Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1949 — Page 34

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“THEY'LL probably “expect us 40 support their great-grand- . children, 100,” observed the family cynie. The F. C. was observing * the backyard rabbits daintily nibbling succulent grass. So far they've behaved very wejl indeed. They merely sniffed speculatively at the young apricot tree, then contented themselves with Fletcherizing dandelion blossoms. They've barely tasted-the young cabbage plants. A little lime on the leaves may have helped good behavior here.

bird feeding. One backyard ard ad- |

week-end. I think she wanted They could just scramble for

themselves a little, So he to wear her Easter corsage as stopped the sunflower seed; long as she could. And what happened? The lazy

With these occasional cold ; spells * now we're facing the . _problem of of h how to 0 taper oft

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loafers simply flew off in search of more bountitil back- | ‘yards,

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venturer we met at the sun- | flower counter this week had |

SR ; Nature put the whole blos- decided he wasn't going to | n soming backyard into her re- enceusage laziness among his | frigerator over the Easter = cardinals—no, sir.

bird friends,’

hikes, the first one next Sunday from 7:30 to 9:30 a. m. Call Howrk F. Wright, 2152 N, Meridian

___ the open fireplace

Bird Lovers Plan: Final

Screen Tour

Colored Movie to Be Shown Tomorrow

prising inhabitants of the sage‘brush country. They'll be shown—

Bluebirds and pelicans, poppies’ and lille are some of the sur-|

.|©Gardening—

There's Nothing To ‘Equal Fruit Trees For Easy-To

in color-—in the Audubon Soci- |

ety’'s last screen tour of the sea-|

son. It's tomorrow night at 8,

Ip: m, in Caleb Mills HallAlong with the colored movie, taken by Alice and Harold Allen, radio and screen artists, Mr. Al[len heightens the realistic effect {with his imitations of bird calls. An accomplished whistler, he has| ' doubled for Hollywood non-whis-| tlers and provided: various sound] effects in bird and animal pie-| | tures we've seen, This screen tour, like the Au-| dubon Society's earlier programs, is shown in the afternoon free! ito school children, If you'd. like to make . some! the society is spon-|

soring a series of beginners’

society president,

The Nature Study Club will do some even earlier rising next

for detai)s.

Sunday, They are having a sun-

irise hike with breakfast around in Woonllen's

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Gardens, Mrs. Elva Edwards. who is in charge, says there's plenty, or. mee at sunrise (assuming I suppose, that you can pry your eyes open).

| Emerson Grove Garden Club will hear pleasant echoes of that! Natchez garden tour at their] imeeting on Tuesday. It's at 1 p.! m. in the home of Mrs. Josephin Babarogich, 1514 W, 26th 8t. Mrs.| ‘John Olsen will tell about the| {gardens she visited in the deep! {south. And Mrs. Emma Zimmer | {will bring some highlights of the (state garden club convention in Bloomington. The club's home | show. committee is Mrs. Charles | Weddle, Mrs. Floyd Thompson, iand Mrs. Noral Hemphill,

The Thalia Garden Club will] meet in the home of Mrs. J. L. Harris, 6660 Madison Ave. at 1 p. m. Wednesday. Mrs, J. A. Whalen is co-hostess, Mrs, Robert! Riney will speak on iris, and Mrs. | E. V, Schulz will bring a flower ‘arrangement for members to study and criticize. A feature of this meeting is | their plant exchange, Wonder why| | other non- garden clubs don’ t take up this easy way of passing along! thelr ever-increasing iris and other hardy plants?

Garden clubs are definitely on the increase. In the state bulletin two new clubs are reported from Bloomington. Mrs, K. C. Rugg is president of the Husmos Club; and Mrs. Frank Knox leads the | Sew, Sow and So Club. } Spade and Trowel ° Garden Club's new officers are Mrs. W.| Irving Palmer, president; Mrs. Raymond (‘assady, vice-president] and publicity chairman; Mrs. H. L. Ramsey, secretary, and Mrs. James H., Ward, treasurer. Mrs. 'H. C. Prange, the newly elected | director of Central-West District, also will be in charge of this club's lively junior organization, ‘the Spadettes, And Mrs. Austin

bh Laycoc and Mrs. Otto Mahrdt are

in charge of 8. and P.'s garden! at the Home Show.

