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i. © The month of 
Mars. 
The ancient Roman 
year began in this 
month. 
8. © Look up both 
spraying and p r u n i n g 
again, and be sure you 
know just what to do 
and when to do it — and 
how. 
15. © Take more litter 
from bulbs, roses, etc.; 
be guided by the general 
weather conditions, and 
keep some near to re¬ 
cover in case of a sud¬ 
den cold night. The aim 
is to harden youn g 
growth gradually. 
22. Three funda¬ 
mental principles of ro¬ 
tation are: Never plant 
vegetables of same fam¬ 
ily, or that feed at same 
depth, or that produce 
like crops (root or leaf) 
in succession. 
2. © Sow lettuce, rad¬ 
ishes and beets for sec¬ 
ond crop; take one layer 
of mulch off bulbs and 
tender things, unless it 
is very cold. 
9. © Take a portion 
of the cover from the 
hardy (H. P.) roses; tie 
up vines as they may 
need it; all bird houses 
must be ready by now, 
for the birds are choos¬ 
ing their nests. 
16. © Rake up the 
lawn; dig out weeds; 
sow grass seed in the 
bare spots where these 
were and roll. 
23. (§) And the fourth 
is: Always alternate 
quick-growing crops with 
those requiring a full 
season to mature. If a 
mild spring, everything 
should be uncovered of 
mulch by now. 
3. © Watch hotbed; 
give plants plenty of air; 
use cold-frame if you 
have not before. Birds 
still need feeding. 
10. © A misty or 
frosty day on this date 
insures a year of plenty. 
Roses should be pruned 
before the sap runs. 
17. © St. Patrick's Day. 
Prune hybrid perpetual 
roses, leaving four or 
five canes 3 feet long for 
garden effect; or cut 
back to 8 or 9 inches, if 
quality of the bloom is 
desired. 
24. (§) Plant out new 
hardy roses, pruning 
them back a little more 
severely than those es¬ 
tablished. This means 
dormant, not pot-grown 
plants. 
4. © Lincoln inaugu¬ 
rated, 1861. 
Put salt (agricultural) 
on asparagus beds, using 
about 1 lb. to 50 square 
feet of ground surface. 
11. © Full moon nh. 
18m. P. M. 
Cut back anything that 
has been transplanted; 
wounds heal best when 
sap is beginning to run. 
hence spring is a good 
time to prune, especially 
for form. 
18. <§) Last quar. 2I1. 
39m. P. M. 
Margin all walks and 
make any repairs in them 
that winter may have 
made necessary. 
25. (§j First Colony in 
Maryland established, 
1643- 
Cut all old canes from 
berry bushes; they al¬ 
ways bear on last year's 
new wood ; all the rest is 
useless. 
5. © First quar. oh. 
3m. A. M. 
Make screen boxes for 
melons; bring house 
plants that have been 
resting into light and 
activity again. 
12. © Clean out any 
cavities or small holes in 
trees and fill with ce¬ 
ment; band fruit trees, 
if canker worm was 
bothersome last year ; do 
not prune early flower¬ 
ing shrubs. 
19. Light soil will 
probably be ready' .for 
working; do not touch 
any of the garden until 
it is dry enough to fall 
apart under spade or 
plough, however. 
26. © New moon ih. 
9m. P. M. 
Final lime-sulphur or 
oil spraying must be 
done, if any remains un¬ 
done. 
6. © Put nitrate of 
soda on rhubarb as soon 
as growth is showing; 
use 3 lbs. to an area of 
10 x 100 feet in all gar¬ 
den applications — or a 
handful to a plant in this 
instance. 
13. © Put manure 
around trees, shrubs and 
vines — unless you are 
willing to buy nitrate of 
soda and so avoid weeds ; 
a little of this will go a 
long way. 
20. Transplant all 
seedlings as fast as they 
are ready for it; this 
may mean a little such 
work almost every day. 
27. © The last Friday 
of the month is said to 
indicate the weather for 
the coming month. 
7. © Sow spinach, sor¬ 
rel and onion seeds in 
hotbed or cold-frame; 
transplant seedlings as 
they require it, giving 
plenty of room to insure 
stocky plants. 
14. © The ground 
probably will be break¬ 
ing up by now; spread 
coal ash siftings over 
garden and beds; they 
improve soil texture un¬ 
less it is already very- 
light. 
21. (§) Spring begins 
to-day. 
Fork in the manure of 
the winter mulch on 
strawberries and on 
flower borders. Spade or 
plough as soon as the 
ground will allow it. 
28. © Pussy willows 
will be out or on the 
way, and such early 
shrubs as Spiraea Thun- 
bergii and Forsythia, if 
the spring is not a back¬ 
ward one. 
29. © Sow to-day in 
open ground peas (gar¬ 
den and sweet), onions, 
lettuce, beets, radishes, 
cabbage, celery, celeriac 
and turnip, or combine 
this with to-morrow's 
work. 
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30. © Set new aspara¬ 
gus, rhubarb and sea kale * 
beds, or manure and fork a 
up the old ones. v< 
The moon is favorable 
on these days (29th and 
30th). * 
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31. © Keep your daily 
records up to the min- a 
ute; note what your gar- 
den lacks in the way of 
early things and supply 
them before another 
spring. Has it daffodils a 
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“Mares' tails from north-easi, warm rains bring tomorrow; 
Mares’ tails from south-easi, wintry rains do follow.” 
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. “Ye living flowers that skirt the eternal frost. 
1 he month generally promises winter weather 
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-Coleridge. 
and winter winds. 
