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House & Garden 
November THE GARDENER’S KALENDAR Eleventh Month 
Grape pruning is 
in order now rather 
than in the spring, 
to avoid bleeding 
Root vegetables 
may be stored in 
a well drained 
trench 
Dahlia tops should 
be cut 6" above 
the roots and the 
latter stored 
The aspar¬ 
agus tops 
should be 
cut off and 
the bed giv¬ 
en a good 
mulch of 
manure 
Protect your 
tender ever¬ 
greens by 
strawing in 
or covering 
them with 
pieces of 
burlap 
In putting 
on the 
strawberry 
mulch take 
care not to 
cover the 
p l a 7i t s’ 
crowns 
SATURDAY FRIDAY THURSDAY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY MONDAY SUNDAY 
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 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. 
4. It is always a 
good practice with old 
perennial borders to be 
sure that the plants are 
properly labeled before 
applying a winter mulch. 
This helps when it 
comes to doing the 
spring work. 
11. Cabbage can also 
be stored for the win¬ 
ter. F'lace in trenches, 
head down, with the 
earth mounted up over 
them. When doing this, 
never cut the cabbage, 
but pull it out from the 
ground by the roots. 
18. Cane fruits’ are 
very tender. The easiest 
method to protect them 
is to lay them on the 
ground and bury them 
with a few inches of 
earth, applying a good 
mulch of some sort 
over this. 
25. Formal ever¬ 
greens, such as juni¬ 
pers, are ofttimes dam¬ 
aged from the weight 
of snows. This can eas¬ 
ily be prevented by ty¬ 
ing the trees together 
with a rope of straw or 
a piece of heavy cord. 
5. You can set out 
asparagus in fall. It 
must be heavily mulch¬ 
ed, however, as aspar¬ 
agus is a permanent 
crop and its long life 
depends upon how thor¬ 
oughly you prepare 
your ground. 
12. Celery should now 
be stored for the win¬ 
ter, as heavy freezing 
is apt to make the stalks 
pithy. Put it upright 
in trenches outdoors 
and protect by heavy 
covering of leaves or 
other litter. 
19. All outside water 
systems and faucets 
should be turned off to 
prevent damage from 
freezing. Marble work 
of all kinds should be 
covered and vases turn¬ 
ed over to prevent their 
filling and freezing. 
26. To protect tender 
roses over the winter, 
it is a good practice to 
draw the soil up thor¬ 
oughly around the roots 
of the plants, mulching 
thoroughly with leaves 
or litter. Very tender 
plants can be strawed. 
Tonight the winds begin 
to rise 
And roar from yonder 
dripping day: 
The last red leaf is 
whirl’d away, 
The rooks are blown 
across the skies; 
The forest crack'd, the 
waters curl'd. 
The cattle huddled on 
the lea; 
And wildly dash'd on 
tower and tree 
The sunbeam strikes 
along the world. 
—Tennyson. 
6. After the frost 
has destroyed the young 
growth and tender gar¬ 
den vegetables there is 
still lots of salvage. 
Lima beans should be 
picked and shelled, and 
corn cut on the stalk 
and stored. 
13. After all the 
vegetables are in win¬ 
ter quarters, the garden 
should be given a thor¬ 
ough cleaning. Bean 
poles and tomato trel¬ 
lises should be put 
away. Burn the pea 
brush and vegetable tops. 
20. Don’t burn your 
leaves. They are one 
of the best fertilizers 
you can get when prop¬ 
erly rotted by placing 
in a pile. Make a prac¬ 
tice of raking them and 
stack in some out-of- 
the-way corner. 
27. All trees, espe¬ 
cially fruit trees, should 
be sprayed now to kill 
San Jose scale. All 
shriveled fruit should 
also be removed from 
the trees. The trunks 
and heavy branches 
should be whitewashed. 
7. Dahlias must be 
put away. Dig the bulbs 
and leave them in the 
sun for a few days. 
Then they may be stored 
in a dry cellar, cover¬ 
ing them with sand to 
prevent their shrivel¬ 
ing in the air. 
14. Most people who 
complain of insects and 
diseases in their gar¬ 
dens never take any 
precautionary measures. 
