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HOUSE & GARDEN 
SATURDAY FRIDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY MONDAY SUNDAY 
30. Top dress lawns 
with the pulverized sheep 
manure; do not use any 
common manure here, for 
it will introduce weeds 
and ruin the turf; omit 
manure entirely if you 
cannot get the sheep ma¬ 
nure. 
2. Sunday after Christ¬ 
mas. 
Write to best nurseries 
and seedmen for cata¬ 
logues; look up horticul¬ 
tural lectures, etc., and at¬ 
tend; consider forming a 
Garden Club. Put out 
suet for the birds daily. 
9. First Sunday after 
Epiphany. 
Prune, as they may need 
it, shade and fruit trees, 
small fruits and fall 
blooming shrubs; paint all 
wounds larger than a 
quarter of a dollar with 
Bordeaux Mixture. 
16. Second Sunday after 
Epiphany. 
Paint all tools, etc., that 
may need it; do not wait 
for a tiling to look shabby 
before doing this; every¬ 
thing lasts better for be¬ 
ing kept in good condition. 
23. Prune currants and 
gooseberries; always plan 
to keep the center of a 
bush open to the light and 
air; and always know 
which the bearing wood is 
before pruning anything. 
31. Start hydrangeas, 
spireas, ixias and freesias, 
to be ready for Easter, by 
bringing into warmth and 
light now; the lilies are, 
of course, well under way. 
3. Measure up your en¬ 
tire place and make a plan 
of it to scale, showing all 
planting done last year 
and indicate all to be done 
this year. This will save 
time for you in April. 
10. Prepare one or two 
flats with fine soil; water 
there to make them ready 
for sowing day after to¬ 
morrow. See that the soil 
in coldframes is in a fri¬ 
able condition. 
17. Look over all ever¬ 
greens carefully for insects 
or signs of other trouble; 
pines are subject to a very 
destructive rust; cut and 
burn affected trees as soon 
as discovered. 
24. Save coal ash sift¬ 
ings and mix with the soil 
on heavy stiff spots in the 
garden or anywhere; study 
the theory of fertilizing 
and soil manipulation to 
know what your garden 
needs. 
4. New moon. llh. 
45m., evening, W. 
Make up a list of garden¬ 
ing and landscaping books 
to be studied; order at 
once and master the prob¬ 
lems of fertilizing, spray¬ 
ing and pruning as well as 
general culture. 
11. First q u a r. 1 0 h. 
38m,. evening, W. 
Inspect spraying appara¬ 
tus, tools, fertilizers and 
insecticides on hand; make 
a list of all requirements, 
repairs to be made, etc., 
and hang it in sight where 
each thing may be checked. 
18. Examine all house 
plants for pests. Spray on 
general principles. See 
that ferns are kept well 
watered. Cut away 
scraggly roots and fronds. 
Bring lilies to be forced 
for Easter into warmth 
and light. 
25. Collect plenty of 
manure and arrange to 
have a sheltered place for 
this so as to keep it on 
hand; it is always needed, 
and is more readily ob¬ 
tained now than later 
when everyone is ready 
for it. 
5. Venus becomes an 
evening star. 
Look around outdoors; 
note trees and shrubs 
needed to improve winter 
effects; make a list and lo¬ 
cate them on the plan you 
have made, to be planted 
later. 
12. 
Sow lettuce in frame and 
protect; sow pansy, ver¬ 
bena, carnation, heliotrope, 
marguerites, forget-me-nots 
and mignonette in flats. 
Look up and repair sashes 
of hotbeds. 
19. Order new tools, 
labels, stakes, etc., all 
necessary supplies, sprays 
and containers for same, 
etc. Give dealer the date 
you wish your delivery. 
Keep suet where birds can 
get it. 
26. If mild, snowdrops 
begin to peep. Are you 
keeping an aquarium ? The 
study of plant life under 
water will repay your 
trouble. Do not place 
aquarium in too sunny a 
spot. 
This Kalendar of the 
gardener’s labors is 
aimed as a reminder for 
undertaking all his tasks 
in season. It is fitted to 
the latitude of the Mid¬ 
dle States, but its serv¬ 
ice 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 per¬ 
forming of garden and 
farm operations. 
6. Epiphany. The visit 
of the Wise Men, guided 
by the Star of the East. 
Build hotbed frames or 
look old frames over and 
repair; get sash ready, 
etc. Have you tried a 
self-heating greenhouse? 
13. Make a planting 
plan of vegetable garden 
to scale, with successive 
crops and plantings in¬ 
dicated; mount on heavy 
cardboard or cloth for 
“field service.” Try to 
make your vegetable gar¬ 
den easy to get at. 
20. Partial eclipse of the 
moon. Full moon. 3h. 
29m. A.M. W. 
Put tool house or room 
in order; provide a place 
for everything, even to 
twine, nails, scissors, etc.; 
make a cupboard with lock 
for sprays, poisons, etc. 
27. German Emperor 
born, 1859. Last quart. 
7h. 35m., evening, W. 
Order seeds and plants 
for spring shipment; the 
choice varieties are early 
exhausted, and the early 
orders naturally stand the 
best chance. 
7. Old Christmas Day. 
Sow a few seeds of peas 
and spinach in frames and 
protect with straw or mats. 
Cabbage plants in frames 
need airing whenever 
temperature is above 
freezing. 
14. Spray everything of 
woody growth with lime- 
sulphur wash for San 
Jose scale and other scale; 
peach, plum, cherry, pear 
and apple are attacked in 
order named; also small 
fruits, roses and shrubs. 
21. St. Agnes Day. 
Stain old stakes green 
if this has never been 
done; paint a space for 
the plant name white, and 
write the names with 
waterproof ink when 
stakes are used. Order 
now means speed in April. 
28. Prune peach trees 
and anything that may be 
still left over from earlier 
pruning; do not prune 
early flowering shrubs, 
however, for this will sac¬ 
rifice their bloom. Do not 
trust an itinerant pruner. 
1. Feast of the Cir¬ 
cumcision. 6629th year of 
the Julian Period, 1916th 
year of Christian Era. 
Try some radish seed, 
for fun, in a coldframe 
well protected with straw 
or felt mats. 
8. Make new flats if 
needed and prepare neces¬ 
sary space for them; 12" 
x 15" x 2 Y 2 " is the most 
convenient size. Leave 
sashes off coldframes as 
long as is possible without 
injury to plants. 
15. Order sheep manure, 
allowing from 10 to 15 lbs. 
for every 100 sq. ft. of 
lawn surface. Look over 
your compost pile and add 
to it daily. 
First locomotive used in 
the U. S. 1831. 
22. Prune and tie up 
grapes; make a special 
study of their fruiting 
system, however, before 
you do any cutting. It 
would be well to get the 
Government publications 
on this subject. 
29. Complete the spray¬ 
ing of all woody plants for 
scale; do this work very 
thoroughly, as the spray 
must reach every branch 
and twig to be effective. 
Wm. McKinley bom, 
1843. 
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