

GARDEN MANUAL TOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



9 



5th Month. 



MAY, 1906. 



31 Days. 





Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 





MOON'S PHASES. 



First Quarter Id. lh. 7m. After. I Last Quarter ... 15d. lh. 3m. Morn. 



Full Moon 8d. 8h. 10m. Morn. | New Moon 23d. 2h. 0m. Morn. 



First Quarter 31d. Oh. 24m. Morn. 



Day of 

 Month and Week 



Sun 

 rises 

 h.m. 



Sun 

 sets 

 h.m. 



Moon 

 sets 

 h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



5 18 

 5 17 

 5 17 

 5 16 

 5 15 



6 36 



35 



6 37 



1 18 



6 38 



2 



6 38 



2 40 



6 39 



3 20 



Corner stune of Smithsonian Institution laid, 1847. 



Hudson Bay Company chartered, 1670. 



Martin Pinzon discovered Brazil, 1500. 



Horace Mann, the educator, born 1796. [1775. 



Massachusetts Congress renounced British allegiance, 



18. Third Sunday after Easter. 



Day's Length, 13h. 25m. 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday . 



Saturday 



1 5 14 



6 39 



• 4 2 



! 5 13 



6 40 



4 44 



5 12 



6 41 



rises 



5 11 



6 41 



8 10 



5 11 



6 42 



9 17 



5 10 



6 43 



10 20 



5 9 



6 43 



11 16 



Thanksgiving Day at Valley Forge, 1778. 

 Robt. Browning, English poet, born 18] 2. 

 Metric system originated in France, 1790. 

 Columbus sailed on his last voyage, 1502. 

 Centennial Exposition opened, Philadelphia, 

 Washington made general of France, 1789. 

 Old South Church, Boston, begun 1669. 



1876 



19. Fourth Sunday after Easter. 



Day's Length, 13h. 36m. 



Sunday 



5 8 



6 44 



morn 



Monday 



5 8 



6 45 



5 



Tuesday 



5 7 



6 45 



50 



Wednesday 



5 6 



6 46 



1 29 



Thursday 



5 6 



6 47 



2 4 



Friday 



5 5 



6 47 



2 38 



Saturday 



5 5 



6 48 



3 12 



John Smith began settlement at Jamestown, 1607. 



Lewis and Clark left St. Louis, lb04. 



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. 



20. Rogation Sunday. 



Day's Length, 13h. 44m. 



20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 



Sunday. 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



5 4 



6 48 



3 45 I 



5 4 



6 49 



4 18 1 



5 3 



6 50 



4 51 1 



5 3 



6 50 



sets 1 



5 2 



6 51 



8 6 1 



5 2 



6 52 



9 58 



5 1 



6 52 



9 47 1 



Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, 1775. 



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. 



21. Sunday after Ascension. 



Day's Length, 13h. 52m. 



27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



5 1 



6 53 



10 33 



5 1 



6 53 



11 17 



5 



6 54 



11 58 



5 



6 54 



morn 



5 



6 55 



38 



Morse telegraph line first used, 1844. 

 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 25th— Sivan (year 5666). Feast of Weeks, Sivan 6 (May 30). 



When in Doubt Consult Steckler. 



