June, 1917 
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June 
THE GARDENER’S KALENDAR 
Sixth Month 
The dead ftoio- 
ers should he 
removed from 
the rhododen¬ 
drons as soon 
as they flnWT 
hlooming 
Go over the 
evergreens 
twice a year to 
keep them clip¬ 
ped to shape 
Right after 
hlooming is the 
time to prune 
ft 0 10 e r i n g 
shr uh s like 
spirea, etc. 
Boxwood hedges should 
he trimmed note. Use 
the regular hedge clip¬ 
pers for this 
If you have no ivheel 
hoe, better get one and 
keep it loorking this 
summer 
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This Kalendar of the 
gardener’s labors is 
aimed as a reminder 
for undertaking all h|s 
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 re¬ 
membered 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 op¬ 
erations. The dates 
given are, of course, 
for an average season. 
George V born, 1865. 
3. Sow now for fall, 
cabbage, cauliflower, 
rutabaga, broccoli, cel¬ 
ery, kale and Brussels 
sprouts. For succession 
sow lettuce, beets, car¬ 
rots, corn, beans, en¬ 
dive, peas, etc. 
4. Bedding out of 
all kinds should be fin¬ 
ished. Keep the plants 
pinched and well culti¬ 
vated, and always have 
a few extras handy to 
replace any that may 
die or be broken and 
set back by accident. 
10. You can’t kill 
rose bugs with poison. 
They are borers, and if 
your rose bed becomes 
infested you must re¬ 
sort to hand picking, 
dropping the bugs into 
a pail containing a little 
kerosene. 
11. All kinds of 
climbing plants should 
be gone over and new 
shoots partially trained, 
at least. If this is done 
now it will save many 
shoots from breakage or 
growing in undesirable 
places. 
17. What are you 
going to do to protect 
your strawberries from 
the birds? A fish net 
stretched 1' above the 
bed is best; mosquito 
netting excludes the air 
and spoils the berries’ 
flavor. 
Battle of IVaterloo, 
1815. 
18. Forsythia, lilac, 
exochordia, spirea and 
other spring flowering 
shrubs should be pruned 
just as soon as they 
finish blooining; remove 
all old wood’ at the base. 
24. Keep your pota¬ 
toes well cultivated, but 
don’t hill them up until 
the plants show flowers. 
They must be sprayed 
with poison to kill the 
beetles, and Bordeaux 
should be used for 
blight. 
25. Don’t be afraid 
to pick flowers—if this 
is done properly it won’t 
harm the plants. Use 
a pair of scissors when 
gathering flowers, and 
do the cutting early in 
the morning. Plunge 
flowers in cold water. 
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Here in this seques¬ 
ter'd close 
Bloom the hyacinth 
and rose. 
Here h e side the 
modest stock 
Flaunts the flaring 
hollyhock; 
Here, to it h out a 
pang, one sees 
Ranks, conditions 
and degrees. 
All the seasons run 
their race 
In this quiet rest¬ 
ing-place; 
Peach and apricot 
and fig 
Here will ripen and 
groio hig; 
Here is store and 
overplus .— 
ilfore had not Alci- 
nims! 
—Austin Dohson. 
5. Hedges require at¬ 
tention now. Clipping 
on all types is timely. 
Considerable tying in is 
sometimes necessary 
with an old hedge; this 
of course should be at¬ 
tended to before clip¬ 
ping is done. 
6. If you have not 
already sown your flow¬ 
er seeds, they should 
be attended to at once. 
Practically all the an¬ 
nuals may be sown, 
such as calliopsis, asters, 
calendula, phlox, stocks, 
and others. 
7. Stop cutting as¬ 
paragus just as soon as 
your peas come into 
bearing, and earlier with 
young beds. Give the 
bed a top dressing with 
salt, keep the weeds 
down, and watch for 
asparagus beetles. 
12. When the melon 
plants fill their frames, 
the latter should be re¬ 
moved, the plants spread 
out evenly and pegged 
down in the desired 
position. Then spray 
regularly with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture. 
13. Don’t neglect the 
orchard. Keep a sharp 
lookout for "yellows” 
in your peaches and 
cut down and burn any 
diseased trees. Look 
out for the dangerous 
“fire blight” among 
apples and pears. 
