Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 June 1950 — Page 40

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Junie Gardeners— Fairy Cows Discovered

“In Gardens |

Clues Offered by Ants on Plants

|. Did you junior gardeners know

that you have fairy cows in your: =

jae ‘every summer? ' You can find them if you'll

watch for ants. Soon you'll notice

Ranta on some of the plants ‘have tiny (usually pale green, ‘sometimes black or brown) spots {in thick clusters, These “spots” fare often at the tip of a

groups. They are really little in-

“CE Esets Bo Amal you'd better ‘use a’ | magnifying glass if you really

;want to watch them.

Now ants are very clever, as

you know if you've ever noticed ! them carefully. They take care of { these little insects, which are i called plant lice or aphids, (You! { can pronounce the name to rhyme with either “hated” or “patted.”)

~ Honeydew Substance Yi

| terested spectator. By MARGUERITE SMITH

The aphids produce a substanes, called honeydew that the ants en-

"joy eating just as most. people

‘enjoy drinking the milk that cows produce, 80 the ants carry {the aphid eggs underground In ‘ the fall and take care of them, In : the spring they see that the young| +aphids. Are. pastured. out. on--nlee.. ‘tender young plants, just as men { pasture out.cows.

Then the aphids produce boy]

dew—tfie ants eat It—and everybody's happy except the gardener) whose plants are being sucked! dry by the plant’ lice. For aphids

‘their snouts into the plant (the

way you stick a straw Into a! IT'S TIME NOW;

‘soda) and suX its juices.

Discourages Pests

Needle point holes now leaves mean flea beetles,

in A

sprinkle of lime or rotenone on| the affected plants will discourage * [the tiny pests. They seem to pre-

fer good looking green leaves to powdered ones, DDT will knock

birds—and the gardener, If he uses it on leaves he intends to eat.

bud lb ON. LOSES. Sometiznes. on. re ‘and stems but almost always

{

Bit the bettias But may Klse wire”

YOU CAN'T hold down a

The H. P. Willwerths combina beans, beets. nd paonies to

with a row of beets, the red and green leaves growing like miniature fancy-leavéd calad-

Times Garden Editor

good vegetable gardener, even . jumg, on a small city lot. The H. P. Mrs. Willwerth, however, is Willwerths, 2471 Riverside girictly realistic. “Likely we Drive, for example, manage 10 won't get any beets; the

combine flowers and vegetables Ay productive and weye-ploasing..-

fashion. and you'd be surprised how: They just give theif ound many beans we pick every peony bed a necklace of bush “year.” beans, then circle the beans Tomatoes grow . beside the

‘GARDENING do not eat plants. They stick CALENDAR

. to feed shade trees.

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A, fertilize. the Jann.) a second

ground isn't good enough. But wet have g-lot-of-beet greens

arte BIT Plepont Wha MAMTA

good affect,

walk and rhubsrh thrives under

vous young: mama cardinal has chosen the thorny branches overhead for a nursery.

July! Mrs, Willwerth is founder of the Emerson Grove Garden £lub and now is derving a second term as president.

to start » compost pile. | to use lawn slippings for mulch, to prune spires. to sow celery cabbage seed. to watch for bugs. to enjoy your garden every, day.

time, to sow perennial seed.

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| it obscure your view or dwarf a

“individual | asters, -alyssum, cynoglossum,

zinnias.

~“|Window Planting Scheme

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80 you've “got a picture window--now what will you do about Here's a ready-made planting scheme-—annuals that won't

small house, Other low-growing

annuals you might substitute in the 1, 2, 3's to make your own ‘Gglor scheme include Chinese

delphiniums, pompon verbenas, petunias, dwarf phlox,

moss roses, California poppies, nasturtiums, cupid and

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It's time now to make “gottwood cuttings”—that's garden jargon for sticking a slip under a jar. Whatever you call it, it's a skill every beginning gardener {ought to cultivate as soon as pos{sible. It means you can buy a single iplant of some fine variety, then| multiply it all by yourself, Every experienced gardener has worked out his own favorite method. Basic rules to start with are these: 1. Take a cutting at least six growth buds (6 .to 8 inches) long. 2

leaves and insert at

{soil so no air pockets are low ground. 5. Water thoroughly.

