SATURDAY FRIDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY MONDAY SUNDAY 
August, i p i 6 
43 
The GARDENER’S KALENDAR 
Eighth Month 
Thirty-One Days 
AUGUST, 1916 
Morning Star : Venus 
Evening Star : Mars 
Very hot and still the air was, 
Very smooth the gliding river, 
Motionless the sleeping shadows. 
—Longfellow. 
“Plow deep, while sluggards sleep, 
And you shall have corn to sell and to keep: 
This Kalendar of the gar¬ 
dener’s labors is aimed 
as a reminder for under¬ 
taking 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 of 
garden and farm opera¬ 
tions 
6. 7th Sunday after 
Trinity. 
A bed of strawberries 
set out now and well 
cared for will produce a 
good crop next season. 
Strawberries delight in a 
very rich soil. 
13. 8th Sunday after 
Trinity. Full moon. 
Evergreens can be 
transplanted now. Use 
plenty of water and keep 
the plants sprayed until 
root action has started 
and they have a grip. 
20. 9th Sunday after 
Trinity. Pope Piux X 
died, 1914. 
Carnation plants should 
now be moved from the 
field to the greenhouse. 
Select a dark day, and 
shade until they root. 
27. 10th Sunday after 
Trinity. 
On any indication of 
yellows or curculio in the 
peach orchard the tree or 
trees affected should be 
instantly removed and 
burned. 
7. Order what bulbous 
plants you want for win¬ 
ter forcing in the green¬ 
house. Buy good bulbs 
of tulip, hyacinth, nar¬ 
cissus, lilies, calla lilies, 
alliums, ornithogalum 
and freesia. 
14. Relief of Pekin, 
1900. 
Onions if stopped in 
growth should be pulled 
out and laid on their 
sides to ripen. After the 
tops have dried, twist 
them off and store the 
roots. 
21. Watch for red 
spider on your ever¬ 
greens ; many fine speci¬ 
mens are ruined by these 
pests. Frequent spraying 
with any good standard 
insecticide will control 
them. 
28, How about natural 
planting of some of the 
bulbs that multiply and 
establish themselves in 
this climate, such as the 
trillium, crocus, narcis¬ 
sus, lily - of - the - valley, 
snowdrop, etc. ? 
1. Sun rises 4:56; Sun 
sets 7:16. 
Germany declared war 
on Russia, 1914. 
Make a final clean-up 
of the whole place, get 
all the weeds out and 
mulch everything possi¬ 
ble to offset dry weather. 
8. Muskmelons should 
be ripening outdoors. 
Place boards under each 
melon, do not step on the 
vines, and do not pull the 
fruit; it will leave the 
vine of its own accord 
when fully ripe. 
15. Panama Canal 
opened, 1914. 
Several useful green¬ 
house plants, started now 
from seed and grown in 
pots, will flower this win¬ 
ter. Among them are 
stocks, mignonette, 
clarkia, nicotiana, etc. 
22. Cuttings of all bed¬ 
ding plants like geran¬ 
ium, coleus, etc., should 
be t a k en n o w. These 
stock plants are to be 
carried over in the 
greenhouse for next 
spring’s bedding. 
29. Japan annexed 
Korea, 1910. 
Raising seedling dah¬ 
lias is very fascinating. 
Gather the seed pods now 
and hang them in bags 
in a dry place. Later the 
seeds can be removed. 
2. Nothing will give 
better returns in the cool 
greenhouse than sweet 
peas, and this is the time 
to sow: solid benches are 
preferable, though raised 
benches or pots will do. 
Buy the very best seed. 
9. Late c a b ba g e and 
cauliflower should now 
be set out. Keep the 
plants well watered until 
root action starts, and 
well sprayed to kill the 
cabbage worm until they 
start to head up. 
16. Why not sow a big 
batch of perennial seeds 
now, if you have cold- 
frames to winter them 
in? This is a very inex¬ 
pensive way of making 
large perennial plantings. 
23. Be sure the green¬ 
house is in shape for the 
winter. Any loose glass 
should be rebedded, the 
boiler looked over care¬ 
fully and any new parts 
required should be or¬ 
dered. 
30. Roses will be start¬ 
ing into active growth 
again. Encourage them 
with top dressings of 
bone meal or wood ashes 
and keep them well 
watered. Liquid manures 
are also beneficial. 
3. King of Norway 
born, 1872. 
Of late years we have 
had very fine fall weather ; 
take advantage of this 
condition by sowing sev¬ 
eral rows of peas in the 
garden this month. 
10. This is an excellent 
time to go around and 
label all the plants in the 
perennial garden; in case 
you desire to transplant 
any, or when digging the 
border in the spring, it 
avoids losses. 
17. Keep the runners 
removed from the straw¬ 
berry beds, and the plants 
well cultivated. Do not 
allow them to suffer for 
want of water—they are 
now forming their 
crowns. 
24. A careful study 
should be made of bulb 
plantings for this fall. 
Most people buy the 
bulbs before they have 
decided what they intend 
doing with them, and the 
results are unsatisfac¬ 
tory. 
31. Sun rises 5 :26. Sun 
sets 6:35. 
This is an excellent 
time to sow any lawns 
that may be contem¬ 
plated. Permanent pas¬ 
tures of all sorts of mix¬ 
tures can be laid down at 
this time. 
11. Fall spinach can be 
sown now. Make suc- 
cessional plantings until 
October. That which ma¬ 
tures now can be used; 
the rest can be protected 
over winter, and will be 
extremely early. 
18. Emperor of Aus¬ 
tria born, 1830. 
Keep a sharp lookout 
for borers on trees, par¬ 
ticularly locust, poplars 
and fruits. Kill them by 
running a steel wire in 
the openings. 
25. Do not neglect 
spraying garden crops 
and orchard with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture, as in this 
month above all others 
the fungous diseases are 
at work and must be 
kept in check. 
4. First Atlantic cable 
message, 1857. 
Make two sowings of 
beans this month. Keep 
the rows about 15” apart 
so they can be easily pro¬ 
tected from early frosts. 
5. This is the last op¬ 
portunity for setting out 
late celery; use plenty of 
water when planting. 
Early celery can now be 
blanched for table use, 
with a few boards. 
12. Make two sowings 
of lettuce this month. 
Sow good big patches 
which will keep up the 
supply until Christmas if 
properly grown and pro¬ 
tected later on. 
19. Arabic sunk, 1915. 
Keep all dead flower¬ 
ing shoots removed, par¬ 
ticularly from perennials. 
They make a garden un¬ 
sightly and reduce the 
plant’s vigor. 
26. Keep all new shoots 
on vines and climbing 
roses properly tied up; 
fall storms and gales 
will soon be here and 
may destroy years of 
growth in a few minutes. 
n XT? sT'-'v p 
The highest known waterfall is the Grand 
Falls, in Labrador. It drops 2,000', more 
than twelve times as far as Niagara. 
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