SATURDAY FRIDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY MONDAY SUNDAY 
September, 1916 
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f 7lw Gardeners Kglmdar \ 
SEPTEMBER^ 1916 
Morning Star: Venus 
Evening Star: Mars 
This {Calendar 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 the perform¬ 
ing of garden and farm 
operations 
3. lltli Sunday after 
Trinity. 
New lawns should be 
sown early this month. 
Do not sprinkle to hasten 
germination; it is better 
to wait for a rain. Pre¬ 
pare the soil properly. 
; 10. 12th Sunday after 
Trinity. Perry’s victory. 
Lake Erie, 1813. 
You can sow a large 
batch of lettuce now ; use 
the large heading type, 
dbese plants require pro¬ 
tection from late frosts. 
17. 13th Sunday after 
Trinity. 
Do not let the roses 
suffer for water if you 
want fall flowers. Fer¬ 
tilize with bone meal or 
liquid manure and keep 
in good condition. 
24. 14th Sunday after 
Trinity. 
Start saving all the 
heavy wrapping paper, 
burlap, bags or other 
materials that can be 
used in protecting plants 
from frosts later on. 
4. Labor Day. 
Peonies can now be 
transplanted. This is one 
of our best perennials 
and deserves more atten¬ 
tion. Old plants should 
be lifted, divided and re¬ 
planted. 
11. Full Moon. U. S. 
Constitution ratified, 
1788. 
If you haven't already 
done so, take cuttings of 
all bedding plants such 
as geranium, coleus, al- 
lysum and verbenas. 
18. The asparagus bed 
should b e thoroughly 
cleaned, every weed de¬ 
stroyed and the plants 
sprayed with poison if 
there is any indication of 
the beetle. An applica¬ 
tion of salt is advisable. 
25. Fall vegetables 
should be cultivated and 
cared for just the same 
as earlier in the season. 
Beets, carrots and other 
crops intended for winter 
use should be watered 
during dry weather. 
5. If you haven't sown 
any cover crops in the 
orchard, you should do 
so at once. For heavy 
soils use rye, buckwheat 
or millet; for light soils 
use crimson or red clover, 
soy beans or vetch. 
12. Celery to be of 
good quality must grow 
rapidly; if it gets a check 
it becomes tough and 
stringy. Keep it well 
watered and feed fre¬ 
quently with liquid ma¬ 
nure or fertilizer. 
19. Pres. Garfield died, 
1881. 
Do not neglect to sow a 
lot of annuals for green¬ 
house work. Nicotiana, 
stocks, mignonettes, 
clarkias and nearly all 
annuals can be forced. 
26. It is a good prac¬ 
tice to sow rye, clover or 
other cover crops in bare 
spaces in the garden. 
You will be surprised 
how much this will im¬ 
prove the ground in ap¬ 
pearance as well as pro¬ 
ductiveness. 
6. President McKinley 
shot, 1901. 
Mulching during con¬ 
tinued dry spells is very 
important; a dust mulch 
or pure sand is splendid 
if used almost 2 inches 
thick. 
13. Don't let bulbs for 
forcing lie around and 
dry out. Plant them as 
soon as possible, using 
pans or boxes and bury¬ 
ing hardy types out-of- 
door. Place the tender 
varieties in a frame. 
20. Ember Day. 
The walks, flower beds, 
shrubbery borders and 
like places should be 
given a final clean-up. 
Edge the borders and get 
the weeds out, so that 
everything looks neat and 
orderly. 
27. Start to map out 
now any changes to your 
grounds. Get it staked 
or marked out and the 
ground prepared; next 
month you can start 
planting in earnest, es¬ 
pecially with the bulbs. 
When all the gay scenes 
of the summer are over, 
The autumn slow enters 
so silent and sallow. 
—Alexander Wilson. 
7. Chinese Revolution 
began, 1911. 
At all times cultivate 
frequently, but at this 
season the ground bakes 
and cultivation is more 
necessary than at any 
other time. 
14. Duke of Welling¬ 
ton died, 1852. 
If you haven’t any 
parsley started in the 
frames, lift roots from 
the garden. They will be 
found satisfactory for 
forcing. 
21. St. Matthews. 
A number of plants 
for the greenhouse 
should be potted and 
placed indoors, such as 
bouvardia, s t e v i a, etc. 
Antirrhinum, mignonette, 
etc., should be benched. 
28. Cucumbers, beans, 
tomatoes, cauliflower, 
radishes, lettuce and 
spinach are very common 
forcing vegetables and 
should be started at once. 
Sow succession ally 
beans, cauliflower, etc. 
1. Sun rises 5:27; Sun 
sets 6:33. 
Take a chance on sow¬ 
ing peas a couple of 
times this month; with 
favorable weather you 
will have worth-while 
results. 
8. Galveston tornado, 
1900 . 
Violet plants must be 
moved in the frame or 
greenhouse this motfth. 
A good rich soil is essen¬ 
tial, and a temperature 
of 45 degrees at night. 
15. W. H. Taft born, 
1857. 
The dahlias require a 
little attention at this 
time. Light applications 
of liquid manure or fer¬ 
tilizer are recommended. 
22. Ember Day. 
If you have a bed of 
fall anemones, you must 
start feeding them now. 
Liquid manures are pref¬ 
erable. If you haven’t 
any of this class of 
plants, get some. 
29. Michaelmas Day. 
Bulb planting out-of- 
doors will soon be on in 
earnest. Flave you pre¬ 
pared the soil and or¬ 
dered the bulbs? If not, 
it is not too early now to 
start. 
2. Sedan capitulated, 
1870. 
Go over all hedges and 
give them the final clip¬ 
ping for the season. All 
individual plants that are 
being shaped should also 
be attended to. 
9. The larvae of a 
number of moths and 
other insects are trouble¬ 
some at this time. You 
can use poison excepting 
on cabbage or like plants 
which require tobacco or 
kerosene sprays. 
16. Keep cutting grass 
just as long as there is 
any growth. Some stop 
cutting now and cause a 
lot of extra work in 
spring, as well as a very 
unsightly lawn during the 
whole autumn. 
23. Fruit should now 
be ripening. Do not al¬ 
low pears to ripen on the 
tree, but pull them when 
they are still firm and 
ripen in dark dry places. 
Good fruit well stored 
will last a considerable 
time. 
30. Lord Roberts born, 
1832. Sun rises 5 :55 ; sun 
sets 5 :45. 
During this month 
there are a number of 
Agricultural Fairs held. 
Visit one and see what 
other people are doing. 
Season of the mists and mellow fruitfulness 
Close bosom friend with the maturing sun. 
—John Keats. 
“September blozvcs softc 
Till the fruite. j n the lofte.” 
( Yuma, Arizona, leads the U. S. Weather 
Bureau stations for highest temperature, 
with a mark of 120° F. 