the cold frame, white-washing the

|glass for shade, or plant pro-|

tectors over slips).

| Now's The Time Te Buy

POTTED ROSES

As af thelr best right now.

fection while they are in full bloom,

Pattengers a fp for their ong, hardy: northern grown roses. More than. ‘100 varieties of beautiful roses fe choose from,

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Cut it from the parent {plant just below a leaf, 3. Strip " loff lower (least . half-way into earth. 4. Firm left be-|

Make your » i

a rose-covered arched trellis, But Mr. Willwerth could hardly have rhubarb pie right now if he wanted it. For a very ner-

Mr WHI Wer H~will Be 8 pfu

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at ‘open to the public, Hills: dale Nursery's tenth annual rose {show comes to the climax of its. three day festivities today with

“Poachie” is an in. (N

L Mrs

To Public [

Hillsdale Rose ~ Display Climax

Two flower shows today are

crowning of the rose queen-at 4:30

|p. m. The water pageant is at|

2:30 o'clock with music before and after. The day's activities begin with music by strolling accord-

Wade, at 11:30 a. m.

~+—Fhen-at Holliday House, ©

ed Creek Garden Club's ower! show is open from 2 to 5 p Theme of their show is 2 Bride” with roses the Sa ‘flower. Mrs. B. H, Gardner is gen-| eral chairman. ° Other meetings! {scheduled for this week are as

{ follows: I TODAY | m., Hol-|

ature Study Club—3 p. Tiday Park. Study of ferns and! fungi. Mrs. Ralph Bidgood, Mrs. | Arthur Beard, leaders,

MONDAY Fall Creek Garden Club—3 p. m. Holliday House. Flower Show for members and guests. Mrs. E. C. Kleiderer, Mrs. Louis J. Rybolt, show chairmen. PE ESPAY i casi Dahlia Society—S8 p, m, Brookside Community Housn: cides,” H. D. Fulmer. “Color in Flower arangements,” Mrs. Ray Thorn. :

WEDNESDAY Forest Hills Garden Club--Noon. Curtis Roll, Kokomo,! hostess. “Demonstration of Flower Arranging,” Mesdames! Paul Pike, Carl Gakstetter, G. E. 8chloot and J. G. McFar-| land.

| Beech Grove Garden Club, 11:30

a. m. Picnic luncheon. Hills-| dale Nursery. Tour of nursery.

FRIDAY Nature Study Club—8 p. m. Indiana National Bank, 38th St. oRrareh Mal Knox will Zhow pictures of 8cotland. . Irvington Women's Garden Club ~10:30 a. m. Meet at home of Mrs. Garfield Walker, 36 N. Audubon Circle. Visit garden of Mrs, Hershell Brunson, Newcastle. Mrs, Donald G. King, arrangements chairman. ; SATURDAY Orchard Soclety-—Noon. Mr and Mrs, host and hostess, Election of officers. Business meeting.

SUNDAY . "Nature Study “Club—5 a. m. “Meet | in the home of William Myers, College Ave. Sunrise hike . 16 cabin In Woolens Gardens,

ave Money

Most shrubs can be ry

|in this fashion. Many perennials, {too. Roses are fairly easy to do. with some easy materials such as| If ‘you're a beginner start out privet, then, once the skill is ac-| quired, you can soon start the more difficult objects, too.

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THE GARTEN FEED C0.

