64 
House & Garden 
June 
THE GARDENER’S CALENDAR Sixth Month 
Small ‘‘drills” for 
seed planting can he 
made with the point 
of a wooden label 
Lime mixed with 
tobacco dust will 
help to check de¬ 
structive grubs 
Keep the edges of 
the garden clean. 
Slovenly gardening 
breeds contempt 
I SUNDAY 
MONDAY 
TUESDAY 
WEDNESDAY 
THURSDAY 
FRIDAY 
SATURDAY 
Willows zL'hitcn, aspens 
quiver. 
Little breezes dusk and 
shiver 
Thro' the wave that runs 
for ever 
By the island in the river 
Flozving down to Camelot. 
—Tennyson 
1. Sow now 
kale, Brussels 
sprouts, cab¬ 
bage, celery 
and cauliflow¬ 
er. These when 
large enough to 
handle should 
betransplanted 
into other beds 
and set about 
4 :” apart. From 
here they can 
be moved into 
the garden 
later. 
2. Before ap¬ 
plying a mulch 
to the straw¬ 
berries to pro¬ 
tect the fruit 
from dirt it is a 
good practice 
to give the 
plants an ap¬ 
plication of 
strong liquid 
food. This wiil 
greatlyincrease 
the size of the 
maturing ber¬ 
ries. 
3. Do not 
neglect tospray 
the fruit trees 
when they are 
in flower, using 
a combination 
of Bordeaux 
mixture and ar¬ 
senate of lead. 
Spray thor¬ 
oughly from 
different 
angles. This 
will destroy the 
many harmful 
insects. 
4. Atop 
dressing ap¬ 
plied to the 
lawn now will 
encourage root 
action that will 
help the grass 
to resist the dry 
weather sure to 
come later in 
the season. 
Sheep manure, 
bone meal or 
wood ashes are 
excellent ma¬ 
terials to use. 
5. Do not 
omit spraying 
the potatoes 
with arsenate 
of lead at the 
first appear¬ 
ance of the 
potato beetle. 
Hilling the 
potatoes w’hen 
they are in 
flower is advis¬ 
able. At this 
stage the young 
tubers are 
forming. 
(). Look out 
for rose bugs. 
(Jo over the 
plants each day 
with a small 
can of kerosene, 
shaking the 
flowers over 
the can and 
causing the in¬ 
sects to fall into 
the kerosene. 
This will de¬ 
stroy them 
quickly and ef¬ 
fectively. 
7. The climb¬ 
ing roses should 
be looked over 
carefully and 
any heavy, ro- 
b u s t new 
growth should 
be tied into 
proper posi¬ 
tion. Pruning 
should be de¬ 
ferred until 
tliey have fin¬ 
ished flowering, 
when the old 
wood is cut. 
8. If they 
have finished 
flowering, the 
early spring 
shrubs such as 
forsythia. deut- 
zia, etc., should 
be pruned. The 
best method is 
to cut out en¬ 
tirely several of 
the very old 
branches. By 
pruning now no 
flowers will be 
sacrificed. 
9. Don’t 
neglect to keep 
up the sowings 
in the vege¬ 
table garden. 
Corn, beans 
and cucumbers 
should be sown 
twice this 
month. Inter¬ 
cropping may 
be resorted to 
in many cases 
with the pur¬ 
pose of increas¬ 
ing the yield. 
10. T 0 m a- 
toes, cucum- 
b e r s and 
melons, as well 
as other garden 
products that 
are subject to 
blight, should 
be sprayed at 
bi-weekly peri¬ 
ods with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture. 
Leaves that are 
affected should 
be removed at 
once. 
11. Fruit 
trees that have 
reached the 
producing 
stage should be 
sprayed regu¬ 
larly with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture. 
This protects 
the Irmt from 
the parasites 
and fungi. Suc¬ 
cessive genera¬ 
tions must be 
destroyed as 
they hatch. 
12. All the 
hedge cutting 
should be done 
now. Frequent 
trimming is re¬ 
quired in order 
to avoid mak¬ 
ing a number 
of unsightly 
voids. Hedges 
that have been 
neglected for 
some time may 
be improved by 
tying in shape 
before cutting. 
13. It is a 
good plan to go 
over the 
tomato plants, 
reducing the 
(piantity of un- 
productive 
vines and sup¬ 
porting those 
left to carry 
the crop. It 
matters little 
what system is 
employed to 
keep the fruit 
supported. 
14. Care 
should be 
taken with all 
newly planted 
hardy stock 
that it be not 
allowed to suf¬ 
fer for lack of 
water. Thor¬ 
ough soaking 
of the ground 
—not a mere 
sprinkling — 
followed by a 
heavy mulch is 
needed. 
15. One of 
the essentials 
in producing 
good fruit is 
the proper 
thinning of the 
crop. The trees 
should be gone 
over carefully 
now, reducing 
the quantity of 
the fruit by 
about one-half. 
Larger and bet¬ 
ter fruit will be 
the result. 
10. Onion 
maggots are 
very destruct¬ 
ive at this sea¬ 
son of the year. 
It is good prac¬ 
tice to top dress 
the soil thor¬ 
oughly with 
soot to keep 
them in check. 
Thorough at¬ 
tention in this 
matter will be 
well repaid by 
a better crop. 
17. Now is 
the time to 
stop using the 
asparagus, as 
there are other 
vegetables 
available now 
to take its 
place. Keep the 
asparagus 
dusted during 
the summer 
with a poison 
to destroy the 
asparagus 
beetle. 
