Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1950 — Page 24

Yo Study Missions A garden book ‘exchange and views of California mission gardens give garden club programs different touch this week. | vie Garden Club will meet pot in the home of Mrs. IL. Gibboney; 4170 Kessler Blvd. Drive, at 12:30 p. m. Alden of the State Conservation nt will talk on Indiana Mrs. Robert Mannfeld will, t the club's usual “how! " clinic. t

its first evening meeting, also yw, with husbands invited.’ d to be In the Brendonwood on at 7:45 o'clock. > i Ray C. Friesner of Butler, rity will talk on “How! Grow.” Colonel L. V. Sheri-| .will show slides of Californial ns and their gardens, }

v i Plan Book Exchange On Thursday Blue Flower Garden Club will hear Mrs. John W, Boble, president of North End Garden Club, speaking on Indiana Birds, The meeting will be in the me of Mrs, W. B. Hodge, 5815 . Pennsylvania St, at 1 p. m. "Mra. J. R. Reynolds will conduct a garden book exchange. Mrs.| Robert Bracken will assist Mrs Hodge.

Irvington Women's Garden Club will meet on Friday in the home of Mrs. D. G. King, 438 N. Drexel] Ave, at 2 p. m. Mrs, C, Earl ByrBet will talk on African violets and brief talks will be made by eral members on ‘My Favorite Powe: or Shrub,” Mrs. Alta Husher is assistant hostess. i Officers Named ~ Forest Hills Garden Club's of ficer for 1050 are Mrs, William Wheeler, president, Mrs fE, H.

H. A. Pasch, 760 N. Graham Ave., is the “automatic” heat regulator for the Pasch sun-heated frame. :

By MARGUERITE SMITH violas and geranium slips rescued from sumBOME GARDENERS satisfy that January I Borde A he’s Planning a ven for “just a little greenhouse” (preferably The . frame ‘cost about $15--that includes filled with orchids, roses and plenty ol sweet cypress lumber, double strength glags. even the peas) with a heated-from-the basement-window paint and bolts. It's banked on the outside but ) has had-only such extia protection over it as a piece of an old tent could give. “Now I 3 © Ave., have close-up neighbors whose house cuts COW UIT BECERE 10 BE Ot some seeds off all the sun. early,” says Mr. Pasch. “Professional garden80 Mr. Pasch decided this winter he'd experi- ory tell me that they sometimes bank the piént with an entirély sun-heated frame on the manure around the outside of the frame instead south wall of his garage. He wasn't too sure of using it under the soil insides So maybe I'll

, try that. how much heat old Sol would send down nor “In any case, I suppose the next step will be

how chilly the winter might be. But he's had 80 {5 run an insulated electric cable out from the

frame, But others like H. A. Pasch, 760 N. Graham

much success with alyssum, English daisies, house and really heat the frame next winter.” years

Hear Artist Flower Arranger fo Speak at Ft. Wayne A number of the State Garden Clubs's Accredited Judges Association will go to Ft. Wayne| on Wednesday to hear John Tay-

brought to Indiana by the Council lof Ft. Wayne Garden Clubs and (will give a demonstration of}? flower arrangement in the Ft {Wayne Art School. Accredited judges who will at-| oh tend include Mesdames Thomas ! Ayton, E. J. Dieckman, P. Al, White veronicas |Hennessee, J. E. Jobes, W. D.| + Lo Kautsky, E. C. Kieider and Earl| Vefonicas have long been McDongld. | popular for improving poor soil. | Mesdames Robert Mannfeld,| Naturally they repay attention. | Burke Nicholas, B. F. Orr, Ed-| Of the many kinds available

{ward Pedlow, G. E. Schloot and, ; Ray Thorn are other members of TOM nurseries, the blue vero-

the organization®who plan to nica longifolia subsessilis (or | make the trip. | dwarf long-leaved veronica), Mrs, William O, Wheeler, presi-, blossoms over a long /dent of the Indiana Orchid So- from early August to frost. The | clety, and Mrs. B, H, Gardner ordinary variety is blue. also will attend. The new kind shown above is | Mrs. John Downing of Moores- white. The original plant, a | ville, Mrs. Glen /Gildow of Alex- sport of the blue sort, was disandria, and Miss Ruth Matthew covered by a Canadian houseand Mrs. George W. Fox, both of wife who propagated it to add Anderson, will join the loca! a dash of pure whité to other | group. gardeners’ perennial borders. - It grows about knee high. The | flowers keep well when cut and the spike form makes them spe- | cially useful in line arrangements,

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Rhea Garden’ Club members bought delphinium seeds fresh from last summer's crop on the, West Coast, divided half the seeds’ among members to sow last fall.

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scientist's eye include tha use of| MARGUERITE SMITH | maleic b. had giv- and other June favorites to to me but after about a them in a kind of suspended ani th the leaves aii fell off, mation, full of flowers.

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thing about red spiders, too,| Naturally, having produced DDT,| which gardeners used faithfully] holding soll mixture, water 8nd s0 killed off all the natural poured on top of the pot drains enemies of the naughty little red through to the roots readily. spiders, they felt they must do At the same time the soil Something about it,

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National Audubon Society, The rogram will be in the World Whar emorial at 8 p. m. Friday In honor of Mr. Bucheister's Wisit, the bird hike scheduled for last Friday was postponed until

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