Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1950 — Page 16

start out as a market gardener. That's what Edward Maschmeyer did. Now he and his son, James, have a

nursery on Troy Ave.’

Just east of 8. Meridian St. “We're a comparatively small

‘men, especially on a landscapfog Job, | feng “Problems? * We've got lots of them. That sterile clay soil piled around most new houses is certainly ome. Shrubs will stand it pretty well if people buy them with a ball of dirt. That doesn’t add a lot to the cost, and it does give the shrubs A better chance to get started. ‘Then in a year or two the home-

and that helps carry the plants

along. Trend Toward Guarantee "Of course, the whole trend among landscape men nowadays is a guarantee with the planting. The Indianapolis Landscape Association has a

schedule that all of us who |

are members must follow, allowing reduced replacement costs for plants that died. But most of us have even broader guarantees for our individual BurSaHes. e have a real problem nowadays with shade trees. We have to make a good guess as to what kinds will withstand the pests say in 10 years from now.” A graduate of the University of Illinois with a degree in landscape architecture, James Maschmeyer naturally is “a firm believer in making a plan.” “You can save yourself the cost of the plan many times if you know where you're going with your planting” he says. “And when you get done it will look nice. The expense of changing shrubs around once they're planted is pretty high’ “Our nursery is rather like a general store,” he laughed. “We raise a little of many kinds of plants but mostly evergreen materials, For a good land. scape plant must be good the around. It's a mistake to

year 3 MAUL 100 Just A Week or two uf |

_____ James Maschmeyer . . . "We raise thrifty stock.” (Garden Gadding—

Ipatticipation

outgoing .{president, will assist Mrs. Will.

| On Wednesday Thalia Garden

{Ave. Mrs. Ralph Wikoff will be

To Be Made

Emerson Grove Group . To Hold Luncheon

New plants and plans will get attention from garden clubbers this ‘week. hag g * Grove) Garden Olub

ered dish Mrs, /H,

luncheon in the home of Pp. wi

be made for club in the nArcissus show. A business meeting will take up committee appointments. Mrs. Emma Zimmer,

|werth.

Club will meet in the home of Mrs. Herman Dinkel, 5077 Camden

the speaker. Mrs. Robert Riney and Mrs. J. A. Whalen, constitution committee, will present revisions for club consideration.

Emerson will meet on Tuesday for a ocov-

/Willwerth, newly le ted president, at 2471 River |

Local Man Among Magazine 'Cdntest Winners Third Time

| The editor of Home Garden magazine could be forgiven if In | future he excludes from the monthly contest for all readers Albert Nichols of 4702 E. 34th 8t. For this month Mr, Nichols pockets his third prize--a first award of $35 this time for gems of wisdom on “How 1 Feel About Insect and Disease Control.” The gist of Mr. N.'s piece is that he thinks a garden should rovide fun, relaxation, and peace Mutat tant Sm Ihe mind, that too constant pursuit he sprayed frantically and right fof the aphid and blackspot then began to learn that a mod|doesn’t. He also opines that the erate control program means the |Oold Lady (Dame Nature) pro- difference between fun and hard lyides a few such pests just for work, that moderation is the an-

{balance in her plant world and SWer even to bug control. {he'll go along with her, Guide Sold Out Of course, he nudges her a bit] Ayres’ book shop, so Garden go -the balance stays on the side Gadder hears, sold out all the of his roses, also his birds, which copies they had of that new toursuffer from a too constant dust ist plant guide, “ Traveler's and spray program. iGuide to Roadside Wild Flowers, When his first case of black- S8hrubs and Trees” and had to gpot appeared on a rose, Mr. take orders. Mrs, R. B. Falley Jichols says it was “like having who edited the Indiana section, {my wife announce that our says that a good response to this youngest child had leprosy.” 80 volume may mean a companion “volume to follow later. > | Early Spring Bulbs | sow to reas a seed cataiog: i } ‘ If it says the new super-duper ‘Make Appearance strawberry 2 good shipper, at means 's tough enoug Early spring bulbs are making ,,.....4 to take sardine packing themselves obnoxious all over the when it's picked slightly . green. city, now that they've had a day As to its qualities for short cake lor two of January sunshine. The your guess is as good as any. {Raymond Cassadys found a yel[low crocus already in blossom last iweeit in their yard at 6016 Park Ave. | Mr. Cassady, who was at the

maples on the tree sick list. Oak {wilt disease, caused by a fungus, ‘was first discovered some 20 years ago in Wisconsin, Since then it {moment scattering evergreen ngs spregd into a number of ‘branches over the Cassady peren- states fhcluding Indiana. No cure nials, tried to discourage it with is own.

a little extra evergreen, But Mrs, Otto Hudson,

At least 28 kinds of oaks are susgeptible. Symptoms differ on Lockburn St, has an even the two big groups of oaks, the ' behaved lot of bulbs. Tw red and the white. But in either Hudson hyacinths are already In case discoloring and curling 'bloom-—on the south side of the Jeaves finally fall to tell the story | of affliction. Watch your oaks.

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Hyacinth in Vase

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Oaks are now joining elms and

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their nursery, not to the garden’

Mrs. John Salz Jr. is the 1950 program chairman, with Mes-| dames Herman Clark and Harley Daub. t

Meet Friday | Spade and Trowel Garden Club (will meet at 1 p. m, Friday in the| hame of Mrs. 5735. N. Oxford St. Mrs. Dean| Stubbs will speak on “What's! | The. Nature Study Club will] |“hike” again today but this time through the Children’s Museum, {3010 N. Meridian St. Miss Thelma Patterson has planned the tour which starts at 2 p. m.

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gentleman editor, there was “a general misunderstanding about how to grow amaryllis successfully.” Many a 1950 gardner will sympathize with one Mrs, F. E. C. of horse and buggy days. She wanted to know what kind of free-blooming roses to get for her city yard. Also what kind of fertilizer should she buy. But, ‘alas for this city dweller, it comes out that the garden editor lived In the country where he could (and apparently did) “get cow manure, the best fertilizer ever applied to a rose.”

To which the gentleman editor replies sternly, “If a woman really loves flowers, she can grow them successfully. If she really loves. them, I say"

In this issue I also found that Burpee's Farm Annual for

valuable celery ever brought to public notice”) were available from another firm.

Here Are Some Points to Aid You

To achieve a plan with your in1 |dividuality stamped on it, con /| sider these among other points, ) wr If you decide on a fene weigh its advantages? You

TWO. Would a shrubbery serve your needs better? give privacy but for all but the most accommodating sorts (such as forsythia, bush honeysuckle or the commoner spireas); you'll need to consider soil and sun.

Taoubticen. auch a. Math Smid be ( ess such a In the 100 a pr of In40OT. | possible) a five-year pian will tai=n lor your yard more happily than : Pro-'y plan-as-you-plant program. FOUR. If you're completely because the plant grows with 1®W to this green-thumb lodge, {you'll be wise to consult a memsgreat long spaces between leaf), "0. '1ocal landscape assousing bone ‘meal (high in phos- ciation for free (and dependable) in potting sofl, Bug ddvice. when my own ivies or coleus! FIVE. Your new lawn (or your tend to think they're string|0ld one) doesn't need fo be blue beans and the weather happens 8rass. It might be ground cloyer be too cold to change the (especially for shade) or partly a il, I just pinch them back. At/stone, cement or brick terrace. time of year it's special-| SIX. Do the shrubs and trees easy to root the pinched off| you like best fit the size of your ; in water—or you can/ house? And your lot? Smaller stick them down in the pot be- houses and lots mean small side the parent plant which will shrubs for a good go-together now branch effect.

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