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House & Garden 
October THE GARDENER’S CALENDAR Tenth Month 
Mulch the perenni¬ 
als now for nourish¬ 
ment and protection 
If you are lucky you 
are husking corn be¬ 
hind the barn now 
Forking in manure 
is one of the Novem¬ 
ber garden tasks 
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 
WEDNESDAY 
THURSDAY 
FRIDAY 
SATURDAY 
This Calendar of the gardener’s labors is 
planned as a reminder for undertaking his 
tasks in season. It is designed for an aver¬ 
age season in the Middle States, but its 
suggestions should fit the whole country if 
it be remembered that for every one 
hundred miles north or south, garden oper¬ 
ations will be retarded or advanced from 
five to seven days. 
1. One of 
the hardest 
plants to pro¬ 
tect during cold 
weather Is the 
French Globe 
artichoke. If 
covered too 
much it decays, 
so use a frame 
to prevent the 
covering ma¬ 
terial from ac¬ 
tually resting 
on the plants. 
2. Most 
smooth-barked 
trees and prac¬ 
tically ail fruit 
trees are sub¬ 
ject to the at¬ 
tacks of San 
Jose scale. 
These trees 
should be 
sprayed with 
one of the sol¬ 
uble oil mix¬ 
tures which can 
be purchased. 
3. Celery 
must be kept 
banked proper¬ 
ly to protect 
the hearts of 
the plants from 
damage by se¬ 
vere frost. In 
fact, it can be 
stored in 
trenches any 
time now for 
use during the 
late fall and 
winter months. 
4. Tender 
roses and all 
tea roses should 
be strawed up 
now to protect 
them. Putting 
earth around 
the bases of the 
plants helps 
shed water and 
will serve to 
protect the 
lower part of 
the plant from 
damage. 
5. Goose¬ 
berries. cur¬ 
rants. raspber¬ 
ries and black¬ 
berries are sur¬ 
face rooters. A 
heavy winter 
mulch of ma¬ 
nure will build 
up the fertility 
of the soil and 
help to protect 
the roots from 
damage by the 
frost 
6. Boxwood 
and other ten¬ 
der evergreens 
should have 
their winter 
protections a - 
plied now. Bur¬ 
lap covers that 
are supported 
so as not to 
come in actual 
contact with 
the plants are 
the best ma¬ 
terial for thi . 
7. Standard 
roses areamong 
the hardest 
gardensubjects 
to pro ect. If 
str wed in they 
must have 
he vyst kesor 
they will be- 
c o m e top- 
heavy. Laying 
the stem down 
and covering 
with earth is 
the best. 
8. Primula, 
cyclamen, cin¬ 
eraria and 
other potted 
plants that are 
customarily 
grown in frames 
may be brought 
inside now. 
Frequent feed¬ 
ing with liquid 
manures is very 
helpful to their 
continued suc¬ 
cess indoors. 
9. House 
plants f all 
kinds should bv 
given a little 
extra care at 
this time. 
Spo ge the fo¬ 
liage with soap 
solution, scrub 
the green scum 
off the pots and 
top-dress the 
soil in them 
with sheep 
manure. 
10. All orna¬ 
mental garden 
furniture, set¬ 
tees, etc., and 
all melon 
frames, bean 
poles, tomato 
trellises and 
such planting 
accessories, 
should now be 
stored away fo r 
winter. Paint 
those that re¬ 
quire it. 
11. Rhodo¬ 
dendrons 
should have 
their roots pro¬ 
tected by a 
heavy mulch of 
leaves or litter. 
Some branches 
of pines or 
other ever¬ 
greens thrust 
into the ground 
between the 
plants will pre¬ 
vent sun-scald. 
12. It is per¬ 
fectly safe to 
plant aspara¬ 
gus in the fall 
provided you 
make some ef¬ 
fort to protect 
it during the 
winter. Pull 
plenty of earth 
up over the 
plants and 
cover them well 
with decayed 
manure. 
13. Poin- 
settia, limes 
and other heat- 
loving crops in- 
tended for 
Christmas 
bloom must be 
forced rapidly. 
A temperature 
of 75o or even 
80o when plenty 
of moisture is 
available, will 
be beneficial to 
them. 
14. The 
strawberry bed 
should be 
mulched with 
well-rotted 
manure; this 
not only pro¬ 
tects the plants 
but prevents 
the deteriora¬ 
tion of the soil. 
Straw to pro¬ 
tect them from 
the sun should 
be added. 
15. Itisnot 
too late to start 
seeds of some 
of the more 
rapid-growing 
annuals in the 
greenhouse for 
winter flowers. 
Of these may 
be mentioned 
c a 11 i o p s i s , 
candytuft , rag- 
get sailor and 
the ever popu¬ 
lar mignonette. 
16. It is now 
time for all fall 
bulb plantings 
to be com¬ 
pleted. Always 
plant four 
times as deep 
as the diameter 
of the bulb, 
mound the 
earth p so as 
to shed water, 
and mulch the 
surface well 
with manure. 
17. Garden 
changes should 
be made now 
before the 
ground is froz¬ 
en, to prevent 
settling and 
other irregular- 
ities in the 
spring. Plants 
disturbed now 
are more likely 
to live than 
those moved in 
midwinter. 
18. Do not 
neglect to make 
successional 
sowings in the 
greenhouse of 
vegetable crops 
such as beans, 
cauliflower, 
beets, carrots, 
lettuce, etc. 
