MAX SCHLING inc., 24 WEST 59TH STREET, NEW YORK 
The Garden Month by Month 
Brief reminders and suggestions of the work to be done in the garden each 
month, applying to the vicinity of New York, and, with very slight changes, to all 
northern states. 
Our country is called upon to increase its food-production in 1919 by at least 50 per cent. 
Let us plan our gardens so that we may gather the largest possible harvest 
January 
If you have neglected to cover your rose-beds, do 
so at once, using rough manure or leaves. A mulch- 
ing of manure is also beneficial around fruit and or- 
namental trees and shrubs. Asparagus beds may be 
covered with manure, and strawberry beds with salt 
hay or leaves. Pruning had probably better be done 
in February and March, but if you have many trees, 
you should begin to thin out and cut away dead 
branches. The bark of old fruit trees should be 
scraped, and on mild, calm days, spray them with 
Scalecide to remove insects which may be lodging in 
the bark. 
In the Greenhouse. Sow seed of such annuals as 
lobelia, stocks, petunia, begonia, heliotrope, pansies, 
forget-me-not, bellis, snapdragon, verbena, and vinca, 
Look over your garden tools and make notes of 
what you will need for the season. Plan your garden 
now and secure your seeds as early as possible. Plan 
for big crops. Remember that it is false economy to 
buy cheap seeds. Get only the best; they are always 
the cheapest in the end, and assure crops of largest 
quantity and finest quality. 
Be sure to lay in a stock of insecticides and ferti- 
lizers. You will need Black Leaf 40, Cutworm Food, 
Bordo Lead, Hellebore, and Slug Shot. For a good 
sprayer, see No. 5, page 86. 
February 
Directions for January will apply to this month, 
except that now preparations should be made for the 
making of hotbeds. Look up and repair the sashes 
and prepare to have a hotbed ready by the middle of 
the month. Sow early cabbage, cauliflower, radish 
and some of your favorite flowers so as to have them 
in bloom real early. 
For the varieties of vegetable seeds to be sown this 
month, sec third cover. We strongly advise giving 
the new onion-culture a trial. Procure some seed of 
Ailsa Craig and Prizetaker and sow in the hotbed 
now, transplanting them to the open ground in 
April, and you will obtain onions of enormous size. 
(See page 25.) 
Prune all of your grape-vines, currant and goose- 
berry bushes. Prune and thin out peach and all 
other trees, and utilize the mild calm clays to spray 
with Scalecide for San Jose" scale and bark insects. 
You will be richly rewarded for this in more and 
better fruit. (See page 92.) 
Aside from the flower seeds mentioned in January, 
sow salvia and coba>a in the hotbed or greenhouse. 
Be sure to give ventilation on bright days, and water 
sparingly in dull weather. The best time is in the 
forenoon. 
