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H ouse & Garden 
March 
THE GARDENER’S CALENDAR 
Third Month 
SUNDAY 
MONDAY 
TUESDAY 1 WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 
FRIDAY 
SATURDAY 
30. Most of 
the diseases to 
which potatoes 
caused by dry, 
hot weather. 
Potatoes like 
cooi, moist soil. 
Prepare a piece 
of ground and 
now, or as soon 
as the soil can 
be worked. An 
early start 
makes success. 
31. Rhubarb 
should now be 
showing some 
growth. Bar¬ 
rels placed over 
the plants will 
give earlier and 
better stalks. 
Beds that were 
not mulched 
should have a 
good applica¬ 
tion of manure 
dug tato them 
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 
Sm now the 
moon's a ghost 
in silver mail. 
As, blowing 
through a 
the earth 
Dips downward 
into dawn, de¬ 
lug ed with 
light— 
Sunlight which 
is the golden 
laugh of God. 
-Harry Kemp 
have not 
t eady planted 
them, seeds of 
cabbage, cauli¬ 
flower, celery, 
parsley, let¬ 
tuce, tomatoes, 
egg-plant, pep¬ 
pers, leek and 
onions should 
be sown. See 
page 41 for de¬ 
tailed informa- 
work. 
2. All the 
necessary 
pruning must 
be attended to 
now. Foliage 
shrubs, all the 
flowering types 
that blossom 
on the term¬ 
inals of the 
new growth. 
3. Chrysan¬ 
themums for 
space is avail¬ 
able it is a good 
practice to put 
in a batch of 
cuttings every 
four weeks un¬ 
til June to as- 
4. Asparagus 
table that 
starts growth 
dig the winter 
mulch under 
now, hill up the 
rows on the old 
plantings, and 
apply salt lib¬ 
erally to the 
plantings of 
hardly ^ stock 
out. The earlier 
in the planting 
season ^his is 
frost leaves the 
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6. Changes 
of all kinds 
where the mov¬ 
ing of plants, 
sod, hedges, 
voiyed must be 
once. This also 
applies to gar- 
d e n walks 
7. Cuttings 
of all the vari¬ 
ous types of 
bedding plants 
should be 
started in sand 
house early 
this month. 
Coleus, geran¬ 
iums, lantana, 
heliotrope, ag- 
8. All the 
exotic plants, 
such as kentias, 
dracaenas, 
cocos, arecas, 
etc., should be 
re - potted at 
this time. Use 
inch larger 
than the plants 
now occupy. 
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