Flag Day. 
14. Sweet peas must 
never be allowed to suf¬ 
fer for want of water. 
W h e n necessary to 
water them give the 
ground a thorough soak¬ 
ing and then apply a 
good heavy mulch. 
19. Don’t neglect to 
stake your tall flowers 
before a sudden storm 
blows them down. Hol¬ 
lyhocks, sunflowers, rud- 
beckia, heleniums, dah¬ 
lias, lilies, campanulas, 
cosmos all need ade¬ 
quate staking. 
20. On all newly 
planted trees, shrubs 
and vines, a mulch dur¬ 
ing dry weather is bet¬ 
ter than continued arti¬ 
ficial watering. It should 
surely be applied to 
single specimens, at 
least. 
21. Carnation plants 
in the field should not 
be neglected, as next 
winter’s flowers depend 
largely upon the growth 
made now. Keep the 
ground well stirred and 
pinch the plants to in¬ 
duce proper growth. 
26. Sash frames or 
greenhouses that are be¬ 
ing used during summer 
should have a slat trellis 
or some other form of 
shading. Don’t use 
whitewash on the glass, 
as it gives too much 
shade. 
27. Spraying is al¬ 
ways necessary around 
your grounds. Use ar¬ 
senate of lead or Paris 
green for leaf eaters, 
nicotine or kerosene 
emulsion for sucking in¬ 
sects, and Bordeaux for 
fungous diseases. 
28. The dead flow¬ 
ers should be removed 
from the rhododendrons. 
Break off the old flow¬ 
ering shoot, using the 
thumb and forefinger 
and being careful not 
to injure the new shoot 
in doing so. 
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1. Bulbous plants 
such as tulips, narcis¬ 
sus, etc., can now be 
dug up and placed in 
a dry, sheltered place 
to ripen. These bulbs 
can be used for plant¬ 
ing again in the fall. 
8. All kinds of for¬ 
mal evergreens such as 
boxwood, retinosporas, 
yews, etc., should now 
be clipped. Even though 
you don’t like these 
trees stiff and formal, 
they should be clipped. 
15. Roses can be 
improved in quality by 
the application of liquid 
manures. Keep the soil 
well stirred and don’t 
cut the roses to death. 
All suckers from the 
root should be cut out. 
22. Keep your to¬ 
mato vines thinned out 
and tied up if you 
would have early fruit. 
Where the vines are al¬ 
lowed to grow wild 
they fruit late and the 
fruit is small. 
29. Summer pruning 
of fruit trees that have • 
reached a bearing size*, 
is superior to spri.ig , 
pruning. Remove ?1I * 
thin, weak shoots at.d 
pinch out the tips when 
you want to SlOP growth. 
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2 . The most impor¬ 
tant garden work for 
the month is to thin out 
crops that require it; 
hill up corn, beans, 
peas, etc., stake or 
brush lima beans and 
peas; keep down the 
weeds everywhere. 
Charles Dickens died, 
1870. 
9. Don’t neglect thin¬ 
ning out vegetables that 
require it. While do¬ 
ing this remove by hand 
all weeds in the row 
which can't be reached 
with a cultivator. 
16. Transplant from 
seed beds into prepared 
beds such plants as late 
cabbage, cauliflower, cel¬ 
ery, Brussels sprouts, 
kale, etc. This double 
handling is well worth 
the effort in the better 
plants resulting. 
23. Successional sow¬ 
ings should be made of 
corn, beans, lettuce, 
turnips, radish, beets, 
carrots, and cucumbers. 
A good gardener never 
neglects to figure ahead 
and make sowings at the 
proper time. 
30. Thinning * fruit J 
gives the same bulk anid 
a much better quality. • 
Also, don’t neglect to 
bag your grapes; bags 
made for this purpose 
can be had from any 
supply house and are 
well worth the trouble. 
Netoly planted 
trees that are 
late in starting 
should he cut 
hack severely 
Tie up the to¬ 
mato plants he- 
f 0 r e they 
spread unduly. 
This makes for 
hetter fruit 
You must hand 
pick cahhage 
ivorms after 
the plants start 
to head up 
Corn should he 
well hilled. One 
reason for this 
is to stiffen it 
against the 
high ivinds 