18. Do not 
neglect to work 
the garden soil 
deeply and 
often. This not 
only keeps the 
weeds in check, 
but preserves 
the soil mois¬ 
ture for the use 
of the plants. 
If this is not 
done the mois¬ 
ture from the 
soil will quick¬ 
ly evaporate. 
19. Tall 
flowers such as 
hollyhocks, del¬ 
phiniums, heli- 
aiithus, etc., 
should be sup¬ 
ported before 
any damage is 
done by storms 
and heavy 
winds. Proper 
stakes should 
be put in and 
the plants can 
be tied in to 
them. 
20. The flow- 
cr garden 
should be 
looked over 
and any dry 
stalks should 
be removed. 
Plants that 
bloom through¬ 
out the entire 
season should 
be top-dressed 
occasionally 
with some good 
fertilizer to 
maintain vigor. 
21. It is good 
practice to go 
over the bed¬ 
ding plants, 
pinching the 
tips of their 
growth fre- 
(luently. This 
will cause them 
to become more 
sturdy and to 
develop more 
quickly and in 
better form. 
Only the tips 
need removal. 
22. Be sure 
you keep the 
lima beans and 
peas properly 
supported; the 
peas by staking 
and the limas 
by tying in to 
their poles. 
Bush limas 
should be sup¬ 
ported by small 
pea brush 
placed in the 
row. Such at¬ 
tention repays. 
23, Thinning 
out all the 
crops in the 
garden is ad¬ 
visable. This 
should be done 
when the plants 
are small and 
before the roots 
aremterlocked, 
or numerous 
desirable 
plants will be 
removed. 
AVater well be¬ 
fore lifting. 
24. Don’t 
neglect to soak 
the soil thor¬ 
oughly when it 
is necessary to 
resort to arti¬ 
ficial watering. 
Kvenings or 
early mornings 
are the best 
time for this 
work. Cultiva¬ 
tion should fol¬ 
low so as to re¬ 
establish the 
dust mulch. 
25. Azaleas, 
genistas, aca- 
(M a s , etc. 
should be 
plunged in beds 
out of doors, 
where they can 
be well pro¬ 
vided With 
water and 
sprayed. These 
plants will be 
making growth 
at this time and 
forming next 
year’s buds. 
26. Carna¬ 
tions in the 
field which are 
intended for 
planting out in 
greenhouses for 
bloom next 
winter should 
be sprayed oc¬ 
casionally with 
Bordeaux mix¬ 
ture if there is 
any indication 
of rust. This 
will make much 
differencelater. 
27. Keep a 
sharp lookout 
for aphis of all 
kinds if the 
weather is at 
all dry. If the 
plants are in¬ 
fested spray 
them for three 
successive 
evenings with 
a reliable to¬ 
bacco solution. 
He sure the 
spray reaches 
the under sides. 
28. It is ad¬ 
visable at this 
time to take 
largequantities 
of chrysanthe¬ 
mum cuttings. 
These if rooted 
now will make 
fine plants for 
6" or 7" pots, 
or when bed¬ 
ded out will 
make stems 
about 3' long 
with good sized 
flowers. 
29. Crops 
such as pota¬ 
toes, celery, 
tomatoes, etc., 
will be i m- 
proved by mild 
applications of 
fertilizer. Scat¬ 
ter the fertil- 
izer on the 
ground around 
the stems of 
the plants, 
working it well 
into the soil 
with a hoe. 
30. Lettuce 
will frequently 
run to seed at 
this season of 
the year. 
Boards or other 
covering ma¬ 
terial placed 
over the plants 
will tend to re¬ 
duce the loss 
from this 
source. Re- 
move all such 
covering dur¬ 
ing wet spells. 
This Calendar 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 
remembered 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 operations. The dates 
given are, of course, for an average season. 
> T IZA’S sister Eh’iry she come East from loivay las’ week with her daughter, ait’ they’re stayin’ 
J-‘with v.s for a spell. Eh’iry's a nice, motherly sort o’ W'oman, but it's the little girl that takes me 
most. Piirty, yeller-haired little thing, blind since she was two years old—scarlet fever, 1 think it was. 
She’s tweh’e notv, an’ sunny tempered as a frontin’ day in May. It kinder ketches ye ’round the 
throat to watch her playin’ in the garden, loosenin’ up the soil 'round the rose bushes er tyin’ up the 
lima beans like 1 showed her how to do. Seems like she alius has to be busy at somethin’, workin' 
with her hands an’ singin’. They sorter takes the place o’ eyes fer her, them hands, feelin’, runnin' 
light an' easy over ev’rythin’ she comes to—1 wonder sometimes if she don’t know better what things 
is like than us who can see. One day she found that the lilac flowers was open—traced ’em by their 
perfume, mcbbe—an' her face all lighted up from inside, kinder, as she took one o’ the big clusters in 
her hands an’ laid her cheek ag’in it. I'm right glad she’s gain’ to be here^all summer, ’cause my 
flozvers seem to mean a lot to her. —Old Doc Lemmon 
Keep the corn hilled 
to promote good 
root growth- and 
prevent damage 
When, gathering 
beets, loosen the 
roots with the fin¬ 
gers as you pidl 
Lima beans should 
be tied to the poles 
to give them the 
proper start 
An unusual use of wistaria. Trained thus 
along a fence, it makes a striking display, 
first with its flowers and later hi the season 
with its leaves 
For large lawns, the motor mower is the 
thing. Several owners can club together in 
the purchase of one, using it alternately 
and sharing the upkeep 
You may be tired of hearing about overhead 
irrigation systems, but their advantages in 
maintaining a good garden are so many that 
we urge you again to install one 
