Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 July 1950 — Page 28
‘Come pendence Fa In ‘Washington
\Il Varieties 0
Serve Pegs for the F Colebratiors WASHINGTON, July 1— While the rest of the |
asons |
country. obssrves Independence’ Day once a year, Wash. ington, on the diplomatic front, has a choice of at least
~ one a month.
Without firecrackers, or potato salad, or
The Siamese Fourth of July was the latest to be celebrated.
This was not the Fourth of July, strictly, but it corresponded .
in national legend. The Thailand, or
Siamese, ambassador,
Prince Wan
Waithayakon and his wife the Princess, substituted curry and meat balls (Siamese) for potato salad, and charac“ters for firecrackers, at their party, held several days ago at the embassy. The Independence days here are as “varied as the countries which celebrate
them. The
Siamese observance,
tech-
nically, marks the 18th anniversary of the nation’s transition from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy-—ain’'t a
1776 routine,
but it will serve. ' The
Dominican Republic, one of the world's most absolute dictatorships, has its own lavish Independence Day program—it is tactless to inquire independence from what—and the range even extends to the: People’s Republic of Romania, that sunny, policed collection of Sovietized
peasants. The Romanian representa-
Elise Morrow
tives here, in all proper dignity, invite
Washington diplomatic society to drink to their freedom on the appropriate date—when the Soviet , Army of Liberation"
marched in. However, Washington does not put too fine a point on its defintion of independence, and so long as the liquor is abundant and free, the occa#ion is held to be worth celebrating. ” » ¥ ONE OF THE CHARAC-
TERS served up instead of ° at the Siamese
firecrackers party sald loudly, making the only immortal remark of the evening, “My wife owns that ~ part of Bangkok, Siam, which is not under water.” His name was not Pooh Prabhailakshana, or Mom Kuang Chuan Chuen Kambhu, all good Siamese names; it was Kelly. Aside from Mr. Kelly, the 8iamese enthusiasts included such people as Henri Bonnet, the French Ambassador, whose er Diamar, how France; John Steelman, the moon-faced Presidential assistanf; the Philippine Ambassa-
“dor, Mike Elizalde, who had
given a party the evening before in honor of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, Carlos Romulos, who is Ambassador and Mme. Wellington Koo, the Canadian Ambassador and Mrs. Hume
‘from the Dominican Republic and Senora de Thomen.
Norwegian gardener some rose-of-sharon - bushes for the plant. (Apparently Wisconsin doesn’t enjoy the weedy success with - rose-of-sharon that central Indiana does.)
Dislike Climate ORDINARILY the
show disaproval of
| American climate by getting them-
selves covered with mildew, But
Garden Clubs— : Nature Group |
Plans Outing Hike Included
Divorce Party ANOTHER party of the week which should chalk up a similar record in irony was given
...by a gay member of the gay in-
ternational set about to depart to Reno for her second divorce. This flower of -American-woms anhood is the type who has lived in London for a year or 80, and so she calls an elevator a lift and an apartment a flat,
Operating in a borrowed Georgetown house, she decided it would be fun to have a Divorce Party. The guests were to be limited to those who had been divorced, and who of course were “important” in the Washington scene-—the latter ‘means those who have an infinite capacity for pretense and
. trivia,
The poor girl went through several stages with this difficult guest list, and finally concluded that she would have to invite
several fon-divorced wives of |
men who had been divorced because the wives had, obviously or not so obviously, benefited by divorce.
She nally broke: down com-.
pletely, and quite a few she liked even though they had never been divorced; so the system collapsed and the party turned out to be a typical Washington collection of flotsam and jetsam.
On Program
Garden and nature clubs are making the most of the outdoors now, with picnics, park and gar-| den tours instead of more formal’ indoor programs. This week's,
sch e follows: ; Atul TUESDAY
ering at cabin in Woollens Gardens with a hike to Brendonwood. Willlam and Noah Myers, Gene Cook, Ralph Pearson, John Tocoma, hike and study leaders. WEDNESDAY Sunshine Garden Club of Beech Grove—11:30 a. -m. Picnic at Holliday Park with tour of the park. Forest Hills Garden Club—11 :30 a.m. Mrs. G. E. Bomberger; 5872 Forest Lane, hostess for picnic.
Green Thumb Garden Club, 10,
“Roses” by Alex Tuschinsky. Let's Grow Garden Club of "Columbus will be guests.