“4 BLOCKS SOUTH FROM

Holliday P Park

Becomes Gay

. Peonies, Iris, Roses

in Full Bloom

“Peonies; iris, and roses bloom

at Hollday Park this week, say Sidney Esten,

linger no more than today.

featured a mimosa tree and a (golden rain tree (or gate tree). These are both close to Holliday House, just southwest of it, If

“tyon-ean‘t find theny, inquire at

the House for information. The golden rain tree will always be popular with Hoosiers because of New Harmony and the best seller “Raintree Courity” by the late Ross Lockeridge Jr. The pro{fusion of tiny sunny blossoms {that fall in the slightest breeze make the shower of “golden rain.” {The name “gate tree” comes {straight from the settlement at {New Harmony, where Robert

{Owen planted two of these native! [Chinese plants at either side of] ‘=

his front walk, swinging his gate between them. 8 Betweén 2500 and 3000 people | visited Holliday Park last Sunday.

ing their heads off will greet you, park naturalist.) {There'll be more roses even than|: {last week. Tulip tree blossoms will:

Big planting event of the week!

Having trouble with 8 your African violets? Then. . try. the read mixed soil for violets, just in at Jansen’s this week. It's an ideal mixture, comes in 1 or 4-lb. packages. At Jansen’s, 19 N.

Alabama St. LIL 9918, * Stake your lovely delphiniums and other tall flowers before wind and rain break them down. You'll find good tough bamboo stakes and Twist-ems at Hoosier . Gardener's this week to make the job easy. The stakes are 4 feet long, easily cut for shorter plants, dark

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| ing Ro-Ho cultivators, the kind

| with revolving teeth that pushes | easily to make a fine dust mulch between rows. At Hoo- | sier Gardener, rear of Vogue Theater, Broad Ripple. BR, 8121.

This week will ‘see one of the loveliest and longest blooming shrubs in full glory at Eagle Creek Nurs- _ ery. It's weigela, and Eagle Creek stocks it

ties. There's the deep red Bristol Ruby, the softer pink Rosea, both of them flowering off and on all summer. There's also a purple leaf weigela and one

colors vary from pink to rose shrub for beginn well as long-time home-owners. See it in interesting variety and rosy bloom at Eagle Creek Nursery this week where you can get acquainted with many other outstanding shrubs and trees that will lift your plant-

| ing-out of the commonplace.

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11% miles north of Trader's Point. CO. 2361. : * *

Here's a real bargain in pansies to fill those shady spots in your yard! 2 dozen blooming plants | only 95¢ at Peat Moss Indian- | apolis, Ine, this week. Peat | Moss I I. also has newly ims | ported Polish peat—just the ! thing to mulch evergreens | against summer dry spells. Peat { Moss Indianapolis, Inc, East 56th St., just west of Keystone. | BR. 8285. Open Sundays. os * * It's time for the second DDT spray on your elms, Midwestern Tree Experts, following the | USDA control program to save : ‘uninfested elms, recommend this June spray to cover leaves and twigs. If leaf hoppers and bark beetles feed unchecked, they ini Tect many healthy trees by carrying disease from infected | elms... It takes informed tree men with adequate equipment

$i to-do a-thorough and-effective

| spray job. Call C. N. (Mike) | Engledow, Midwestern Tree Ex-

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without loss. Wa also have Buckeye and Sugar Maple.

individual pots and ‘in bloom. two-year plants at reasonable prices. Free planting instruc.

ORNAMENTALS

This year we-potted some of our best flowering trees, so that can plant them at any time. Amon ie are _flowerin: each and Japanese Cherry, Lilac, Red a of flowering Crab, These can be saaed | in your car.

Greek and Irish Juniper, Arborvitae, Pfizer and Von Ehren Juniper, Upright and . Spreading Yew, Euonymus. Vegetus, other choice varieties. a size you can take with you.

“These comprise Peach, Cherry, Apple, Pear, Apricot nd Quince. Trees are in pots and are in leaf and can be planted

EAGLE CREEK NURSERY

82nd SI. and Lafayetie Road (U. S. 52)

12 Miles Northwest of the City

Carefully selected, beautiful “varieties of Hybrid Teas, Polyanthas and Climbing Roses; in All Northern-grown, No. |,

“and severa

All freshly

left a few potted shade frees,

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| —perts, about your tree problems, | 00. 2335. Free estimate.

