Book of Gardens 
107 
June 
GARDENER’S CALENDAR Sixth Month 
Sweet pea vines 
trained on fences 
should be tied up 
as they grow 
Potato beetles 
should be met with 
poison sprays or 
powder 
The unproductive 
suckers should be 
cut away from the 
corn 
SUNDAY 
MONDAY 
TUESDAY 
WEDNESDAY 
THURSDAY 1 FRIDAY 
SATURDAY 
1. Do not 
neglect tospray 
the lruit trees 
when they arc 
in flower, using 
a combination 
of Bordeaux 
mixture and ar¬ 
senate of lead. 
Spray thor¬ 
oughly from 
different 
angles. This 
will destroy the 
many harmful 
insects. 
2. Sow now 
kale,' Brussels 
sprouts, cab¬ 
bage, celery 
and cauliflow¬ 
er. These when 
large enough to 
handle should 
be transplanted 
into other beds 
and set about 
4" apart. From 
here they can 
be moved into 
the garden 
later. 
3. Before ap¬ 
plying a mulch 
to the straw¬ 
berries to pro¬ 
tect the fruit 
from dirt it is a 
good practice 
to give the 
plants an ap¬ 
plication of 
strong liquid 
food. This will 
greatlyincrease 
the size of the 
maturing ber¬ 
ries. 
4. Do not 
omit spraying 
the potatoes 
with arsenate 
of lead at the 
first appear¬ 
ance of the 
potato beetle. 
Hilling the 
potatoes when 
they are in 
flower is advis¬ 
able. At this 
stage the young 
tubers are 
forming. 
5. A top 
dressing ap¬ 
plied to the 
lawn now will 
encourage root 
action that will 
help the grass 
to resist the dry 
weather sure to 
come later in 
Sheep manure, 
bone meal or 
wood ashes are 
excellent ma¬ 
terials to use. 
6. If they 
have finished 
flowering, the 
early spring 
shrubs such as 
forsy thia, deut- 
zia, etc., should 
be pruned. The 
best method is 
tirely several of 
the very . old 
branches. By 
pruning now no 
flowers will be 
sacrificed. 
7. Don’t 
neglect to keep 
up the sowings 
in the vege¬ 
table garden. 
Corn, beans 
and cucumbers 
should be sown 
twice this 
month. Inter¬ 
cropping may 
be resorted to 
in many cases 
with the pur¬ 
pose of increas¬ 
ing the yield. 
8. Look out 
for rose bugs. 
Go over the 
plants each day 
with a small 
can of kerosene, 
shaking the 
flowers over 
the can and 
causing the in¬ 
sects to fall into 
the kerosene. 
This will de¬ 
stroy them 
quickly and ef¬ 
fectively. 
9. The climt 
ing roses should 
be looked over 
carefully and 
any heavy, ro- 
b u s t new 
growth should 
be tied into 
proper posi¬ 
tion. Pruning 
should be de¬ 
ferred until 
they have fin¬ 
ished flowering, 
when the old 
wood is cut. 
10. Fruit 
trees that have 
reached the 
producing 
stage should be 
sprayed regu¬ 
larly with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture. 
This protects 
the fruit from 
the parasites 
and fungi. Suc¬ 
cessive genera¬ 
tions must be 
destroyed as 
they hatch. 
11. Toma¬ 
toes, cucum- 
b e r s and 
melons, as well 
as other garden 
products that 
are subject to 
blight, should 
be sprayed at 
bi-weekly peri¬ 
ods with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture. 
Leaves that are 
affected should 
be removed at 
12. Care 
should be 
taken with all 
newly planted 
hardy stock 
that it be not 
allowed to suf¬ 
fer for lack of 
water. Thor¬ 
ough soaking 
of the ground— 
sprinkling — 
followed by a 
heavy mulch is 
needed. 
13. All the 
hedge cutting 
should be done 
now. Frequent 
trimming is re¬ 
quired in order 
to avoid mak¬ 
ing a number 
of unsightly 
voids. Hedges 
that have been 
neglected for 
some time may 
be improved by 
tying in shape 
before cutting. 
14. It is a 
good plan to go 
tomato plants, 
reducing the 
quantity of un- 
unproductive 
vines and sup¬ 
porting those 
left to carry 
the crop. It 
matters little 
what system is 
employed to 
keep the fruit 
supported. 
15. Onion 
maggots are 
very destruct¬ 
ive at this sea¬ 
son of the year. 
It Is good prac¬ 
tice to top dress 
the soil thor¬ 
oughly with 
soot to keep 
them in check. 
Thorough at¬ 
tention in this 
matter will be 
well repaid by 
a better crop. 
16. One of 
the essentials 
in producing 
good fruit is 
the proper 
thinning of the 
crop. The trees 
should be gone 
over carefully 
now, reducing 
the quantity oi 
the fruit by 
about one-half. 
Larger and bet¬ 
ter fruit will be 
the result. 
17. Do not • 
neglect to work 
the garden soil 
deeply and 
often. Tnis not 
only keeps the 
weeds in check, 
but preserves 
the soil mois¬ 
ture for the use 
ot the plants. 
If this is not 
done the mois¬ 
ture from the 
soil will quick¬ 
ly evaporate. 
18. Now is 
the time to 
stop using the 
asparagus, as 
there are other 
available now 
to take its 
place. Keep the 
aspaiagus 
dusted during 
the summer 
with a poison 
to destroy the 
asparagus 
beetle. 
