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When 
May Time 
HLS is the month of the poets, the 
Queen of the Calendar. But it 
is none the less the month which brings 
happiness and inspiration to the practical 
as well. Nature, dear old nurse to many 
of our happiest hours, has brought us to 
the threshold of Summer’s hospitable 
mansion, and whispers to us of all the 
unfolding beauties that heaven is to 
spread before us. The orchards will be 
pink and white with a thousand frag¬ 
rant temptations for the tuneful birds and 
the buzzing bees, the Iris will be un¬ 
furling its bannerets of royal purple, 
snow white and golden yellow, and at 
last we shall forget that Jack Frost 
ever tried our patience with his wintry 
pranks. 
Things to Remember in May 
Be prepared against late frosts but do 
not rush the season, though you should 
plan not to be behindhand with anything. 
When all danger from frost is past trans¬ 
plant your tender flowers and vegetables 
from hotbed to garden. 
The Iris will be unfurling its bannerets 
Look out for cut-worms that will be 
appearing in your garden soon. Dig 
them up and kill them as soon as you find 
any of your young plants dying without 
any apparent reason. Cut-worms are 
probably chewing at the roots. 
This is a good time to think about 
flower-boxes for porch and windows. 
Carnations may be taken from the 
greenhouse for outdoor planting the 
latter part of the month. 
Plant Sunflowers, if only for the sake 
of such useful birds as the Goldfinch and 
Nuthatch. 
Now is the time to plant hardy border 
plants, Alpines, Climbers, and especially 
Gladioli, Gaillardias, Pyrethrums (cut 
back for late flowering), Delphiniums 
(cut back for late flowering), Geraniums, 
Chrysanthemums, Hollyhocks, Clematises, 
Ivies, Passion Flowers, Dahlias, Cal¬ 
ceolarias, Phloxes, Pentstemons, Cannas. 
Also Potatoes, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, 
Celery and Lettuce. 
Remember to spray your orchard 
trees as soon as the petals fall from the 
blossoms. 
The middle of the month is the time 
to spray your rose bushes with whale-oil 
soap, and the last week in May they 
should receive liquid manurial stimulant. 
Mulch your strawberries just before 
they bloom. 
Now is the time to sow everything 
required for succession, late Peas, Beans, 
Cabbage for late use, Cucumber, Radish, 
late Broccoli, Winter Kale, Vegetable 
Marrow, Brussels Sprouts, Horn Carrot 
and Main Crop Carrots, Spinach, Tur¬ 
nip, Beet, Parsley, Colewort, Onion, 
Lettuce, Cauliflower, Parsnip, Ridge Cu¬ 
cumber. Also Phlox Drummondii, Mari¬ 
gold, Calceolaria, Ten-week Stock, Cine¬ 
raria, Primula, Ornamental Grasses, Grass 
Seed and Aster. 
Sow all hardy annuals and transplant 
such as you have had started in cold- 
frames in March, which have been har¬ 
dened off. It is not too late to sow tender 
annuals in coldframes for later trans¬ 
planting. 
Shift perennials, and rearrange border 
plants. This can be done with safety by 
the end of the month. 
Gladioli planted this month will bloom 
in August. 
When Small Fruits and Trees 
Bear 
OW long should it take the Blackberry, 
Currant, Gooseberry, Raspberry, Quince, 
Plum and Strawberry plants I set out last sea¬ 
son to bear? 
Blackberries, Currants, Gooseberries, 
Raspberries, and Strawberries should 
yield fruit one year from setting, and 
bear good crops in from two to three. 
It will take the Quince two years, and the 
Plum three years from setting to bear. 
The Eggplant (Solanum Melongena) 
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