64 
House & Garden 
June 
THE GARDENER’S CALENDAR Sixth Month 
The leaves of the 
young cabbages 
should be clipped 
before transplanting 
As soon as the pole 
beans begin to climb, 
help them with 
raffia ties 
At the recent Flow¬ 
er Show in New 
York was a bowl of 
tulips grown in water 
SUNDAY 
MONDAY 
TUESDAY 
WEDNESDAY 
THURSDAY 
FRIDAY 
SATURDAY 
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. 
1. 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 will 
greatlyincrease 
the size of the 
maturing ber¬ 
ries. 
2. Sow now 
kale. Brussels 
sprouts, cab¬ 
bage, celery 
and cauliflow¬ 
er. These when 
large enough t o 
handle should 
betransplanted 
into other beds 
and set about 
4" apart. From 
here they can 
be moved into 
the garden 
later. 
3. A top 
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. 
4. 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. 
5. Look out 
for rose bugs. 
Go 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. 
6. Do not 
omit spraying 
the potatoes 
with arsenate 
of lead at the 
first appear¬ 
ance of the 
potato beetle. 
Hilling the 
potatoes when 
they are in 
flower is advis¬ 
able. At this 
stage the young 
tubers are 
forming. 
7. 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. 
8. 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 
they have fin¬ 
ished flowering, 
when the old 
wood is cut. 
9. Toma¬ 
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. 
10. D o n ’ t 
neglect to keep 
up the sowings 
in the vege- 
able 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. 
11. Fruit 
trees that have 
reached the 
producing 
stage should be 
sprayed regu¬ 
larly with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture. 
This protects 
the fruit from 
the* parasites 
and fungi. Suc¬ 
cessive genera¬ 
tions must be 
destroyed as 
they hatch. 
12. 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. 
13. 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. 
14. It is a 
good plan to 
go over the 
tomato plants, 
reducing the 
quantity 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. 
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. 
16. 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- 
anthus, 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- 
er 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¬ 
quently. 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 
are interlocked, 
or numerous 
desirable 
plants will be 
removed, 
Water well be¬ 
fore lifting. 
24. Don’t 
neglect to soak 
the soil thor¬ 
oughly when it 
is necessary to 
resort to arti¬ 
ficial watering. 
Evenings 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- 
c i a s , etc., 
should be 
plunged in beds 
out of doors, 
where they can 
be well pro- 
vid e d 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. 
Be 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 im¬ 
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. 
The flush of life may well be 
seen 
Thrilling back over hills and 
valleys-, 
The cowslip startles in mea¬ 
dows green. 
The buttercup catches the sun 
in its chalice. 
And there’s never a leaf nor a 
blade too mean 
To be some happy creature’s 
palace. . . 
— Lowell. 
JV°', r?,/ hx ar some °' them city folks what has summer places over to the Lake gassin’ 
± » bout now little life an hustle they find out here in the country, an’ ev'ry time I does I kinder 
snort. 1 wonder if any o them that talks thataway hes ever laid on their hacks under an apple tree fer 
a spell, t° n 9 bout the time the flowers ’re in full bloom? Ain’t no place that’s busier’n an orchard then. 
virst-ott, as ye look up into the branches, they don’t seem to be a blame thing stirrin’ ’cept the 
anjts o petals eddym off to the eastward when the breeze puffs up a bit. But direc’ly ye’ve hunched 
round to git conif table an kinder settled yer head down on a extry soft tuft o’ grass, ye begin to notice 
ungs. Up yonder in the big crotcji is a nest full o’ squealin’ young robins, hankerin’ fer their Ala to come 
oackwitna beak-full o worms. On a dead twig at the top o’ the tree a phoebe-bird sets, teeterin’ his tail 
off into the air ev ry minute er so to nip a fly on the wing. Redstarts an’ summer yeller-birds go 
ho ppm an skippm an singin mong the branches. Bees’re cv’rywhere. 
r , , e P’. 0,1 opplc orchard s a. busy place, but tain't the kind o’ busyness that gits on yer nerves. 
Katlier, it sets ye to day-dreannn , an ’ firs’ thing ye know, ye don’t knozv nothin' ’cept that ye must’ve 
step a couple o hours, the sun’s so lew. OLD DOC LEA1A10N. 
The hardy garden 
pinks are one of the 
best low edging 
plants we have 
Don’t forget to 
spray the tomato 
plants against cater¬ 
pillar attacks 
Dwarf Japanese lil¬ 
ies were among the 
exhibits at the New 
York Show 
The Larchmont Garden Club won First 
Prize in the window box competition at the 
New York Flower Show 
Proper labeling in the flower as well as the 
vegetable garden is a great help in keeping 
track of the plants and planning for the future 
On the main floor of the New York Show 
were a number of large landscaping displays, 
F. R. Pierson’s among them 
