GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



3d Month. 



MARCH, 1906. 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



3h. 28m. MoTn. | Last Quarter I7d. 5h. 57m. Morn. 



2h. 17m. After. | New Moon 24d. 5h. 52m. After. 



First Quarter 3d. 



Full Moon lOd. 



Day of 

 Month and Week 



Sun I Sun 

 rises sets 

 h.m. I h.m. 



Moon 

 sets 

 h. m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 27 

 6 25 



5 58 



5 59 



6 



11 48 j Yellowstone Park established by Congress, 1872. 

 morn | Texas Declaration of Independence, 1 836. 

 40 I International Copyright Law passed, 1891. 



9. First Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length, llh. 36m. 



4 I Sunday 



5 I Monday 



6 j Tuesday 



7 I Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 24 



6 



1 32 



6 23 



6 1 



2 23 



6 22 



6 2 



3 14 



6 21 



6 3 



4 3 



6 20 



6 3 



4 50 



6 18 



6 4 



5 34 



6 17 



6 5 



rises 



Constitution became law of United States, 1789. 

 Mercator, famous geographer, born 1512. 

 Heroic death of Texans at the Alamo, 1836. 

 Blanchard, aeronaut, died 1809. 

 First locomotive crossed Niagara bridge, 1855. 

 Joan of Arc announced her mission, 1429. 

 Order of the Iron Cross established, 1813. 



10. Second Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length, llh. 49m. 



11 



12 



13 

 14 

 15 



16 

 17 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 16 | 6 5 1 7 13 j First daily weather charts issued in England, 1872. 



6 15 I 6 6 I 8 19 I The Oregon started on her famous voyage, 1898. 



6 14 16 6 I 9 25 | Planet Uranus discovered by Herschel, 1781. 



6 13 I 6 7 | 10 31 | Alex. M. Bell expounded "visible speech," 1866. 



|61l|6 8 j 11 36 ! Richard Frotscher born, 1833. 



| 6 10 6 8 | morn I West Point Academy established, 1802. 



| 6 9 16 9 ! 39 I St. Patrick's Day. 



11. Third Sunday in Lent. 



Day's Length, 12h. 2m. 



18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 8 



6 10 



|6 7 



6 10 



6 6 



6 11 



1 6 4 



.6 11 



| 6 3 



6 12 



1 6 2 



6 13 



1 6 



6 13 



1 38 I Stamp Act repealed by Parliament, ] 766. 



2 34 I David Livingstone, African explorer, born 1813. 



3 24 J Johnson's paper, the Rambler, first issued, 1750 



4 8 I Bach, celebrated composer, born 1685. 



4 47 I Rosa Bonheur, famous painter, born 1822. 



5 25 Perry opened the Japanese ports, 1854. 



sets I Telephone worked from New York to Chicago, 1883. 



12. Fourth Sunday in Lent. 



Day s Length, 12h. 15m. 



25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



5 59 



6 14 



7 1 



5 58 



6 14 



7 53 



5 56 



6 15 



8 46 



5 55 



6 16 



9 39 



5 54 



6 16 



10 32 



5 53 



6 17 



11 24 



5 52 



6 17 



morn 



England abolished slave trade, 1807. 

 Prehistoric human skeleton found in France, 1872. 

 Robert Bruce crowned King of Scotland, 1306. 

 Haydn's "Creation" first performed, 1800. 

 Dominion of Canada first established, 1867. 

 Treaty for purchase of Alaska signed, 1867. 

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



Jewish Calendar : March 27th— Nisan (year 5666). Fast of Esther, Adar 11 (March 8th) 



Purim, Adar 14 (March 11th). 



Our Japanese Soluble Insecticide Has Never Been Found Wanting. 



