Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1949 — Page 26

For Yuletide

Rose Sh A Also ~ Fall Creek Group Te Meet This Week | | To Meet Tomorrow Tha orchid society and the twee uled for this coming week,

club meetings will consider Yuletide arrangements, Fall Creek Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Earl Conway, 4505 N, Illinois St, at 1:15 p. m, . Mrs. E. C. Kleiderer will demonstrate the use of everitens In home arrangements far

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phi 2". asks Dick ger Ted neighbor of Mrs. Allred. Swaim; 1749. N. Nor | St. are, raises the

8 ype Local members planning to go ONGR'A YB By MARGUERITE Sam wiis-alliz | Include Mr, and Mrs, W. O, WheeA AR column ge en over, y-nilly, by Y that most beautiful brat of a plant, the African violet. Jor. Mt and Mrs. Howard Gay, Beautiful, if it likes you. Brat, when it gives rise to letters orma Elsner, Mrs. Anthony like this from Mrs, Fred Treon, 107 N. Kyle St. Ackerman, Mrs. Louis J. Rybolt, “I have tried to raise African violets for about four years. I (Leonard Cantor, and Mr. and have five varieties, nice healthy plants. I can start them easily Mrs. Victor Smith, Frederick from leaves but they will not ~=Crawford of Columbus and Mr. “bloom. I have bought plant food ° this alone will jog a stubborn and Mrs. William Teter of Bloomspecially for violets, Still no plant into bloom.) ington also will attend. bloom. I've given plants to Mrs. Swaim has found that | Friday evening the Rose Society friends. Some of them bloom moving a plant from greenhouse (will hear the president-elect of the and bloom. So 1 feel my soll or store to your home will often American Rose Society, Dr. W, L. is OK. Can you help me?” stop its bloom for a time. {Ayres, of Purdue. All rose lovers

Alan Sparks, 4310 Central Ave. Mrs. Vera Snyder, of Mooresville, will talk on gardening in general with special emphasis on one of ~ her- hobbies, unusual annuals. Mrs. William Zaiser and Mrs. ¥. D. Munson will assist Mrs. Sparks.

Speaker Named

Brendonwood Garden Club also will meet tomorrow in the home of Mrs. Scot B. Clifford at 2:30 p. m. Mrs. Clifford will show ple-

tures of hath native birds with Mrs. Original devices of her own are inyited to this meeting whetharthur Beard speaking on their If I knew the answer to this... 40. oo rahoard collar er of the local : : de a : group or y to the LMS. $64 violet question I'd make around pot Fina. Bo" TT

that man whe invented a bet ter mousetrap move over. But I'm always brash enough to. make a guess. So it might be

leaning leaves rot less quickly. Another is the tall set of shelves on cas-~ tors, buflt by Mr. Swaim, and turned daily for even light.

oni a a: Quiston are on the hospitality committee.

sa n4envond club’ now has

It will be at 8 p.m; in the World War Memorial, west lec-

entrance.) |

and replace with their newer, neater growing sisters.

These pointers come from a

visit T had with H. J, Schaitzius

| in his New Augusta nursery on

W. 50th St. For perennials ares

| one of his special interests, | Others include Indiana soils, | ground covers, broad-leaved afi tVerEresns, Ou-obthe-orginary

En: any pardeats got Solo trouble trying the book” he thinks. For example, he doesn’t believe a over-fertilization. “The city lot

rus and potash, too. It just needs to be his plants. If, instead of overdoing fertilizer he'd go out and get some

ordinary field dirt—never mind

whether it's rich or poor—and mix it into his packed clay he'd find it would make an amazing difference.

Deep : Soil Moisture

“Yes, I believe In deep soll preparation for pererinials but not. when it comes to burying everything from tin cans to old shoes In the bbttom of a perennial bed. That just breaks up the natural system of capil-

iture room.,: (Use Meridian Street! larit

y. Plants don't get all their

to garden “by

made available to

perennials. moisture from rain on top of

ers. providing the hasn't broken up that natural

upward movement of moisture

when he prepared the bed.”

