Book of Gardens 
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Today I have grown taller 
from walking with the trees. 
The seven sister-poplars who 
go softly in a line; 
And I think my heart is 
whiter for its parley with a 
star 
That trembled out at night¬ 
fall and hung above the 
pine. 
Karle Wilson Baker. 
1. Do not 
neglect the ne¬ 
cessary prun¬ 
ing of the early 
flowering 
shrubs alter 
they have fin¬ 
ished flowering. 
Remove some 
of the old 
shoots at the 
base and re¬ 
duce the num¬ 
ber of the thin 
weak interior 
branches. 
2. Sweet 
peas must not 
be allowed to 
become dry at 
heavy mulch¬ 
ing is preferred 
to surface wa¬ 
tering. When 
necessary the 
ground should 
be well soaked. 
Use a stick to 
determine the 
penetration of 
the water. 
3. The main 
shoots on the 
dahlias should 
be 1 educed to 
three. Close 
cultivation will 
keep the shoots 
from increas¬ 
ing. The plants 
must be dis- 
budded. Do 
this regularly if 
you want to 
have really 
high quality 
flowers. 
4. The pota¬ 
toes should be 
sprayed once 
more with 
arsenate of lead 
to destroy late 
hatchings of 
the potato 
beetle’ Early 
potatoes 
should now be 
ready for use; 
dig them only 
in such quan¬ 
tities as you 
can use. 
5. Do not 
fail to keep up 
sowings of 
those crops 
that require 
seeding, such 
as beans, corn, 
cucumbers, let¬ 
tuce, etc. It the 
weather is dry 
and hot, water 
the drili thor¬ 
oughly. This 
should be done 
before putting 
in the seed. 
6. Keep the 
cultivator 
working stead¬ 
ily. Deep and 
frequent culti¬ 
vation will re¬ 
lieve to a great 
extent the ne¬ 
cessity of arti¬ 
ficial watering. 
Be sure to work 
the ground 
after each rain 
serve the nat¬ 
ural moisture. 
7. Do not 
neglect the 
flower garden. 
Keep all the 
spaces between 
the plants well 
loosened up to 
admit air to 
the soil. The 
tall flowers, 
especially, 
should be 
staked, and 
when this is 
done, remove 
all dead stems. 
8. Set out 
some plants 01 
the late plants 
of cabbage, 
cauliflower, 
kale, Brussels 
sprouts, celery, 
etc. Dig deep 
trenches for 
them, adding 
plenty of man¬ 
ure. Water the 
plants for sev¬ 
eral days or 
until they start 
to grow. 
9. Why not 
sow cover crops 
on that waste 
land or In the 
orchard? This 
is the most 
economical 
means of soil 
restoration. 
Corn, rye, 
c lo v e 1 and 
beans are good 
for this purpose 
and make ex¬ 
cellent summer 
cover crops. 
10. The time 
the climbing 
roses should be 
looked over is 
aftei they have 
finished flower¬ 
ing. Some of 
the old woody 
shoots can now 
be removed at 
the base, and 
the lateral 
shoots can be 
reduced some¬ 
what, improving 
their growth. 
11. If you 
have fruit trees 
it would bo 
greatly to your 
advantage to 
get acquainted 
with summer 
pruning. This 
is the accepted 
method with 
fruiting trees 
and it should 
be attended to 
at this time to 
produce results. 
12. Weeds! 
We must make 
war on them 
now. This is 
the time to kill 
all obnoxious 
they are now 
in lull develop¬ 
ment. Early 
morning is the 
best time to 
destroy tnem, 
afterwards 
raking them up 
in the evening. 
13. The last 
sowing of corn 
should be made 
at this time. 
Use both the 
very early and 
medium varie¬ 
ties. Plant sev¬ 
eral rows quite 
close together 
so that in late 
fall they can 
be protected, if 
necessary. This 
will increase the 
amount grown. 
14. Don’t 
wait for blight 
to destroy your 
plants before 
you start 
spraying. 
Melons, cu¬ 
cumbers, toma¬ 
toes, celery and 
other soft plants 
are subject to 
blight and 
should be 
sprayed with 
Bordeaux mix- 
15. Ruta¬ 
bagas, beets 
and carrots for 
should be sown 
now. Sow in 
the drills and 
thin out to the 
required dis¬ 
tance. In dry 
weather look 
out for green 
flies, and if at¬ 
tacked, spray 
with tobacco 
solution. 
16. After the 
outside roses 
have finished 
flowering, some 
attention 
should be given 
to the bed to 
improve the 
quantity and 
quality of the 
fall flowers. 
With a fork ap¬ 
ply a liberal 
top dressing of 
bone to the bed 
as fertilizer. 
17. This is 
an excellent 
time of year to 
look over the 
trees on your 
grounds. Any 
minorrepairing 
necessary 
should be at¬ 
tended to. 
Paint all scars, 
remove all dead 
wood. Any 
trouble should 
be examined by 
an expert. 
18. After the 
fruiting period 
is over the cane 
fruits should be 
examined very 
carefully. First 
remove all the 
old fruiting 
canes and then 
tie the new^ 
canes in posi¬ 
tion if care is 
taken. These 
will be your 
next year’s pro¬ 
ducing canes. 
19. Keep a 
sharp lookout 
for caterpillars 
of all kinds. All 
these pests are 
very destruct¬ 
ive at this time 
of year, but 
there is little 
excuse for their 
damaging any¬ 
thing as they 
are easily de¬ 
stroyed. Most 
easily done 
with a torch. 
20. What 
about some fall 
peas in the gar- 
den? Don’t 
think because 
you failed the 
first time that 
it is not prac¬ 
tical. Use man¬ 
ure in the 
trench and for 
good resul ts 
use the round 
type of pea 
such as New 
York Market. 
