

GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



5 



1st Month. 



JANUARY, 1906. 



31 Days. 



Calculated for the Latitude of the Southern States. 



First Quarter 

 Full Moon .... 



... 2d. 

 ..10d. 



8h. 



lOh. 



MOON'S PHASES. 



52m. 

 37m. 



Morn. 

 Morn. 



Last Quarter 17d. 



New Moon 24d. 



2h. 

 llh. 



49m. 

 9m. 



After. 

 Morn. 



Day of 

 Month and Week 



Sun 



Sun 



Moon 



rises 



sets 



sets 



h.m. 



h.m. 



h.m. 



CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. 



1 j Monday 



2 Tuesday 



3 I Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 56 



5 12 



6 56 



5 12 



6 56 



5 13 



6 57 



5 13 



6 57 



5 14 



6 57 



5 15 



11 46 I New Year's Day. 



morn | French Academy established by Richelieu, 1635. 



38 | Work begun on the Brooklyn bridge, \870. 



1 30 j Silk manufacture introduced into Europe, 536. 



2 22 I Stephen Decatur, hero of Tripoli, born 1779. 



3 15 I Joan of Arc, French national heroine, born 1412. 



First Sunday after Epiphany. 



Day's Length, lOh. 18m. 



7 



Sunday 



8 



Monday 



9 



Tuesday 



10 



Wednesday 



11 



Thursday 



12 



Friday 



13 



Saturday 



6 57 



5 15 



4 8 



6 57 



5 16 



5 1 



6 57 



5 17 



5 53 



6 57 



5 18 



rises 



6 57 



5 19 



6 31 



6 57 



5 19 



7 30 



6 57 



5 20 



8 30 



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. 

 Alex. Hamilton, American patriot, born 1757. 

 Pestalozzi, educational reformer, born 1746. 

 Society of King's Daughters founded, 1886. 



2. Second Sunday after Epiphany 



Day's Length, lOh. 24m. 



14 I Sunday 



15 | Monday 



16 I Tuesday 



17 I Wednesday 



18 I Thursday 



19 j Friday 



20 Saturday 



6 57 



5 21 



9 32 



6 57 



5 22 



10 34 



6 57 



5 23 



11 36 



6 57 



5 24 



morn 



6 57 



5 25 



39 



6 56 



5 25 



1 43 



6 56 



5 26 



2 47 



■66. 



Pitt spoke against American taxation, 1' 



British Museum first opened, 1759. 



U. S. Civil Service Commission appointed, 1883. 



Benjamin Franklin born at Boston, 1706. 



Conference leading to King James Bible ended, 1804. 



Bessemer, discoverer of steel process, born 1813. 



First Assembly of the English Commons, 1265. 



3. Third Sunday after Epiphany. 



Day's Length, lOh. 31m. 



27 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday 



Thursday 



Friday 



Saturday 



6 56 



5 27 



3 51 



6 55 



5 28 



4 53 



6 55 



5 29 



5 52 



6 55 



5 30 



sets 



6 54 



5 31 



6 43 



6 54 



5 31 



7 41 



6 54 



5 32 



8 39 



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. 

 Robert Burns, Scottish poet, born 1759. 

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

 Independence of Greece proclaimed, 1822. 



Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. 



Day's Length, lOh. 40m. 



28 I Sunday 



29 | Monday 



30 j Tuesday 



31 I Wednesday 



6 53 



5 33 



9 34 1 



6 53 



5 34 



10 27 | 



6 52 



5 35 



11 20 1 



6 52 



5 36 



morn | 



First train across Isthmus of Panama, 1855. 

 Swedenborg, famous mystic, born 1689. 

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

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



Jewish Calendar: January 27th — Shebat (year 5666). 



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