The secret of 
succes is sow¬ 
ing in small 
quantities and 
frequently. 
19. Ill-kept 
gardens breed 
diseases and in¬ 
sects. Clean up 
all refuse and 
burn the stalks 
and other ma¬ 
terial likely to 
decay. Thor¬ 
oughly sterilize 
the ground by 
the application 
of lime or deep, 
consistent 
trenching. 
20. Carna¬ 
tion plants 
should be kept 
supported and 
properly dis¬ 
budded. Never 
allow the 
benches to ac¬ 
cumulate green 
mould The 
surface of the 
ground should 
be kept stirred. 
Top-dress with 
sheep manure. 
21. Apples, 
pears and other 
stored fruit 
should be 
looked over oc¬ 
casionally for 
any decayed 
ones which 
would soon de¬ 
stroy others. 
When the fruit 
is wrapped sep¬ 
arately in soft 
paper this dan¬ 
ger is lessened. 
22. Freesias, 
French grown 
narcissus, early 
lilies and all 
bulbs of this 
type can be 
brought into a 
higher temper- 
a t u r e now. 
After the buds 
show, free ap¬ 
plications of 
liquid manure 
will benefit the 
roots. 
23. If you 
have not al¬ 
ready stored 
your root crops 
for the winter, 
they should be 
attended to at 
once. Burying 
them in 
trenches out¬ 
doors with the 
proper kind of 
protecting ma¬ 
terial is the 
ideal storage. 
24. Sweet 
peas sown now 
and properly 
protected over 
the winter will 
give quality 
flowers next 
year. A frame 
made of boards 
and covered 
with manure 
after it is put 
in place will be 
an excellent 
protection. 
25. There are 
a number of 
popular peren¬ 
nials which 
force well. 
Clumps of core¬ 
opsis, bleeding 
heart, Shasta 
daisy, dicentra, 
etc., may be 
lifted, potted, 
and then stored 
outside to ripen 
properly before 
forcing. 
26. Young 
fruit, trees had 
better be pro¬ 
tected non 
from the at¬ 
tacks of field- 
mice rabbits, 
and other ro¬ 
dents which 
girdle the 
trunks. Tarred 
burlap or paper 
collars placed 
above ground 
will help. 
27. Manure 
for the garden 
should be pur¬ 
chased now. 
For garden 
purposes it im¬ 
proves greatly 
with age and 
handling, and 
it is always 
possible to get 
manure in the 
fall, while next 
spring is un¬ 
certain. 
28. Sweet 
peas in the 
greenhouse 
should be fed 
freely with li¬ 
quid manures. 
The first flow¬ 
ers to appear 
should be 
pinched off to 
conserve the 
plants’ 
strength. Keep 
theatmosphere 
dry at night. 
29. At this 
time all hard- 
wooded forcing 
plants such as 
lilacs, cherries, 
deutzia, wis¬ 
taria , etc., 
should be lifted 
from their 
places about 
the grounds 
and placed in 
tubs or boxes 
for winter forc¬ 
ing. 
30.Lowspots 
in the lawn or 
irregularities in 
the surface may 
be top-dressed 
now to over¬ 
come these 
troubles. Use 
good soil, and 
when not more 
than 2 inches 
of it is applied 
the grass will 
come through 
all right. 
What wondrous life is this I lead! 
Rich apples drop about my head; 
The luscious clusters of the vine 
Upon my mouth do crush their wine; 
The nectarine and curious peach 
Into my hands themselves do reach; 
Stumbling on melons , as I pass , 
Ensnared with flowers , I fall on 
grass. — Andrew Marvell 
In the country the quality of November is controlled largely by the size and manner of the fireplace and woodpile. God forbid that 
either one should be over small! Yet, at that, the most comforting fireplace we remember was the smallest, and the woodpile was 
a little heap of furniture tragedies and kindling in the corner where the ceiling met the floor. But in the country the hearth must 
be all embracing and the logs must have a certain bulk. There should be polished brass in the andirons to cast reflections in the 
half-dark. All exterior faces of the fireplace and maiitle should be sick as to act as a supplementary frame to the glowing cavern. 
,4s to the sort of firewood, there are kinds to fit all tastes and moods. Nowadays chestnut is being burned more than any other because 
the blight has given us no alternative; but it is a miserable, snarling fuel that disappears with fury and no finesse. Oak is not so 
antagonistic and is more lasting. Pine is a roaring whirlwind. New-cut birch burns as though its sap were the finest gasoline. 
Hickory is the well-mannered aristocrat of the hearth, sparkless and durable. But applewood is the king of them all, silent, smooth 
and sensitive, carrying along with undiminished brilliance until it is nothing but a white hot bed of ashes and its victims are in a 
state of delicious stupor. 
Grape priming be¬ 
gins at the drop of 
the leaf in the fall 
Dig deep and wide 
when trenching for 
large perennial roots 
When perennial roots 
get too large divide 
them with a spade 
The Piazetta, a little parklet in the Country 
Club District of Kansas City, is an attractive 
and well designed intersetion arrangement 
A nother delightful feature of this Kansas City 
development is this sunken, semi-circular 
resting place of masonry backed up by shrubs 
One service court here does for two residences; 
the garage and service entrance of each house 
being screened by poplars and bridal wreath 
