October, 1916 
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Morning Star: Venus 
OCTOBER-, 1916 
Evening Star: Mars 
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1. 15ch Sunday after 
Trinity. Sun rises 5:56; 
Sun sets 5 :43. 
Make arrangements to 
protect your garden 
from early frost; a bar¬ 
rel over eggplants or 
peppers, burlap for beans, 
salt hay for lettuce. 
2. Siege of Antwerp, 
1914. 
The planting of decid¬ 
uous trees and shrubs of 
all kinds should be at¬ 
tended to with the ex¬ 
ception of oak, birch 
and beech. Leave all 
evergreens until spring. 
3. New Tariff Bill 
signed, 1913. 
This is an excellent 
time to overhaul the 
perennial borders or 
plantings. Lift the old 
stock and divide in three 
or four pieces. Re-dig 
the bed, using plenty of 
manure. 
4. Celery must be kept 
hilled up with earth. Be 
sure the plants are dry 
when this work is done. 
Have some salt hay 
handy to throw over the 
celery during earl} 7 
frosty weather. 
5. First Bible printed, 
1535. 
Just as soon as they 
turn yellow the tops of 
the asparagus can be re¬ 
moved. Use a scythe for 
this work and mulch the 
bed with good manure. 
6. Lord Tennyson died, 
1892. 
Success with fall plant¬ 
ing of any kind depends 
upon getting the work 
done early. Order now 
the trees, shrubs and 
perennials that you in¬ 
tend to plant this fall. 
7. Edgar Allen Poe 
died, 1849. 
All pot plants that 
have been in the frames, 
such as primula, cycla¬ 
men, calceolaria, cine¬ 
raria, etc., must now be 
brought into the green¬ 
house without delav. 
8. 16th Sunday after 
Trinity. 
Bulb planting of all 
kinds must be finished 
up, whether for forcing 
in the greenhouse or for 
outdoor planting. With 
few exceptions all bulbs 
are ready now. 
15. 17th Sunday after 
Trinity. 
Potatoes should be 
dug and stored for the 
winter. Select a bright 
day and have the pota¬ 
toes dry w r hen they are 
put away. A dry, dark, 
cool cellar is the best. 
9. Germans captured 
Antwerp, 1914. 
It is usually late in 
November before you 
can get the Japanese 
lilies. Cover the ground 
where you intend to 
plant them with manure 
to prevent freezing. 
16. Shut off all ex¬ 
posed water pipes, being 
sure all the cocks are 
left open and the pipes 
drained. Irrigating sys¬ 
tems can be kept in serv¬ 
ice as a frost preventa¬ 
tive, but must be discon¬ 
tinued before winter. 
10. Dr. Nansen born, 
1861. 
What about vegetables 
in the greenhouse? Sow 
cucumbers, lettuce, cauli¬ 
flower, beans, beets, car¬ 
rots and spinach ; all can 
be grown in the cool 
house except cucumbers 
and beans. 
17. Bay trees, hydran¬ 
geas, akebias and other 
tender decorative plants 
must now be placed in 
safe quarters for the 
winter. A low tempera¬ 
ture with not too much 
light is advisable to keep 
them in the best condi¬ 
tion. 
11. Full Moon. 
Violets must be sown 
indoors now. Keep the 
runners removed from 
the plants and use plenty 
of lime to prevent the 
soil souring. Pick off 
and burn any diseased 
leaves. 
18. St. Luke. 
Palms of all kinds 
and stove plants such as 
crotons, dracenas, etc., 
should be hardened up. 
Don’t water the plants so 
freely and lower the tem¬ 
perature slightly to ac¬ 
complish this. 
12. Pansies for spring 
flowers must be moved 
in cold-frames or ar¬ 
rangements made to pro¬ 
tect them outdoors. A 
little salt hay is all the 
protection they need in 
the latter case. 
19. Now that fire heat 
is being used in the 
greenhouse, greater care 
must be taken to prevent 
the houses becoming in¬ 
fested with green fly and 
other pests. Spray and 
fumigate frequently. 
13. Sir Henry Irving 
died, 1905. 
This is about the time 
to cut and store herbs 
such as thyme, sweet 
marjoram, etc. Cut the 
plants and tie up in 
paper bags to dry, hang¬ 
ing out of the way. 
20. Be sure all dahlias 
are properly labelled. 
Just as soon as they 
freeze, the tops can be 
cut off and the bulbs 
dried and stored ; a cool, 
dark cellar is the best 
place for this. 
14. Battle of Hastings, 
1066. 
Better start making 
arrangements to store 
tender bulbous plants 
such as gladioli, cannas 
and monbretias. Ger¬ 
aniums, alternanthums, 
etc., must soon be 
brought indoors. 
21. Trafalgar Day, 
1805. 
Middling is very im¬ 
portant for fruit bor¬ 
ders, perennial borders, 
specimen trees, straw¬ 
berry beds, plantings of 
bulbs, new plantings, etc. 
See page 39 for details 
of methods. 
22. 18th Sunday after 
Trinity. 
How about some lime 
for your garden? This 
is a good tonic for your 
ground and is very in¬ 
expensive. Get the air 
slacked, apply to surface, 
leave there all winter. 
23. Care should be 
taken that all stock 
plants of chrysanthe¬ 
mums are properly 
labe'led. Select the best 
plants for this purpose 
and store them in a 
cold - frame or cool 
greenhouse. 
24. Daniel Webster 
died 1852. 
Be ready to get ma¬ 
terials for protecting 
tender evergreens such 
as mahonia, boxwood, 
rhododendrons, etc. Pine 
boughs are fine, or board 
shields for exposed 
places. 
25. Balaklava Charge 
1854. 
Grapes should be 
pruned in the fall; 
spring pruning means 
bleeding. Just as soon 
as the leaves turn, prune 
grapes hard, as they 
fruit on green wood. 
26. There are a num¬ 
ber of trees and shrubs 
that can be pruned in 
fall. Any real hardy 
trees or shrubs that 
don’t winter kill are just 
as well attended to at 
this time. 
27. Theodore Roose¬ 
velt born, 1858. 
Any stock that is 
wanted for grafting next 
spring should be re¬ 
moved just as soon as 
the leaves fall. Be sure 
to label and tie in bundles 
and bury outdoors. 
28. Rose plants in the 
greenhouse should be 
growing vigorously. A 
little feeding will be 
beneficial; mulch with 
cow manure or apply it 
in liquid form. Bone 
meal or any concen¬ 
trated fertilizer is good. 
29. Roots intended for 
forcing in the green¬ 
house during winter, 
such as asparagus, rhu¬ 
barb, sea kale, etc., can 
now be dug and stored 
in a trench until they 
have been thoroughly 
rested. 
30. Vice- President 
Sherman died, 1911. 
What about some high 
quality sweet peas for 
next summer? Sow now 
and protect with a board 
frame over winter — a 
little extra effort, but 
well worth it. 
31. 
Sun 
sets 
Hallowe’en, 
rises 6:29; Sun 
4:58. 
Don't burn the leaves 
you rake up; they make 
the finest of fertilizer. 
Store in a corner to rot 
and throw on a few sods 
to keep them from blow¬ 
ing around. 
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 performing 
garden operations. 
“Thou’rt bearing hence thy roses, 
Glad summer, fare thee well! 
Thou’rt singing thy last melodies 
In every wood and dell.” 
Goode October a goode blaste 
To blowe the hogges ciconics and ivaste. 
Good manners in Japan require the visitor 
to ask his host first of all to let him see the 
garden. The house is of secondary import¬ 
ance in polite society. 