FRIDAY Broad Ripple Garden COClub—1 p. mM. Pitch-in picnic at Hillsdale “Nursery, with tour of the nursery. Brookside Garden Club. 11:30 a. m. Mrs. C. D. Monger, 6153 N. Olney 8t., hostess. “Flower Arrangement” William Glivert; of Flowers by Mary.
gooseberries, up.” it's been producing whoppers of
Nature Study Olub—All-day gath-|
GARDENING CALENDAR
a. m. Hillsdale Nursery. Picnic. 1g TIME NOW:
Clifford Bauer and his gooseberry bush—a Norwegian strain. 15: years in the same spot. the new plants off and take them
Like most elderly A hint to shady yard garden-
berries these last few years. ers who yearn for home-raised
the shrub readily. fruit—gooseberries in general do|
He “1 just bend a few branches down better in the coolness of heavy
Mr, Bauer's bush has grown, ap-in summer, and throw some dirt/clay soil with a bit of shade in parently disease-free, for some over them. Then in spring I cutiour sultry summers.
Tulip Beds Are Groomed
Many Flowers Bloom
In Local Parks Garfield and Holliday Parks
'@—Can the shrub yellow bell be got together this week with Gar-
started from a branch off the [field ‘nurserymen bringing loads
bush? Read City si [of snapdragons and petunias to, A—Yes, yellow bell (golden bell, freshen up Holliday's tulip beds.| forsythia) starts easily from The bed 1 I. ¢! cuttings. If you-have the weep- I ne beds of lantanas you'll see a ing variety whose branches Holliday this week came from —often—drop--down -to touch the Garfield's greenhouses, . toa. ground just naturally, you'll pu varieties are in Bloom and find many of them root of their 1qpa1ieq and the lotus is getting!
own accord. This process i8 ro04y to flower. The lotus is more, more accurately called
shrubs inclination; and -propagate it If you wish in this easy moar TT he Hes fashion by bending over a long branch, fastening it into the ground. Later when it begins to is blossoming in Holliday’s mud-| grow on its own, snip it off the 4Y Pots around the gullies. It's HK) : lizard’s tail, with a .small white parent plant and move it to its permarient place flower like a miniature butterfly] : bush spike.
Thrushes Appear
The event of the week at Holliday was the appearance of a pair of Louisiana water thrushes; picknicking on insects at the edge; of the pond. y You'll recognize the water | thrush by its sparrow size, stripe over eyes, brown back and striped shirt front. Spring fed gullies and the several ponds make Holliday attractive to vari and water and mud loving wild plants like the lizard’'s tail.
Garden Gadding—
|
« + « to set out more caulifiower .. and late cabbage plants,
ess to clip delphinium and corbell’'s flowers, rvefertilize.
+ + to pinch back mums and fertilize again,
+ to clip formal narrow at top, a bit wider at bottom.
+ + to watch for bean beetles.
~Here's Cover For Composts
“water birds ||
cofn and other home-raised wil be ax qovd 4 st,
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Lyons of " |speeaway’ say their backyard, tomato patch is starting out! better than last year. Their toma-' to-raising is strictly a leisure hour business after Lyons Department Store closes. |
St. beats the average with tomatoes in that dawdling-along! {stage stage just before they turn color. | The rest of his garden, especially {cucumbers is equally advanced. Joe Geiman, 4974 Ford St, has] | beans not too long from the table, {and okra, too. But his beans are {already showing the effect of
C. A. Livingston, 5112 w ya :
loaves are just what rose diseases
commercial fertilizer. Fertilizer: stimulates new growth elle leaves discourage disw blooms.
a aos Tou con ¢ with To, yas Soreiolhy dug before growth began stand transplanting safely
TREES Flowering aero) trees, includ-
ing flowering crabs, peach, Japanese find also oll kinds of fa. _—
rry and pink. You will above are growing in pots and will continue to grow after planting: Ju EAGLE CREEK NURSERY CO. i] Si. and Lafayette Road (U. 8. 52)
12 Miles Northwest of the City
- ndianpols
jovin
[100 much wet weather with 8
itouch of root rot. The Geimans are pleased with the prospect of
“s ‘pretty fair” peach harvest: e “layer- ymbitious than the water lilies. from backyard trees after a most ing." Take advantage of the 1; jis flower and leaves above unfavorable spring.
Justi 3 sans Almost Ready An uncommon little wild pant] The Arthur Bartons’' garden at |
2059 Westbrook Ave. is “just wonderful, as good as last year's.” Tomatoes, slow starting, | are really going to town now. Beans are about ready to pick
for the Bartons like theirs small’
and tender. Altogether it seems likely the average gardener will be lucky if Ihe eats home-raised green beans iby his usual Fourth of July date, ‘and he doesn’t expect his own {tomato salad much before the first of August this year.
Gardening Trip Is Summer Must
A pleasant week-end jaunt for local gardeners is a trip to the International Friendship Gardens at Michigan City. Perennials from 20 nations are in bloom there now. Of the more than one
flowered this season,
Did you know Having comyou can get vege- pany for the tables . . minutes- . Fourth? Then fresh from the fix up with garden at Cul flowers. At ver’s Vegetable Stark's Flow- ; Rr Market? Ready er Pateh you'll find end-ufuatar this week: Red son sale prices on blooming raspberries, Hol1and beans, beets, lettuce (Bibb, dow box plants. Also flat grown lext and head), large white , marigolds, zin. onions for creaming, zucchini, petunias, vere baby yellow and white scallop benas—to snap up your flower squash—at Culver’'s Vegetable beds. Stark’s Flower Patch, 511 Market, 1800 W. 57th St. Direc- 8. Tibbs Ave, just north of Sona} signs > Kvtaler and on ‘Morris St. BE. 1351.