19. The flow- 
er garden 
should be 
looked over 
and any dry 
stalks should 
be removed. 
Plants that 
bloom through¬ 
out the entile 
season should 
be top-dressed 
occasional 1 y 
with some good 
fertilizer to 
maintain vigor. 
20. Tall 
flowers such as 
hollyhocks, del¬ 
phiniums, heli- 
anthus. etc., 
snould be sup¬ 
ported before 
any damage is 
done by storms 
and heavy 
winds. Proper 
stakes should 
be put in and 
the plants can 
be tied in to 
them. 
21. Be sure 
you keep the 
lima beans and 
peas properly 
supported: the 
peas by staking 
and the limas 
by tying in to 
their poles. 
should be sup- 
poi ted by small 
pea brush 
placed in the 
row. Such at¬ 
tention repays. 
22. It is good 
practice to go 
over the bed¬ 
ding plants, 
pinching the 
tips of their 
growth Ire- 
quently. This 
will cause them 
to become more 
sturdy and to 
develop more 
quickly and in 
better form. 
Only the tips 
need removal. 
23. Don’t 
neglect to soak 
the soil thor¬ 
oughly when it 
is necessary to 
resort to arti¬ 
ficial watering. 
Evenings or 
early mornings 
are the best 
time for this 
work. Cultiva¬ 
tion should fol¬ 
low so as to re¬ 
establish the 
dust mulch. 
24. Thinning 
out all the 
crops in the 
garden is ad¬ 
visable. This 
should be done 
when the plants 
are small and 
before the roots 
are interlocked, 
or numerous 
desirable 
plants will be 
removed. 
Water well be¬ 
fore lifting. 
25. Carna- 
t i o n s in the 
field which are 
intended for 
planting out in 
greenhouses for 
winter should 
be sprayed oc¬ 
casionally with 
Bordeaux mix¬ 
ture if there is 
any indication 
of rust. This 
will make much 
difference later. 
26. Azaleas, 
genistas, aca- 
cia s, etc., 
should be 
plunged in beds 
out of doors, 
where they can 
be well pro- 
vid e d with 
water and 
sprayed. These 
plants will be 
making growth 
at this time and 
forming next 
year’s buds. 
27. It is ad¬ 
visable at this 
time to take 
largequantities 
of chrysanthe¬ 
mum cuttings. 
These if rooted 
now will make 
line plants for 
6" or 7" pots, 
or when bed¬ 
ded out will 
make stems 
about 3' long 
with good sized 
flowers. 
28. Keep a 
sharp lookout 
for aphis of all 
kinds if the 
weather is at 
all dry. If the 
plants are in¬ 
fested spray 
them for three 
successive 
evenings with 
a reliable to¬ 
bacco solution. 
Be sure the 
spray reaches 
the under sides. 
29. Lettuce 
will frequently 
run to seed at 
this season of 
the year. 
Boards or other 
covering ma¬ 
terial placed 
over the plants 
will tend to re¬ 
duce the loss 
from this 
source. Re¬ 
move all such 
covering dur¬ 
ing wet spells. 
30. Crops 
such as pota¬ 
toes, celery, 
tomatoes, etfc., 
will be im¬ 
proved by mild 
applications of 
fertilizer. Scat¬ 
ter the fertil- 
i z e r on the 
ground around 
the stems of 
the plants, 
working it well 
into the soil 
with a hoe. 
Into the stilly woods I go, 
Where the shadows are deep 
and the wind-flowers 
blow, 
And the hours are dreamy 
and lone and long, 
And the power of silence 
is greater than song. 
—Wilfred Campbell 
This Calendar of the gardener’s labors is 
aimed as a reminder for undertaking all his 
tasks in season. It is fitted to the latitude 
of the Middle States, but its service should 
be available for the whole country if it be 
remembered that for every one hundred 
miles north or south there is a difference 
of from five to seven days later or earlier 
in performing garden operations. The dates 
given are, of course, for an average season. 
'f'HE other mornin’ I noticed some o’ the extry early strawberries had been half et up. They looked like 
1 a turtle had been after 'em, an' pretty soon l found him—a big box-turtle layin’ right in among the 
plants. They ain’t nothin’ surprisin’ 'bout that, fer ev’ry farmer's boy knows how fond them critters is o’ 
ripe strawberries. I took an’ carried this partic'Iar turtle outside the garden fence an’ set him down at 
the edge o’ the woods, fifty yards away. Next afternoon, dummed if he warn’t back ag’in! Then I got 
right mad an’ toted him off to the swamp back o' the barn, thin kin’ that would sure lose him. Not a bit — 
in two days he was eatm them berries ag’in like he’d always been thar. I found the hole in the fence 
where he got in, an’ stopped it up; an’ there warn't no more trouble. Now, they’s two interestin' p'ints 
’bout all this. Fust, how did he trail them strawberries such a long ways; an’ second, how did he find 
that one little hole in the fence w’ich let him in at ’em? ’Pears to me turtles ain't such dum fools 
after all. 
■—Old Doc Lemmon. 
A little fertilizer 
scattered on the soil 
will improve the 
crop 
Some sort of trellis 
should be made 
ready for the to¬ 
mato plants 
A can partly filled 
with kerosene is an 
excellent receptacle 
for rose bugs 
A little sheep manure scattered over the grass will 
improve its quality. This fertilizer should be spread 
as evenly as possible 
The root stock growth of 
grafted roses should be kept 
reduced 
Old barrel hoops surrounding the plants and raised 
on stakes l' or so make excellent supports for the 
tomatoes 
