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House & Garden 
Transplanting and 
dividing of i r i s 
should begin at once 
after blooming 
To get good residls 
iris should be in the 
ground before 
the November frosts 
Very jew perennials 
are as effective as 
iris when used singly 
in the border 
SUNDAY 
1. This is 
a n excellent 
time to put 
into execution 
any changes in 
your garden, 
such as sod 
borders, dwarf 
hedges,trellises 
for fruit plants, 
changes in wa¬ 
tering systems, 
etc A good 
map of the 
grounds will 
help. 
8. Celery 
must be kept 
hilled. Hold 
the stalks to¬ 
gether tightly 
with the hand 
to prevent dirt 
from getting 
down into the 
heart. Keep 
hilling as they 
grew , since it is 
contact with 
the earth that 
gives celery 
flavor. 
15. This is 
a n excellent 
time to destroy 
a n y aphids 
which may be 
on the white 
pines and other 
evergreens. A 
thorough 
spraying with 
a strong to¬ 
bacco and soap 
mixture will 
free the trees 
from this 
pest. 
22. Hydran¬ 
geas, bay trees 
and otherdeco- 
rative plants in 
tuts and boxes 
should be 
stored away for 
the winter. A 
g o o d cellar 
which is not 
too warm and 
is fairly light 
makes a good 
storage place 
for this class of 
material. 
29. Flower 
beds composed 
of tender plants 
can be made to 
last consider¬ 
ably longer by 
a slight cover¬ 
ing to protect 
them from 
frost. An old 
sheet or blan¬ 
ket of any kind 
with a few sup¬ 
ports, may be 
usi d for this 
purpose. 
MONDAY 
2. All shal¬ 
low rooting 
plants should 
be afforded the 
protection of 
a winter mulch 
of manure. 
This applies to 
strawberries, 
rasp berries, 
blackberries, 
etc. With 
strawberries, 
manure should 
not touch the 
crown. 
9. Dig up 
and store all 
tender bulbous 
plants such as 
gladioli, dah¬ 
lias, etc. These 
must, be stored 
in sand or saw 
dust in boxes 
and kept in a 
cool cellar. 
Dryness of 
packing ma¬ 
terial and sur¬ 
rounding air is 
essential. 
16. Stop 
feeding the 
c h rys anthe- 
mums just as 
soon as the 
buds show col¬ 
or. It is a good 
practice to 
s hade the 
greenhouse 
slightly. This 
will give con- 
siderably 
longer petals 
and larger 
flowers. 
23. Potatoes 
and other root 
crops stored in 
the cellar 
should be 
looked over oc¬ 
casionally to 
prevent dam¬ 
age by decay. 
Remove all 
decayed or 
soft, spongy 
tubers, because 
they are sure 
to infect other 
sound ones. 
30. The first 
few days in the 
house are the 
critical period 
for in (1 o or 
plants .Use 
great care in 
watering and 
keep the foliage 
sprayed or 
moistened. If 
the plant dries 
up too quickly, 
plunge the en¬ 
tire pot in a 
pail of water. 
TUESDAY 
3. Why not 
have some fruit 
trees around 
your garden, 
preferably on 
the north side? 
Or perhaps you 
have room for 
a small or¬ 
chard . This is 
the proper time 
to set the trees 
out, except the 
plums, cherries 
and other pit 
fruits. 
10. Don’t 
neglect succes- 
sional sowing 
of the vege¬ 
table crops 
planted in the 
greenhouse. 
Lettuce, cauli¬ 
flower, spinach, 
radishes and 
beans require 
seeding about 
every two or 
three weeks in 
order to insure 
a supply. 
17. Any 
changes in the 
flower borders 
should be 
made now as 
the different, 
types of flow¬ 
ers may be 
easily deter¬ 
mined at this 
time, even by 
the beginner. 
Old plants that 
are not yield¬ 
ing should be 
divided. 
24. Start now 
to collect all 
the old leaves, 
bringing them 
to one point. 
Do not ever 
burn them, be¬ 
cause when 
rotted, they 
are one of the 
best of all fer¬ 
tilizing m a - 
terials. Store 
them in some 
obscure, shel¬ 
tered corner. 
31. Hay thrown 
over tender 
garden crops 
such as egg¬ 
plant, peppers, 
lettuce, will 
protect them 
from damage 
by light frosts. 
It must be re¬ 
moved during 
the day . and 
applied only at 
night. Do not 
use enough to 
break them. 
WEDNESDAY 1 THURSDAY 
4. The 
plantings of 
new trees may 
be attended to 
at this time 
With the dry 
summers which 
have prevailed 
for the past 
few years, fa 1 
plantings have 
given better re- 
suits than 
where work of 
this sort was 
done in spring. 
5. Start 
mulching 
rhododendrons 
with leaves or 
manure. This 
is not only for 
the purpose of 
protecting the 
roots, but it 
will also furnish 
the plants with 
considerable 
nourishment. 
In the spring 
the leaves may 
be dug under. 
II. A few 
roots of pars¬ 
ley, planted in 
pots and placed 
on the kitchen 
window - sill, 
will keep any 
o r d i n a r y 
family supplied 
with an abun¬ 
dance of this 
valuable green 
for garnishing 
and other kit- 
c .h e n uses 
all winter. 
