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Morning Star: Jupiter 
30. Low Sunday. Sun 
rises 5.00 A. M. Sun sets 
6.55 P. M. 
Pea brush, bean poles, 
tomato trellis, dahlia 
stakes, tying material, 
arsenate of lead for 
spraying, etc., should be 
procured at once. 
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. 
Again the blackbirds 
sing; the streams 
Wake, laughing, from 
their winter dreams; 
And tremble in the April 
showers 
The tassels of the maple 
flowers. 
J. G. Whittier. 
1. All Fools Day. Sun 
rises 5.45 A. M. Sun sets 
6.24 P. M. 
As soon as the ground 
can be worked, sow peas, 
beets, carrots, cabbage, 
cauliflower, celeriac, leek, 
lettuce, onions, parsley, 
radish, spinach, salsify. 
2. Fourth Sunday in 
Lent. 
Easter lilies, roses in 
pots, genistas and other 
plants for Easter, should 
be moving along rapidly. 
Have them in full bloom 
a few days before Easter 
and then place in a cool, 
dark place. 
3. If you have not al¬ 
ready attended to them, 
sweet peas should be 
sown at once. These 
plants are gross feeders, 
and a thorough trench¬ 
ing and enrichment of 
the earth will repay you 
tenfold. 
4. Don’t put off prun¬ 
ing any longer; every¬ 
thing that requires it 
should be attended to at 
once, especially roses and 
fruits. Cut hybrid per¬ 
petual roses hard, tea 
roses more moderatelv. 
5. This is a good time 
to set out some fruit 
trees or a fruit border 
around the garden. Make 
a determined effort to 
grow your own fruit— 
you will never regret it. 
6. A few barrels placed 
over yonr rhubarb will 
hurry it along and im¬ 
prove the quality. The 
same is true of aspara¬ 
gus if you have enough 
coldframes to cover a 
row. 
7. P. T. Barnum died, 
1891. 
The strawberry bed 
should be uncovered, the 
mulch dug under, and 
you can now set out a 
bed of new plants. Pre¬ 
pare the soil thoroughly 
for quality berries. 
8. All seeding down of 
new lawns, patching of 
old ones, raking out of 
crab grass, sodding ter¬ 
races, and every work in 
connection with lawns 
should be attended to at 
once. 
9. Passion Sunday, 
fifth Sunday in Lent. 
Changes of all kinds 
in the gardens, grounds 
or shubbery borders 
should be attended to at 
once. The earlier such 
work is done the better 
results you will have. 
10. This is an excel¬ 
lent time to start an as¬ 
paragus bed from seed, 
if you can wait for it to 
mature. Sow in rows 
where it can remain per¬ 
manently. 
11. Just as soon as the 
ground is in good work¬ 
able condition get your 
potatoes in. Harrow 
regularly every week un¬ 
til the shoots appear 
above ground. 
12. Fort Sumter fired 
on, 1861. 
There are numerous 
vegetables that require 
frequent sowing to keep 
a succession, such as 
peas, lettuce, radishes, 
carrots, beets and spin¬ 
ach. 
13. Thomas Jefferson 
born, 1743. 
All hardy flowering 
plants raised in cold- 
frames, such as cam¬ 
panula, digitalis, mvo- 
sotis, pansies, English 
daisy, etc., should be set 
out in the garden. 
14. President Lincoln 
shot, 1864. 
Better start hardening 
off in the coldframes: 
cauliflower, cabbage, let¬ 
tuce, asters, zinnias, 
snapdragons, balsam, 
candytuft, etc. 
15. Titanic disaster, 
1912. 
All sorts of annuals 
for the flower garden 
can be sown now. Have 
the ground in good 
workable condition; 
don’t let the weeds get 
ahead of the plants. 
“To-day the Spring is in the air 
And in the blood; sweet sun gleams come 
and go 
Upon the hill, in lanes the wild flowers 
blow, 
And tender leaves are bursting evervwhere.” 
Evening Star: Venus 
16. Palm Sunday. 
Spraying must be done 
before the foliage ap¬ 
pears. Fruit trees, euony- 
mus, lilac, roses, Japan 
quince, hawthorns, and 
magnolias are very sus¬ 
ceptible to the attacks of 
scale insects. 
23. Easter Sunday. 
Shakespeare born, 1564. 
All hardy bulbous 
plants such as gladioli, 
montbretias, Cape hya¬ 
cinth, Ismene, tube¬ 
rose, anthericum, lily-of- 
the-valley and hardy 
lilies should be planted. 
17. B. Franklin died, 
1790. 
Bay trees, hydrangeas 
and other tender plants 
used in tubs for decora¬ 
tive work should now be 
brought out of storage 
places. Spray frequently, 
top dress tubs with a 
good, rich mixture. 
24. Do you know that 
Pachysandra terminalis 
is one of the most per¬ 
sistent of all plants and 
will grow when nothing 
else will, under trees on 
steep banks of light, 
gravelly soil? 
18. Full moon. 
Keep right on propa¬ 
gating all bedding plants 
in the greenhouse, such 
as coleus, geraniums, 
achyranthes, etc. Cannas 
should be started and 
potted up. 
25. When pruning roses 
and other grafted plants, 
keep a sharp lookout for 
shoots from the root 
stock. If not kept cut 
out they will soon kill 
the desired variety. 
19. What are you go¬ 
ing to do with your 
greenhouse this summer? 
Try some potted fruits, 
ordered at once; or a 
crop of forcing type 
melons can be started 
now. 
26. If you want your 
hydrangeas blue, start 
feeding them now with 
alum, using a teaspoon¬ 
ful to a gallon of water. 
Iron rust also has the 
same effect. 
20. Onions, radishes, 
turnips and other root 
vegetables that are sub¬ 
ject to maggots should 
have a mixture of soot 
and lime in equal quan¬ 
tities spread on the 
ground. 
27. Gen. Grant born, 
1822. 
What about some bog 
plants for that low spot? 
Bamboos, iris, hardy wa¬ 
ter-lilies, hard}' orna¬ 
mental grasses and tri- 
tomas are available for 
such purposes. 
21. Good Friday. 
Have you frames for 
your outside melons? 
They can be purchased 
very reasonably, and 
you can’t grow tbe best 
melons without them. 
28. It is always ad¬ 
visable to mulch the 
ground thoroughly 
around newly planted 
trees and shrubs, and 
particularly any very 
large trees recently 
transplanted. 
22. Don’t neglect to 
give your asparagus bed 
plenty of salt at this 
time, and when gather¬ 
ing the asparagus do not 
cut through the plant 
crown. This would seri¬ 
ously injure if not kill it. 
29. Any of the hardy 
vegetables or flowers 
that have been properly 
“hardened off” by a week 
or two in a coldframe 
can be set out now. Keep 
well watered, spray tops 
frequently and shade for 
a few days. 
April sun and April showers 
Bring to life the bright May flowers. 
Cherrapongee, in Southeastern Assam, is 
the wettest place in the world, recording 
an average annual rainfall of 458", or a little 
more than 1%" per day. 
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