Eighth month A U 2 U S t 1914 Thirty-one days 
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30. J) A system of 
small ditches between 
garden rows, which may 
be filled with water once 
or twice a week, is bet¬ 
ter than any number of 
daily sprinklings. 
2.31 This is the month 
also of weed seeding. 
Purslane, which gives us 
the proverb, “As mean 
as pusley,” will get the 
best of the gardener who 
does not take it away 
and burn it. 
31. 31 Cut off the 
flower heads on every¬ 
thing as fast as they 
fade. This keeps up the 
bloom by not allowing 
seed to form — as well as 
keeps up the appearance 
of the garden. 
3. H Columbus set sail 
from Palos 1492. 
A planting day. Sow 
for this year’s use early 
peas, endive, bush beans, 
radish, spinach, beets 
and mustard for pot 
herbs, cucumber for 
pickles. 
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9. © Remember that a 
mulch of lawn clippings 
everywhere will help by 
conserving root moisture 
and preventing root sun¬ 
burn. 
10. © Jupiter becomes 
an evening star. 
Mow the lawn regu¬ 
larly, no matter how dry 
it may be, and keep the 
weeds out. After sunset 
is good mowing time at 
this season. 
4. 31 A planting day. 
Till to-day and spray 
roses with potassium 
sulphide. Sow for next 
spring’s use corn, salad, 
salsify and Welsh onion. 
5. © Full moon 7h. 
41m. P. M. 
Atlantic Cable com¬ 
pleted 1858. Mercury 
will be visible in the east 
just before sunrise. 
6. © Look for unusual 
number of shooting stars 
from to-night on for a 
week. Order evergreens 
for delivery on the 22d, 
or one of the three days 
following. All these are 
good planting days. 
11. © Till to-day and 
spray roses as usual. Tie 
up the first endive for 
blanching. The final 
spraying for codling 
moth comes Somewhere 
around the middle of 
this month. Watch out! 
12. © Clear all spaces 
in the vegetable garden 
as soon as a crop is over, 
and seed with red clover 
if you do not intend 
planting again to a vege¬ 
table. This keeps down 
weeds and is good fer¬ 
tilizer when turned in. 
16. Katydids are due 
to begin their perennial 
dispute about now. This 
is the month to start 
perennials from seed for 
next summer bloom. 
17. It is time now to 
order bulbs for indoor 
winter bloom and for 
outdoor planting also. 
18. Virginia Dare 
born 1587; first white 
child born on this con¬ 
tinent; she shared the 
fate, whatever it may 
have been, that over¬ 
whelmed Raleigh’s “lost 
colony.” 
Till and spray to-day. 
23. © The Madonna 
lily will grow perfectly 
in the garden if planted 
this month. It is the 
one lily that must make 
leaf growth in the fall. 
Dust the bulbs with sul¬ 
phur. 
24. © Sun enters 
Virgo. Capitol at Wash¬ 
ington burned 1814. 
A planting day. Trans¬ 
plant young garden 
plants to cold frame for 
December use. 
13. Last quar. 7I1. 
56m. P. M. 
Pears should be picked 
while green, but not un¬ 
til their stems part read¬ 
ily from the branch. 
Ripen in a cool, dark 
place. 
1. 33 ) This is the month 
for pruning evergreen 
hedges. These are 
trimmed only enough to 
shape them. Keep them 
narrow at top and taper¬ 
ing to wider at base. 
7. © Till to-day. Keep 
suckers rubbed off 
grapes, tomatoes and 
everything which sends 
them out. They rob the 
maturing fruits and 
weaken the plants. 
8. © Grapes should be 
thinned and bagged, the 
choicest bunches, of 
course, being saved. 
14. C Printing invented 
1457 - 
Till to-day. Carnations 
that have been growing 
outside must now be 
brought indoors. 
19. Now is the time 
for root-pruning any 
large deciduous tree 
which is to be moved. 
Dig a circle four feet 
across around such a 
tree, severing the roots 
at this point. 
20. C Th e tree sends 
out new fibrous roots 
immediately and is pre¬ 
pared for transfer by 
October when its leaves 
fall. 
21. © New moon 7h. 
27m. A. M. A total 
eclipse of the sun, visible 
as partial eclipse in East¬ 
ern Canada and North¬ 
eastern United States. 
Till to-day. 
25. © Till to-day and 
spray roses. The Teas 
and Hybrid Teas will be 
in as full bloom now, 
and for six weeks more, 
as they were in June. A 
planting day. 
26. © A greenhouse 
may be put up for very 
little. Made a part of 
the dwelling, it is a de¬ 
light all the year. Build 
now for use this year. 
27. H First quar. nh. 
53m. P. M. 
The garden should be 
as full of bloom this 
month as earlier in the 
season; there are at 
least ten perennials will 
furnish it, not to men¬ 
tion the annuals. 
15- C Wrap late pears 
each in paper as oranges 
come and they will keep 
much more satisfactorily. 
22. © A planting day. 
Take cuttings of helio¬ 
trope and geranium. 
Sow pansies and English 
daisies for early cold 
frame bloom. Plant 
evergreens. 
28. 31 Tiff to-day. 
Masses of Hibiscus Syri- 
acus and Hydrangea 
paniculata scattered 
through shrubbery keep 
up bloom here. Vars. 
Van Houttei and Jeanne 
d’Arc are the best of the 
former. 
29. 31 ) Tillage is un¬ 
doubtedly better than ir¬ 
rigation — but both to¬ 
gether are ideal. Re¬ 
member, however, that 
deep watering is the 
thing; surface sprinkling 
draws roots to the sur¬ 
face, which is bad. 
‘Mislike me not for my complexion 
The shadowed livery of the burnished sun." — Shakespeare. 
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Considerable rain during the month and sultry weather prevailing 
"Bright gold at sunset, wind will soon fret; 
Pale gold at sunset, rain will soon wet. 
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