* * At last you can spray away . crab-

grass without hurting - useful grasses, Get the new potassium cyanate spray at Bash’s Seed Store. Use it. straight for crabgrass only or mix it with 2,4-D spray to knock out broad leaved weeds as well. Also at Bash's

line of flower . and vegetable plants in fine condition, Bash’s | Seed Store, 141 N. Delaware St. RIL 3738. FR: 7333.

This ,is still a good peony week at Floyd Bass Nursery, with Oriental poppies, and potted roses sharing honors. You can see two new dark red peonies, Lowell Thomas and King Gustav, the nursery’'s own originations. Look. over the ' plants in blonm, select for early fall planting (after Sept. 1). —You can also pick up junipers | and Japanese yews if you want to do Your own . foundation planting: Floyd Bass Nursery, where you “Buy Confidence, Own with Pride.”

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will ‘him all summer, and for many

“In a number of superior varie- -

this week yowll-find a-complete--

| summer,

You might just as well take Dad along to the Hills dale Rose Festival today. Next ‘Sunday's Father's Day and he'll love those gay red roses you will. find in variety at Hillsdale. . They blossom for

years. . If he’s new at ose growing, give him Red Radiance, ‘about the easiest hybrid tea to raise, so sturdy it's little ‘subject to disease. Another standby, darker red, is Etoile de Hollande. Poinsettia is a good bright red. Christopher Stone, another beautiful red, is among the lower priced roses, Don't forget the red climbers for Dad's delight — brilliant «Blaze. and Pauls Scarlet, or that gorgeous big flowering dark red Crimson Glory, Of

course, he might prefer another (just. might), then you

color could give him one of the less common yellow climbers—High Noon, Golden Giow, the climbing everblooming Mrs. DuPont and Mrs. E. P, Thom, or the hewer Golden Pyramid, See these and many, many other potted roses at Hillsdalé Nursery, 8000 north on Indiana 100. BR. 5495. . >

Flower Patch, and pick out annuals to fill up those bare

met d spots in your flower border. Aster plants (white, purple, rose, blue or white). “¢purpte; white,

in bloom), petunias (a mass of

color now), snapdragons, marigolds. ou'll find potted roses in fine varieties. Stark’s also have unusual little low cemetery baskets, “already planted, If your Father's Day gift is one of memories. At Stark's Flower ‘Patch, 511 8, Tibbs Ave. just ‘north of Morris St. BE. 1351,

Sweet pepper plants are scarce but you'll find some at 56th St, Greenhouse. Also some annuals, including dwarf dahlias (raised from seed to bloom this year); geraniums; among them ths lovely pink Picardy, and zinnias, both large and lilliput, in about 15 poiwiond colors,

only 15¢ a plant so you can afford to fill your border. All vegetable plants carry reduced prices this week -at 56th St. Greenhouse, just east of Key-

stone. W. A. Edwards, IM. 5842. Visitors welcome, * It ‘doesn’t pay to let your valuable evers greens gO

without care; - Pruning and spraying (for A ‘red spider)

done right now. - Call Potten ger's Nursery for a free esti. mate on. your evergreen needs, Their prices are reasonable and the work, done by trained landscape men, is dependahle. Your evergreens will respond with shapely compact growth .and good color instead of scraggly, sickly yellow appearance of untended specimens. If your foundation planting needs doing (or re-doing) FPottenger's will not only plan it with you now but will get to work right away with the planting. For they're equipped to move shrubbery, even in full leaf, from nursery rows into your yard, where they'll guarantee its continued growth. Call Potten ger's now. Don't ‘put up with an unsightly unplanted yard all This is the last week for flat grown vegetable. and flower plants at Pottenger's Drive-In Department Store Nursery. 4000 potted roses are

Stop at Stark's -

ought to be.

blooming this week-end at Pot=—

tenger’s Drive-In Nursery, 3400 Lafayette Rd. WA. 6412,

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If you love perennials you'll want to see the field of color at New Augusta Nursery week.. Fine varieties of many hardy plants adapted to Hoosier soil and climate are in bloom now, See thé# delicate Siberian iris, odd nese peonies, delphiniums, day-lilies, and many other top-notch va rieties of old-time favorites, Order now for fall planting.

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