He doesn't necessarily go overboard for just any new

variety of plant. But many re-

cent introductions produce er flowers on neater than their old-fashioned

ants

Augusta Nursery sows oats around the

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ny seater, ‘fall as well as spring. Is Buttes Et Kind Our old friend myrtle bas

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either too dry air or leaking gas. One way to take care of both = these difficulties is to raise : on oon Toiday, Emerson Grove! your violets in their own pri- | i will meet at the vate greenhouse. - This can home Dome. of, Mire. ©. C. P. Alexander,| range all the way from the 2514 N. Harding St. Each mem-| qlahorate walled Wardian case ber all the way down to an ordi nary drinking glass turned over a small violet plant. A large rectangular fish tank makes a fine violet garden.

:.. . Mission Hospital. Mrs. Gives Few Pointers (Tilson is the club a Robe One violet fan who turned to EE

a at pam racmigpin tabnsaghtei a glass case as a solution for Club Sets Dinner | ;

She uses vermiculite for a top of soil mulch on many of her | plants and finds- it-also a good ..§ soll-loosener for potting sofl, |

(Cervus Club to Meet

Mrs. R. N. Bosson will enter- | tain members of the Cervus Club| tomorrow in her home, 6102 | Compton Road, at a covered dish | luncheon. Plans will be made for | {the Christmas gift for Flower |

been accepted as a member of the plate federation. It has 23 mem-

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her difficulties was soon rais- = orl ing them all over her living | The husbands Jnd fuses Get room without benefit of glass, members of She ey ashing The secret? Possibly just bet- ton Grandmothers Clu |entertained at a dinner Wednes-

ter know-how, day. It will be held at 6:15 p. m.| In the meantime here are a lin the Central YWCA. few pointers from one of the

; city’s many successful growers. ant ra. waim, ‘GARDENING Junior Gardeners— Norton at Poi ge _— - CALENDAR

north window for starting young plants, They grow slower, are nicer shaped. But she raises violets in practically every window in the house. As for water, they mustn't be kept soggy wet. She leans defi“{.nitely to the hot water theory, | (Set the pot in a pan of hot “water to soak up moisture from | rotted manure (keep it sway 'L the bottom. Some growers say | from stems).

How to Match Plaids in Sewing |

Plaid materials require special for imple comes at the same from home-sewers. It is nec- place in the plaid as the cor to hit Additional n material responding notch In the arm's,

IT'S TIME NOW: « « +» to pinch back leggy coleus

+ + + to wrap newly planted | shade trees against sun scald. + « + to continue planting rye |

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a [Plaid is to check the notches when than double material, except for making those pieces which must be cut! sleeve,'on a fold of goods. {

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Dishing the Dirf—

By MARGUERITE SMITH

Q—Would you please tell me what to do for my Christmas

doesn't bloom or grow at all, h but and stands a , Mrs. M.

AtSlandinn a. AAA" definitely sounds as if the plant needed fresh soll. Since this is about the worst possible time to transplant a Christmas cactus,| * * * AR ithe stimulant off... lel ‘sofution as Fi

Mon. Fri. Sat. 12 noon to 8 Tues. Thurs, 12 noon to 6 Closed Wednesday.

i iis natural blooming | period now. Try Hyponex (seed store or plant counters handle it), follow directions on the box, using even less than indicated. Give your plant as much Sun as you can, then after

tiit-top cherry and maple candlestand. Unusual pair of three-

*1820. Small gift items. Do your Christmas shopping now,

Christmas follow good cultural * * Brastices (watch the garden| co ol umn) so that it will be en-| ‘Antique melodeon, really a mus _—~ Punch bowls,

couraged to blossom next year.

Send questions on gardening |

to Mrs. Smith, The Indianap- | olis Times, Indianapolis 9.

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