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HO USE & GARDEN 
The GARDENERS KALENBAR.1 
Sixth Sio nth 
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Thirty Days 
JUNE, 1916 
Morning Star: Jupiter Evening Star: Venus 
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 the 
performing of garden 
and farm operations. 
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1. Ascension Day. Sun 
rises 4:32; Sun sets 7:24. 
Hedges require fre¬ 
quent attention. The 
oftener they are clipped 
the more perfect they be¬ 
come, whether they are 
evergreen or deciduous. 
2. The most important 
work now in the garden 
and around the grounds 
is spraying for insects 
and diseases. All sorts 
of pests are easily con¬ 
trolled if steps are taken 
in time. 
3. King George V born, 
1865. 
Bedding out of all 
kinds should be imme¬ 
diately finished, and 
tender plants may be set 
out now. Look over the 
beds and replace any 
voids. 
4. Sunday after Ascen¬ 
sion. 
All newly set out 
plants, all transplanted 
trees and shrubs must be 
provided with sufficient 
moisture at the roots. 
Early morning or late 
evening is the best time 
for watering. 
11. Pentecost. Whit 
Sunday. 
If the weather is at all 
dry a mulch of half rot¬ 
ted manure is advisable 
on the cane fruits. These 
plants are surface root¬ 
ers, and can’t stand 
drought. 
18. Battle of Waterloo, 
1815. Trinity Sunday. 
Lettuce runs to seed 
very quickly in summer. 
To avoid this, keep the 
plants well watered, 
plenty of food in the soil, 
and shade with cheese¬ 
cloth frames. 
25. First Sunday after 
Trinity. 
Successive sowings of 
a great many of the an¬ 
nuals for the flower 
garden are advisable. 
Asters, clarkia, calliopsis, 
stocks, phlox, etc., are all 
timely. 
5. Don’t neglect suc- 
cessional sowings of the 
crops that require it, like 
beans, lettuce, beets, car¬ 
rots, corn, cucumbers 
and late cabbages, cauli¬ 
flower, Brussels sprouts, 
kale and celery. 
12. Keep a sharp look¬ 
out in the orchard for 
fire blight; remove any 
infected branches a t 
once, and take out any 
peach trees infected with 
yellow or curculio, else 
it will spread. 
19. Alabama sunk, 
1864. 
Keep all the dead flow¬ 
ers removed from the 
peonies, etc. They not 
only look unsightly, but 
are a needless drain on 
the plant’s vitality. 
26. Summer pruning 
should be practiced, par¬ 
ticularly on fruit bear¬ 
ing trees. Remove all 
weak interior branches. 
Keep at this steadily 
throughout the summer 
and you will be surprised 
at the results. 
6. A few plants of the 
English forcing type of 
cucumber in a coldframe 
with a few branches of 
pea brush for the vines 
to run on, will produce 
qualities of those long, 
high quality cucumbers, 
13. Make a practice of 
pruning all the early 
flowering shrubs, imme¬ 
diately after flowering. 
Among these are spiraeas, 
deutzia, Lilac exochordia, 
weigela, tamarix, and a 
number of others. 
20. Queen Victoria 
crowned, 1837. 
Tall plants like dahlias, 
hollyhock, rudbeckia, he- 
lianthus, delphinium, 
lilies, etc., should be 
staked. All require some 
kind of support to keep 
from being blown over. 
27. C. Vanderbilt born, 
1794. 
Sow row corn, beans, 
lettuce, turnips and rad¬ 
ishes for succession. Sow 
for winter, ruta baga and 
winter radishes; keep 
plants well thinned and 
cultivate frequently. 
7. The rose bug is one 
pest that doesn’t succumb 
to poison. It is a borer, 
and the only way to save 
your flowers is to pick 
the bugs off, dropping 
them into a bucket con¬ 
taining a little kerosene. 
14. Flag Day. 
Stop cutting asparagus 
just as soon as the peas 
are bearing well; it ruins 
an asparagus bed to con¬ 
tinue cutting until late in 
the season. 
21. Sweet peas require 
some attention if you 
would have them con¬ 
tinue flowering. Pick 
the flowers twice a day, 
mulch heavily around the 
roots, and keep well 
watered. 
28. If you want good 
muskmelons the plants 
must have attention. 
Spread the vines, peg 
them down, spray with 
Bordeaux and place small 
boards under the fruit 
when formed. 
8. Intelligent thinning 
of fruit will produce sur¬ 
prising results. You get 
practically the same bulk, 
but of a much better 
quality; thin apples, 
pears, peaches, grapes, 
plums, etc. 
15. Ember Day. 
You will find your cut 
flowers will keep much 
better if you gather 
them in early morning 
and late evening and 
plunge them in cold 
water in a dark room. 
22. Corpus Christi. 
When cutting roses 
don’t leave the stems too 
long. Keep all the brier 
growth removed, and 
pinch off all dead flowers 
and keep down weed 
growth. 
29. Saint Peter’s. 
Don’t neglect your as¬ 
paragus bed. Keep it 
well cultivated, apply 
salt frequently and dust 
the plants with hellebore 
or arsenate of lead to kill 
the asparagus beetle. 
9. Charles Dickens 
died, 1870. 
All vegetable plants 
that require it should be 
tied up, such as tomatoes 
and lima beans. Those 
that require hilling are 
beans, corn, etc. 
16. Full Moon. 
Remove all seed pods 
from rhododendrons and 
other flowering ever¬ 
greens of this type. 
These plants must never 
suffer for water ; use leaf 
mold or rotted sod for 
top dressing. 
23. Don’t neglect the 
carnations in the field or 
greenhouse, as next 
year’s supply of flowers 
depends upon them. 
Keep pinched back and 
well cultivated, and spray 
frequently with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture. 
30. Sun rises 4:31. 
Sun sets 7 :35. 
Bedding plants such as 
geraniums, coleus, alter- 
nanthera, etc., should be 
pinched frequently t o 
make the bed solid; 
pinch out the top with 
thumb and first finger. 
10. Keep the cultivator 
working in your garden. 
Cultivate the farm crop 
as frequently as possible 
and use the scuffle-hoe in 
the flower garden; you 
must keep down the 
weed growth. 
17. Battle of Bunker 
Hill, 1775. 
Late sowings of fall 
crops such as celery, cab¬ 
bage, etc., should be 
made in beds when they 
can be partially shaded 
and “damped down.” 
24. Salem Fire, 1914. 
Palms and other deco¬ 
rative foliage plants for 
home use can be hard¬ 
ened up considerably by 
placing them out-of-doors 
now in a well sheltered 
place. 
"See yonder rose hud 
rich in dew, 
Among its native Briers 
sae coy, 
How soon it tines its 
scent and hue 
When pu’d and worn a 
common toy.” 
Burns. 
I wondered at the bounteous hours, 
The slow result of winter’s showers; 
You scarce could see the grass for flowers. 
Tennyson. 
Mist in Maye and heat in June, 
Makes the harvest right soone. 
The highest peak in the world is 61,090 
feet above the lowest point in the sea bot¬ 
tom. On a 6 foot globe this would equal 
1-10 inch. 