A thorough coating of 
air-slaked lime, about 
two and a half tons to 
the acre, is invaluable. 
21. Lawns that are 
uneven should be cov¬ 
ered thoroughly with a 
1" mulch of three parts 
soil, one part sheep 
manure, and a fair scat¬ 
tering of ground bone. 
This also will keep 
down weed growth. 
28. Standard roses, 
tender hydrangeas, etc., 
can be buried to pre¬ 
vent winter killing. 
Barrels or boxes with 
both ends knocked out, 
set over the plants and 
filled with earth, may 
also be used. 
I. Plantings of de¬ 
ciduous trees and shrubs 
should be finished at 
the earliest opportunity. 
The ground should be 
well mulched for the 
winter. Large trees 
should be staked and 
wired against swaying. 
8. A little care will 
make your garden last 
many weeks longer. 
Lettuce, endive and 
low plants of this char¬ 
acter can be covered 
with salt hay. Beans 
may be covered with 
burlap or paper. 
15. Strawberries 
should be mulched with 
good manure. Take care 
to keep this from the 
crowns. It is also a 
good practice to save 
the foliage by covering 
lightly with salt hay or 
dead leaves. 
22. Rhododendrons 
are surface rooters and 
must be protected. 
Leaves, litter or manure 
may be used as a 
ground mulch, and if 
the tops are protected 
from the sun they will 
not winter-kill. 
29. Thanksgiving Day. 
Carnations must be dis¬ 
budded and the surface 
of the earth kept’stirred. 
This also refers to roses 
in the greenhouse. Fre¬ 
quent sprayings are ad¬ 
visable. 
2. All changes and 
new plantings of peren¬ 
nials should be attended 
to at once. It is advis¬ 
able to mulch the bed 
thoroughly with leaves 
or loose litter to pre¬ 
vent the heaving action 
of the frost. 
9. Onions, spinach 
and turnips may be 
sown now and protect¬ 
ed for the winter. The 
protection must be light 
and should be occasion¬ 
ally shaken up so that 
it does not mat down 
and smother them. 
16. Tender ever¬ 
greens, and especially 
valuable ones, should 
have some protection to 
assure their wintering. 
They may be covered 
with burlap or straw, 
or a few pine boughs 
will help them. 
23. Evergreens should 
be protected from the 
south side, and not from 
the north. It is not the 
cold blasts that do the 
damage, but the strong 
sun striking the plants 
when they are in a 
frozen condition. 
30. Hardy lilies are 
now ready for planting. 
It is advisable to plant 
their bulbs about T 
deep, using plenty of 
sand to prevent decay 
due to excess moisture 
before the roots have a 
good start. 
3. This is the last 
opportunity to put away 
cannas, gladioli, cala- 
diums, montbretia and 
other tender bulbous 
plants. If this is ne¬ 
glected, the plants will 
undoubtedly be frozen 
and ruined. 
10. After killing 
frosts, all root vege¬ 
tables should be stored, 
such as beets, carrots, 
turnips, salsify, leek, 
etc. These may be 
stored in trenches and 
the earth mounded up 
with a good covering. 
17. Boxwood edging 
requires winter protec¬ 
tion. Anything that will 
prevent the sun from 
coming in contact with 
the leaves when they 
are frozen, answers the 
purpose. Corn - stalks, 
hay, etc., may be used. 
24. Just as soon as 
the foliage is off, it is 
a good plan to look over 
your trees for egg 
masses of the brown- 
tail and gypsy moths. 
A paintbrush dipped in 
creosote will destroy 
the eggs. 
It is well now to set 
up your winter feeding 
stations for the birds, so 
that the latter can be¬ 
come thoroughly _ accus¬ 
tomed to the sight of 
them before severe 
weather sets in. Suet 
and mixed grains are 
good foods. 
Pine boughs 
ranged 
around 
a specimen 
box bush to 
protect it 
from sun 
scald 
Pears stored 
in a dark, 
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will keep in 
c ondition 
for weeks 
Bidbs for 
greenhouse 
forcing 
are bttried 
in satid out 
of doors 