18. Don’t 
neglect to 
mulch with 
manure or 
any loose ma¬ 
terial, all ever¬ 
greens that 
have been 
transplanted 
during the cur¬ 
rent year. The 
first, winter is 
the critical 
period with 
these trees, and 
they need care. 
12. What 
about some 
bulbs for house 
forcing to 
bloom about 
Christmas 
time? Paper 
whites, Pott- 
baker tulips, 
narcissus and 
various other 
early forcing 
bulbs may be 
grown success¬ 
fully in the 
house. 
19. Don’t for- 
get to plant a 
few of the more 
! hardy types of 
narcissus in 
I some secluded 
corner where 
they may go 
on naturalizing 
and spreading 
by themselves. 
In a few years 
enormous 
masses are pos- 
s i b 1 e from 
small plantings 
25. Shut off 
and drain all 
irrigating sys¬ 
tems and other 
exposed 
plumbing 
pipes, an d 
empty concrete 
pools, etc. All 
faucets should 
be left open to 
assure proper 
drainage of the 
piping. If 
they freeze 
they will burst. 
26. In case of 
a severe frost 
being threaten¬ 
ed, it is wise to 
cover the flow¬ 
ers of outdoor 
chrysanthe¬ 
mums with 
paper or other 
material at. 
night. This 
will prevent 
their being 
damaged and 
add to their 
life. 
This calendar of the 
gardener’s labors is de¬ 
signed for the Middle 
States, but it shoidd fit 
the whole country if, 
for every one hundred 
miles north or south, 
garden operations be 
retarded or advanced 
from five to seven days 
FRIDAY 
6. Don't ne¬ 
glect to get 
hyacinths and 
other early 
flowering types 
of bulbous 
plants boxed 
up or planted 
in pots pre¬ 
paratory to 
forcing them in 
thegreenhouse. 
They should be 
buried out-of- 
doors to facili¬ 
tate rooting. 
13. Carrots, 
beets and other 
root, crops 
should be gath¬ 
ered and after 
the tops are re¬ 
moved they 
can be stored 
in trenches out- 
of-doors or in 
a cool cellar. 
If stored out- 
doors they 
should be pro¬ 
tected from the 
frost. 
20. When 
husking corn 
any exception¬ 
ally fine ears 
should be set 
aside and saved 
for seed next 
year. The ears 
should be hung 
up in some dry 
place where the 
mice will not 
be able to reach 
them. Sus¬ 
pending b y 
wire is good. 
27 Don’t fail 
to make ar¬ 
rangements to 
pick the fruit 
and store it 
properly. The 
best method is 
to wrap each 
fruit separately 
in tissue paper, 
storing them in 
boxes in a dark 
cool place. Be 
careful that 
they are not 
bruised. 
SATURDAY 
7. Cauliflow¬ 
er just starting 
to head up 
should be lift ed 
very carefully 
and placed in 
frames where 
it will mature 
properly. The 
plants m iv also 
be planted in 
tubs and 
moved to a 
barn, garage or 
other frost¬ 
proof place. 
14. If you 
have heated 
frames of any 
kind, why not 
use them for 
the forcing of 
quick maturing 
vegetables 
such as rad¬ 
ishes, spinach, 
bean s, etc. 
They may be 
sown now, to 
yield crops 
during the win¬ 
ter months 
21. After the 
foliage falls all 
fruit trees and 
other decidu¬ 
ous trees sub¬ 
ject to the at¬ 
tacks of scale 
s h o u 1 d be 
sprayed with 
any of the sol¬ 
uble oil mix¬ 
tures. Lilacs 
are especially 
susceptible to 
attacks of the 
scale pests. 
28. Arrange¬ 
ments should 
be made to 
protect the 
roses, the best 
method being 
to do them up 
in straw over¬ 
coats. In ad¬ 
dition to these, 
earth should oe 
banked around 
the plants so as 
to throw the 
water away 
from them. 
Birds and butterflies 
and trees, 
And the long hush of 
the breeze 
Shimmering over the 
silken grass, 
What woiddst thou have 
more than these? ... 
Robert Nichols. 
As a general rule, deep-rooting plants are best moved or divided in the autumn, because then 
their roots have time to recover and strike down as soon as growth begins in the spring. Such- 
plants cannot usually be moved without much damage to their roots, and before their roots have 
recovered they arc apt to suffer much from drought. If they are moved in the spring and if a 
drought fellows upon their moving, they will not recover before the summer heats, and then they 
will live but a miserable life until next year. Yet one finds that many gardeners are just 
as ready to move Oriental poppies in- April as pansies; and if the poppies remain miserable 
stunted, and half withered tufts all the summer, the gardener regards it as an “act of God,” 
not as a result of his own stupidity 
A. CLUTTON-BROCK. 
Dutchmen’s breeches 
take kindly to care¬ 
ful collecting at this 
particular season 
Hepatica is one of 
the easiest of the 
wild', flowers to move 
if done in the fall 
Peony plants should 
be divided no w. 
Be sure to retain at 
least three “eyes” 
October THE GARDENER’S CALENDAR Tenth Month 
The freesia should be one of the most pop¬ 
ular of winter flowering bulbs for indoors. 
Pot in rich sandy soil until January 
The misty blooms of statice, or sea lavender, 
may be dried and used indoors for winter 
bouquets. It will last for months 
Blood root may be collected now and trans¬ 
planted into the border. It is effective 
when naturalized in the shade of trees 