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IT'S TIME Now; + + 10 Rive strawberry plants chemical fertilizer, . . to fertilize and mulch raspberries. - . to cut grass so short clippings can stay on for mulch. . to plant parsley and -§ chive seed before . warm weather, to transplant m olias (while in bloom). agn ++ to sow hardy fower seeds such as slyssum and petunias,

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Suellen Price; daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malvern Price, 1646 Fisher St. . . . in a\ peach tree that belongs to her neighbors, the Harvey DeMotts, 1672 Fisher St.

moved

:-. first,

* By MARGUERITE SMITH OF ALL THE easy-to-raise. flowers, there's

nothing ‘like a fruit tree.

After spring blossoms — they add shade. Then later a little

Take the peach tree in Mr. and Mrs. Harvey DeMott's backyard at 1672 Fisher St. It's had an eventful life — been four times. - Never sprayed ‘until this spring, it's

It started from. & peach pit. Not knowing that white peaches aren't supposed to be such good little peaches when seed-started as are their yellow sisters, it's swéet red cheeked fruit. If you're setting a peach tree this spring, main point is to firm soil well around roots, save the manure or peat moss to mulch top of ground. >

Permanent Effect Best When you visit the Home Show observe planting differences around the two houses. “You can have just as good landscaping around a 35000 house as "around a model,”. James Lowry, landscaper in charge, believes. “Two points of good landscaping are: to carry out architectural lines of house; second, plan for permanent. not quick effect,

“Under the picture window of, the small house we use ever-

parent -nocchio, it's a real buy.

- freely than hybrid teas,

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green ivy. Under the large house. window we have the more expensive postrate junipers. In e. unbroken wall areas of m for pattern.”

fruit—even ‘if you don’t bother : Dandelions to Eat

to spray them. What more can a back-yard farmer ask?

Had your free greens yef? Dandelions make an elegant dish if you ¢an catch a. few big plants before they blossom. Not too hard to clean if you soak them in warm instead of cold water a few minutes.

James Pelsor, 2733 E. 38th st.

digging front-yard dandelions the other day (but not to eat;

- he said emphatically) gave me

a peony pointer. Peonies set in low ground sulked along until they were moved to a higher §pot near the house where they liked it better. » » n THE VELVETY dark Red Pinocchio rosé is on sale locally, I noticed the other day. If it's half as good a performer as its , the salmon-peachy Pi: These floribundas, blooming more show off well in front of evergreens, A . SIGN of the times--The Hoosier Gardener shop in Broad Ripple has a whale little seed rack devoted fo herb seed alone. 1 found a number I'd never heen able to get hefore without sending away. Beginners ought bv all means to get acquainted

with, sweet basil, herb of many

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ern houses we plan

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uses. But don't plant basil seed until the ground is warm. . * » TO MAKE tuberous begonids really bloom, it's loose, porous soil they need, Mrs. Rebecca Howe, 3909 N. Delaware St, “They're surface rooting, so 1 mix sand, peat moss, and rotted manure for them.” Ms. pure water during the summer

‘then really makes them per

form.

Grows Anywhere

(lemon or ofGrandmother's

The ‘day-lily ange lily of

garden) was just made for us*

lazy’ gardeners. “They'll simply grow anywhere and so far they've been insect free.” says Earl Holl, 3520 N. Grant St., of»

ficer of the national Hemero-

callis Society. For beginners who want | trv some named varieties , suggests Hyperion, lemon yélJow, large flowered; Rajah, orange blogsoms over a long period; Pheron, dark with a pur. plish cast; Mikado, another long bloomer. He raises all these and many more in his own vard. You'll find some of these plus a’ number of other good named varieties in our local nurseries, none MRS. WILLIAM F. ‘KRASS r.. 3700 Brill Road, thinks iris is not only a most satisfactofy hardy flower for driveway

planting but good to hold soil on small slopes.

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