21. During 
the dry wea¬ 
ther that usu¬ 
ally prevails at 
this time, it 
would be an ex¬ 
cellent plan to 
study the dif¬ 
ferent types of 
irrigation. 
Sooner or later 
you will have 
one of these 
rain machines 
in your garden. 
Do it now. 
22. This is 
the time of the 
year when the 
chrysanthe¬ 
mums in the 
greenhouse 
should have 
someattention. 
Frequent feed¬ 
ings with liquid 
plant foods are 
advisable. Use 
various mate¬ 
rials so as to 
give a well-bal¬ 
anced food. 
23. Cool 
nights and hot 
days are mil¬ 
dew and blight 
breeders. If the 
leaves are in¬ 
fested, they 
should be 
picked off and 
then the plants 
sprayed with a 
strong solution 
of copper. Sul¬ 
phite of potas¬ 
sium is best for 
mildew. 
24. What 
about next win¬ 
ter in the 
greenhouse? 
Now is the best 
time to start 
some of the 
vegetables for 
forcing. 
Cucumbers, to¬ 
matoes. mush¬ 
rooms, New 
Zealand spin¬ 
ach, parsley, 
etc., give the 
best results. 
25. The 
melon plants 
should be fed 
freely witn li¬ 
quid manures. 
First make 
some holes 
around the hills 
so that the ma¬ 
terial will reach 
the roots, then 
lay boards un¬ 
der the fruit. 
This will assure 
you much bet¬ 
ter melons. 
26. The 
planting season 
is again here. 
Evergreens of 
all types may 
be moved now. 
Be sure to use 
plenty of water 
in this work, 
and where pos¬ 
sible, spray the 
foliage in the 
evening for the 
first few weeks. 
Good results 
will follow. 
27. Why not 
start a number 
of perennials 
from seed now? 
This is the eco¬ 
nomical meth¬ 
od of raising 
these plants in 
any quantity. 
If you have no 
frame to carry 
them over in, 
they can be 
protected dur¬ 
ing winter with 
boards. 
28. Carna¬ 
tions in the 
field must not 
be neglected. 
It is on the 
condition of 
these plants 
that the flower 
crop of next 
w in t er to a 
large extent de¬ 
pends. Culti¬ 
vate theground 
well and keep 
the plants 
pinched back. 
29. Keep the 
moved on the 
strawberry 
bed. This is 
also an excel¬ 
lent time to set 
out new beds. 
If this is prop¬ 
erly attended 
to, they should 
produce next 
season. Spray 
with Bordeaux 
if the leaves 
are blighted. 
30 Some 
flowers for the 
greenhouse 
should be 
started now, 
such as stocks, 
calceolarias, 
cinerarias, cal¬ 
endulas, etc. 
These are but 
a few of the 
many flowers 
which can be 
started now for 
finishing in the 
greenhouse. 
31. Sow sev¬ 
eral rows of 
beans rather 
closely to¬ 
gether so they 
can be easily 
protected in 
case of an early 
f,r 0 s t. Use 
water in the 
drill to hasten 
germination, 
and keep the 
ground around 
the plants 
stirred deeply. 
This Calendar of the gar¬ 
dener’s labors is aimed as a 
reminder for undertaking 
his tasks in season. It is 
fitted to the latitude of the 
Middle States, but should 
serve the whole country if 
it be remembered that for 
every hundred miles north 
or south there is a differ¬ 
ence of five to seven days 
later or earlier in perform¬ 
ing garden operations. 
T HEY give a pajent, I think they calls it, over to East Ellsworth las’ week, to celebrate the foundin’ o’ 
the village back in 1719. Some o' the rich summer folks started it, an’ it must’ve cost ’em a pile, what 
with the rig-outs for the actors, the refreshments, an’ all. They took it powerful serious, too, them New 
Yorkers, an’ told us how we owed it to our great-granddads to show we ain't forgot all they done for us 
by startin’ East Ellsworth. I reckon it don’t make much diff’rence to them that’s dead these hundred 
years an’ more, whether we gives a pajent or not; but we likes to keep the summer visitors happy an’ 
spendin" their money, so we says “Sure” when they asked us. It was fun, too, after we got started. One 
day they was a sham fight with the Indians, an’ I like to died, a-laughin’ at Hen Pihkms, with a tommy- 
hawk in one hand an’ a scalpin' knife in t’other, a-whoopm’ through the brush after old man Elkus, who 
was dressed up like one o’ them Pilgrim Fathers. Hen he ain’t much on looks even in his reg lar clo’es, 
but fired up as a Indian —zero’/, o hoss that seed him jes’ took one look an’ bolted. Mebbe them two ol 
rascals couldn’t git over the ground, too—the las’ we seed of ’em they was a-headin’ straight for the East 
Ellsworth House, a »' goiW strong! 0;<) Doc Lemmon , 
THE GARDENER’S CALENDAR 
Seventh Month 
To postpone its go¬ 
ing to seed, shade 
the lettuce with 
slat screens 
Another way of 
shading lettuce is to 
support boards 
along the row 
Put poison on the 
cabbages before the 
worms get a start 
at them 
A nitrate of soda 
solution is good to 
stimulate the growth 
of the crops 
Prune the flowering 
shrubs as soon as 
they have finished 
blooming 
Staking and tying 
the tall flowers is a 
necessary protective 
measure 
The large tomatoes 
are best for the 
main crop 
Young seedlings may be transplanted 
into boxes now. Keep the surface of the 
soil well stirred 
All nests of the tent caterpillars should 
be burned. A kerosene torch, or paper, 
may be used 
Flower pots under 
the melons will help 
their ripening 
