62 
House & Garden 
November THE GARDENER’S CALENDAR Eleventh Month 
Winter mulching of 
the cane fruits and 
shrubbery borders is 
an advisable precau¬ 
tion 
Dig a good deep 
trench where the 
root crops can be 
stored in straw or 
dead leaves 
Gather all the pump¬ 
kins, late squashes 
and other vine crops 
before hard freezing 
SUNDAY 
MONDAY 
TUESDAY 
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WEDNESDAY 
THURSDAY 
FRIDAY 
SATURDAY 
A haze on the far horizon, 
The infinite tender sky, 
The ripe, rich tints of the 
cornfields. 
And the wild geese sailing 
high; 
And ever on upland and low¬ 
land. 
The charm of the golden- 
rod — 
Some of us call it Autumn, 
And others call it God. 
— W. H. Carruth. 
1. It is not 
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 1 o p s i s , 
candytuft, rag¬ 
ged sailor and 
the ever popu¬ 
lar mignonette. 
2. It is now 
time for all fall 
bulb plantings 
to be c o m - 
pleted. Always 
plant four 
times as deep, 
as the diameter 
of the bulb, 
mound the 
earth up so as 
to shed water, 
and mulch the 
surface well 
with manure. 
3. Garden 
changes should 
be made now 
before the 
ground is froz¬ 
en, to prevent 
settling and 
other irregular- 
lties In the 
spring. Plants 
disturbed now 
are more likely 
to live than 
those moved In 
midwinter. 
4. Do not ne¬ 
glect to make 
successional 
sowings in the 
greenhouse of 
vegetable crops 
such as beans, 
cauliflower, 
beets, carrots, 
lettuce, etc. 
The secret of 
success is sow¬ 
ing in small 
quantities and 
frequently. 
5. Ill-kept, 
gardens breed 
diseases and in¬ 
sects. Clean up 
all refuse and 
burn the stalks 
and other ma¬ 
terial likely to i 
decay. Thor¬ 
oughly sterilize 
the ground by 
the application 
of lime or deep, 
consistent 
trenching. 
6. Poinsettia, 
limes and other 
heat - loving 
crops intended 
for Christmas 
bloom must be 
forced rapidly. 
A temperature 
of 75° or even 
80 c when 
plenty of mois¬ 
ture is avail¬ 
able, will be 
beneficial to 
them. 
7. 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. 
8. The straw- 
berry 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. 
9. Carnation 
plants should 
be kept sup¬ 
ported 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. 
10. 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. 
11. 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. 
12. 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. 
13. 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. 
14. 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. 
15. 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. 
16. 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. 
17. Standard 
roses are among 
the hardest 
garden subjects 
to protect. If 
strawed in they 
must have 
heavy stakes or 
they will be- 
c o me top- 
heavy. Laying 
the stems down 
and covering 
with earth is 
the best. 
18. Primula, 
cyclamen, cin- 
eraria and 
other potted 
plants that are 
customarily 
grownin frames 
may be brought 
inside now. 
Frequent feed¬ 
ing with liquid 
manures is very 
helpful to their 
continued suc¬ 
cess indoors. 
19. H o u s e 
plants of all 
kinds should be 
given a little 
extra care at 
this time. 
Sponge the fo¬ 
liage with soap 
solution, scrub 
the green scum 
off the pots and 
top - dress the 
soil in them 
with sheep 
manure. 
20. 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. 
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 ternper- 
ature now. 
After the buds 
show, free ap¬ 
plications of 
liquid manure 
will benefit the 
roots. 
23. Young 
fruit trees had 
better be pro¬ 
tected now 
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. 
24. 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 
the at mosphere 
dry at night. 
25. Low spots 
in the lawn or 
irregularities in 
the surface may 
be top-dressed 
now to over- 
corae these 
troubles. Use 
good soil, and 
when not more 
than 2 inches 
of it is applied 
the grass will 
come through 
all right. 
26. 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. 
27. Most 
smooth-barked 
trees and prac¬ 
tically all 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. 
28. Boxwood 
and other ten¬ 
der evergreens 
should have 
their winter 
protections ap¬ 
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 this. 
29. All orna¬ 
mented garden 
furniture, set¬ 
tees, etc., and 
all melon 
frames, bean 
poles, tomato 
trellises and 
such planting 
accessories, 
should now be 
stored away for 
winter. Paint 
those that re¬ 
quire it. 
30. 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. 
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. 
r M > HE gardener knou's oi 
_[ saints and martyrs mak 
give perfection to one. He 
to suffer entombment in th 
Lashed to a stake like Joan 
and the gladiolus strains fle 
“From start to finish 
he watches the metamerpho 
the elements. The first fre 
The second, the third annih 
Nature that his endeavor b 
ily one law — discipline. For something of the painful discipline that makes 
es the exquisite flower and the sturdy plant. He cuts off twenty blossoms to 
rims back the vine that it will bear abundantly. The humble celery he makes 
e earth that it may become white against the day of its harvest resurrection, 
of Arc, the consuming spirit of the rose blossoms into unforgetable loveliness, 
ming arms to the sky. 
e must impose discipline—but also he, himself, is subject unto it. Patiently 
sis of seed to flower. Vigilantly he protects it against pests and the fury of 
ist reduces most of these to a chaos of withered stalk and blackened blossom. 
Hate them altogether. He who has disciplined the soil and lain obedience on 
ear greater fruit, lo, he, himself, then knouts the discipline of winterl” 
—Henri Cachon■—“De Sept Champs." 
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Bulbs for forcing 
indoors should be 
started outdoors in 
sunken pots for six 
weeks 
Light, friable soil is 
good for bulbs in¬ 
tended for forcing. 
Start several batches 
at intervals 
Peppers can be cut 
and hung upside 
down in a dry place 
for ripening 
The fallen leaves are an invaluable mulch¬ 
ing or compost heap material. Store them 
out of the rain and wind 
Late autumn or winter is one of the best 
times for moving large trees or making new 
plantings. Keep the roots intact 
The salt hay mulch is valuable for straw¬ 
berry beds and other plantings that need 
protection from winter soil heaving 
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