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesdaj- 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 12 



6 8 



8 35 



6 10 



6 8. 



9 32 



6 9 



6 9 



10 28 



6 8 



6 10 



11 22 



6 7 



6 10 



morn 



6 6 



6 11 



13 



6 5 



6 11 



1 1 



Richard Frotscher born, 1833. 



West Point Academy established, 1802. 



St. Patrick's Day. 



Stamp Act repealed by Parliament, 1766. 



r)avid Livingstone, African explorer, born 1813. 



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



Bach, celebrated composer, born 1685. 



12. Fourth Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length, 12h. 9m. 



22 

 23 

 24 

 2b 

 26 

 27 

 28 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 3 



6 12 



1 46 



6 2 



6 13 



2 28 



6 1 



6 13 



3 8 



6 



6 14 



3 46 



5 58 



6 14 



4 22 



5 57 



6 15 



4 59 



5 55 



6 16 



sets 



Kosa Bonheur, famous painter, born 1822. 

 Perry opened the Japanese ports, 1854. 

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

 England abolished the slave tiade, 1807. 

 Prehistoric human skeleton found in France, 1872 

 Robert Bruce crowned King of Scotland, 1306. 

 Haydn's "Creation" first performed, 1800. 



13. Fifth Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length. 12h. 22m. 



Sunday 

 Monday 

 Tuesday 



5 54 



6 16 



7 7 



5 53 



6 17 



8 9 



5 52 



6 17 



9 10 



Dominion of Canada established, 1867. 

 Treaty lor purchase of Alaska signed, 1867. 

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



Jewish Calendar, March 29 — Nisan. Fast of Esther, Adar 13, March 12th. Purina, 



Adar 14, March 13th. 



Our Japanese Soluble Insecticide has never been found Wanting. 



