MONTHLY CALENDAR.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 263, 10 May 1865, Page 2

MONTHLY CALENDAR.

GAEDENEE’S CALENDAR FOE MAY. Take np beet roots, carrots, parsnips, &c.; sow in a warm "border a first crop of early frame peas, add also a crop of dwarf-growing magazon beans ; continue to plant cabbage plants for cabbaging and col wortstie up endive and lettuce; clear the beds of winter and spring onions ; sow a small crop of carrots for early use: dress the beds of rhubaib, artichokes, and asparagus—to the latter apply salt, if obtainable; cover up sea kale to bleach. This is the best season Cor planting ont fruit trees; sow at this time seeds and nuts of plum, cherry, almond, medlar apple, pear, quince, walnuts, <fcc.; sow radish, mustard, cress, and spinach; strike geraniums, China roses, &o. from cuttings; part herbaceous;plants;, finish planting Cape bulbs; take up dahlia ioots, and keep them in dry sand; dig the ground; make new'plantations; plant thorns for hedgerows, and prune and trim those growing. Prune gooseberries and currants; if leaves be shed, transplant fruit trees.

1865 MAY. 31 dajs. DATE. CALENDAR. i M St Philip and St James 2 Tu 3 W Thomas Hood died, 1845. Moon 1st qr.3'44 a.m 4 Th St Ambtose 5 F Napoleon Buonaparte died, 1821 7 s 3rd Sunday after Easter 8 M O’Connell died, 1847 9 Tu Sim rises 7-0—sets 4-53 10 W 11 12 13 14 Th Earl of Chatham died, 1778. Moon full 8 3 a.tn s s 4th Sunday after Easter 15 M Melbourne founded, 1837 16 Tu Sun rises 7 - 6—sets 4-46 17 W Ahemethy died, 1831 “ 19 Th Moon last quarter 619 p.m. 20 s 21 s 5th Sunday after Easter 22 M 23 Tn Albert Smith died, 1860. 24 W Queen Victoria born 25 Th Ascension day. Moon new 10-29 a.m. 27 s 28 S’ Sunday after Ascension 29. M Sun rises 7-17—sets 4-37 30 31 Tu Sir Humphrey Davy died, 1829 W Dr. Chalmers died, 1847