* * * : Want a blue hydran- summer slump? Then see the gea? One that will fine perennials blooming now bloom even if you at New Augusta Nursery. As-
geraniums, fuchsias, other wine
Is your hardy border in a mid-
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1800 .
special interest centering on Vincennes, first territorial capitol, and home of the first territorial governor, William Henry Harrison. There, as in all other parts of the state, Hoosiers will join in commemorating ; . Indiana’ s heritage.
1950
~ The Indiana Territory E ‘Sesquicentennial
July 4, 1950
~ Next Tuesday marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of
were « corved. The ssesquiciniomicl abiefrance will be statewide, w with =
Raspberry Bushes Do the Trick
Lawn clippings and garden and table refuse, plenty of heat and moisture — these all combine to
mer. The city gardener long ago! learned compost is his best substitute for that valuable and expensive soil-builder, manure. If you've decided that a goodlooking yard and a compost pile just won't combine well, then here’s the way the Oliver Bauers
Ave. In as pretty a yard as any-
vegetable garden every year.
{Short Trip... : Miss MARGARET Grimth, 4025 E. 865th St. suggests an interesting short trip for traveling ‘ | gardeners. About five miles south of Terre Haute on Rd. 41, there's two city lots _ Japanese iris now in;
a nursery full of bloom. The owner is an _expefi-! mental
produce compost fast in the sum- |
one could want, they've tucked a
compost Jit behing hy raspberry Orchid : Society ;
And thay st suough comport 10 R 9.0} oC HS Olas
gardener who has developed many of the varieties himself.
plants had over a hundred blossoms. Some of the plants came
tive countries. Other national gardens, including such favorites as Norway, | Turkey, Poland, Greece and many others make up par. of the onehundred acre exhibit of the world’s plant life. The gardens are open-daily to visitors. Columbia network this summer will carry eight nationwide broadcasts stressing the
friendship and love of beauty.”
The Indiana Orchid Society, at
= Mrs. John
ela nnsnaRnt -NICtor-- Smith, McCullough, 2912 Edgar Harvey, Speedway; Mrs. Boulevard Place, calls attention Wheeler; Prof. Hoxcle and Mr. to a grand four page piece in Teter. :
from-Chira and Japan, their na~i-
July House and Garden on George! Washington's kitchen and herb!
| don’t give it winter protection? (Of course, to keep it blue —you'll have to keep soil acid but that's easily done.) Naturally you'll find this quality plant at Eagle Creek Nurs-
ery. You can see hydrangea .
Otsaka in full bloom in Eagle Creek’s sales yard this week— it's ready to go home with you. Even if it freezes back to the ground next winter it will still blossom on next summer's growth. If you prefer . pink
“|manage It at 1195 8. Vinewood gardens’ theme of “peace through flowers on it you can"
“simply set it out in our natural limestone, alkaline soil . . . Remember, too, that Eagle Creek’s
root-wrapped shrubs and: trees -in_the sales yard. Eagle Creek... planting or xdvise you how to do your own suecessfully. Eagle Creek Nursery, Latayetts Bd. Hj miles north
ay
© also advise
spraying now for bagworm on evergreen and shade trees, for
| mealy bugs on evergreens. De-
tilbe Fanal, rich red, with blooms that stand the summer heat; spirea Brunhilde, bearing quantities of odd creamy white flowers; four kinds of hardy baby’s breath (one pink), and wonderful Japanese iris. See these and the many other topnotch perennials at New Augusta Nursery, 5000 W. 59th St. CO. 2658. * ok If you want roses that can take pun_ishment. plant flor- ° ibdndas. At Hills-
will have luck with them yet their
Fashion, the new salmon pink floribunda; Goldilocks,
whose large dark red flowers
look ltke hybrid teas. Hillsdale has these and many other flori-
~DUDGRE" TRAY. plant now. Use floribundas in front of foundation plantings for a splash of color. Plant them like perennials in your
with clear sun yellow buds, and blos-
4 c. sift Blend milk an tioners —gontinue and cre: three-fot Chill: lengths. chocolat
# string fc
It's an old state... , It's a great state . . . We're proud fo be a pari of if!
SIR MAS
garden. Amusing, the Father of His Country seems to have had quite a Wealness, or onions.
FROM MRS, Thomas Murray, 1320 8. Glen Arm Rd, comes a helpful hint on that difficult business of getting a water-rooted African violet leaf safely transplanted into soil. “I've found that when I get the leaf potted as soon as roots form I have good luck. It's more difficult when little
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