1918 
APRIL 
1918 
(C Last Quarter. 4th day, 8h. 33m., morning. 
® New Moon, 10th day, llh. 34ra., evening. 
2) First Quarter, 17th day, llh. 8m., evening. 
© Full Moon, 26th day, 3h., 5m., morning. 
1 
M. 
Palm Sunday, 1917; temperature up to 79 degs. F. 
2 
Tu. 
Phlox amoena and Candytuft in pots on market. 
3 
W. 
1 Bright weather induced bees from hives at this time last year and at 
j a Louisville (Ky.) funeral they swarmed over the floral pieces. 
4 
Th. 
5 
Fr. 
The Peaches and Cherries are flowering at Los Angeles, Cal., and all the 
valleys and foothills around are aglow with flowers. 
6 
Sa. 
Fifth National Flower Show opens at St. Louis, Mo. The show 
continues to the 15th. 
7 
S. 
8 
M. 
Average seasonal temperature in New York City, 44 degs. F. 
9 
Tu. 
The Violet crop is aU but over. 
10 
W. 
Seedsmen should exhibit boxes of germinated grass seed now. 
11 
Th. 
The bullfrogs now awaken the stillness of the marshes. 
12 
Fr. 
Average date when last snow clears from ground at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
13 
Sa. 
) Jefferson’s birthday. A couplet last year, when Potatoes were $5 
5 per bushel, expressed the situation thus: “Three Potatoes for 4 of us, 
) Thank the Lord there are no more of us.” 
14 
s. 
15 
M. 
Backyard Garden Clubs start up about now. N. Y. Bird Day. 
16 
Tu. 
Pres. Wilson’s Proc. re food supplies, 1917. Mother's Day advertising 
17 
W. 
Diascia Barberae is a dainty little annual from S. Africa. 
18 
Th. 
Birds are champion insect destroyers; give them nesting boxes. 
19 
Fr. 
A novel bouquet can be made of small apples, almonds and raisins. 
20 
Sa. 
Dig out Peach curculio. Bechtle’s Dbl. Flowering Crab is a gem. 
21 
S. 
1 Citrus quarantine for Florida promulgated and White Pine quarantine 
extended, 1917. 
22 
M. 
23 
Tu. 
We urge the planting of dwarf fruit trees in small gardens 
24 
W. 
Purple Clematis in pots make a novelty for the retailer. 
25 
Th. 
Cattleyas usually fetch 50c. to 75c. each, wholesale. 
26 
Fr. 
Average temperature at New York City 49 degs. F. 
27 
Sa. 
1 For Antirrhinum rust spray with Blackleaf 40 at 1 teaspoonful to gal- 
' Ion of water with a little soap added. 
28 
S. 
29 
M. 
Spray for Peach leaf curl. 
30 
Tu. 
Keep planting batches of Gladioli. Bailey’s Stand. Encyclopedia 
completed, 1917. 
