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Common Sense, Hard Work Build Outdoor Fireplice

John Maddoxes Lay Deep Junk-Filled 4%

By MARGUERITE SMITH Times Garden Editor HOEING GARDEN isn’t the Turkish bath sort of job that

if you yearn for outdoor broiled stéaks you'd better build your own grille or-you'll settle for hash.) 80 fall and winter, say experienced amateur rock heavers, is the time to raise a fireplace 1 5% Rass. AL learn how do it,

for one, is to do it.

tems ~ ATRAAOY HA PTENEY BT

experience with fireplaces—but #11 on the bun and barbecue side. Then he acquired a plan, but it was, he comments sadly, “the kind that doesn’t really tell you anything.” Sc his advice to anyone contemplating a similar architectural effort (now that he’s lived through his own), is “just use common sense.”

Deep Base MR. M'S common sense advised him to lay a good solid foundation. So he dug (starting on July Fourth, “of all days,”

m3 YS Hie) a. 12-inch-deep base

and filled it with cement plus a collection of “old . firetongs and stove pipe and other junk we wanted to get rid of.” Thereupon kibitizing neighbors, who observed all this reinforcement, commented that his fireplace would last at least until the atom bomb arrived: When he was ready to start his brick work he was stumped. How high .to build it? But Mrs. M. is well supplied with her husband’s favorite equipment for the _ building of outdoor fire-

ir as scientific tests can find

. which to work.”

Enjoying the results of their tober are young Dan Fiickinger. Sion th resis of har labor are young Dan Fickinger.

department when Mr. Maddox, 540 N. Central Court, built the

_ backyard fireplace. Dan's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Dan E. Flick-

inger, 539 N. Central Court.

so she came forth with, in a kitchen you make a convenient height at That settled

places “Well, things

themselves with a fine selection of bricks. They had personally inspected and brought home 200 of the choicest bricks a nearby ~ yard had to offer. “Later we had to go back for another 125 for the chimney,” Mrs. M. reports. Being the permanent affair Mr. M. . designed it to be, the

that.

Modern Appendages

WORK progressed well (in spite ‘of the neighbors) because - the Ma Maddoxes had provided

“ree Expert Reports on Elm Test

__DDT and sanitation are still; USDA's Beltsville, Je healthy elm’s best friends as|ment station.

~ Asbestos Slabs. Give Cool Working Space

fireplace has all the up-to-date improvements. Little hooks cemented into the chimney hold

THE E INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Mrs. Prange /Announces

Club Events

paper. bags full of rolls, warm- 5 A m Lh ing_oven_ fashion: (Mrs--M.5 | Fire} District Shaw or y=3 the chimney wears a chef's cap of fsbestos 50 no Is Set For Oct. |

- chicken,

Md., Be oposite. infection than did its] opposite number, aluminum sul-|

Dr. May, long-time battler for fate. Elms in the sulfate treated

the elms, reported on test plots in| plot failed somewhat less speedi-|

it. Recently returned from the| which he went into- claims of ly than the alkalinized soil.

ational Shade Tree Association|various treatments.

eetings ip the east, H. N. Engle-

)w of Mi western Tree Experts |

ons of Dr. Curtis May of the

NY S.

No other chemical tried out s0/

Carolate, lately introduced | far over a period of time has|

| weak trees that harbor disease ___Limed soil had less effect in| carrying beetles.

chemical for halting Dutch elm given the protection .of the DDT

disease by soil treatment, failed spra rogram and removal of iys these are the recommenda- {in its plot. oy

rain can ruin it. Even the unseen portions live up to the foundation. The inside is lined with fire brick, the arms are insulated with sand top slabs of as-

ace fo the SO0K dor i :

Neighbors Sigh ions

THE MADDOXES give full credit to their neighbors who helped, sometimes in groups of 10. or 12. “They engineered it, we just did the work,’ ” is the way “they put it.

To small Dan Flickinger, youngest “neighbor, goes the biggest credit. Mr. Maddox

taught young Dan how to use

level. A d with t - |with Mrs. Prange are Mrs. Wil-| 3 leve THe ! hig Know) lam E. Dismore and Mrs. Otiver|

recording and corre-| Junior Gardening— - Saving Seeds

Can Be Fun

edge and a toy. level, Dan checked up on all the brick-lay- |

ing, usually with “But Mr, Mad- SPonding secretaries, dox, the bubble isn't quite in [Raymond C. Cassady, treasurer.

to my lev. |_ _Committee chairmen include,

the center according el.”

Chimney Difficult

been announced by Mrs. Henry

A ER: show

Officers Listed

Officers for the

year servi

|C. Mills, and

|Mrs. Jules Zinter, program; M {Narl Jones, birds; Mrs. E. C. Kl |derer, garden center; Mrs. H.

A calendar of events for : bers of the Garden Club of Indiana, Central West District, has

— Prange; -distriet-director

Cla

Soden Events—

Spade and Trowel Club: Shilo 14th Annual Show

The garden calendar this week:

imunity every year.

Ripple com-

TODAY

starts off with the last day of the Dahlia Society—Dahlia show (last __ldahlia show, with the usual Sunday afternoon program in Holli-| day Park and takes in Spade and Trowel’s fall flower show, a two{day affair that includes more of {the entire Board

day). Brookside Community Hose. Open 440 public from 10 .t0 7 p. m.

fiany Park—3 p. m. Illustrated

talk, “Flowers of Holliday Park,” William Knox. 4:30 p. m. Illustrated talk, “Shrubs and Ornamental Trees of the Park,”

For Spade and Trowel's 14th, Sidney Esten.

nnual show, non-members are in-|

rrangements.

Details of the sfiow and other {meetings follow:

ETE ar, 88. Though “the “ti i ps Jy the . —~-ghow-tTuesdayy wilh be-given to judging, the second day will ‘be open to the public and a joint PTA-garden club program, also open to the public, will be its cli-| max. Broad Ripple merchants are pointing up interest in the show (with window displays of contain-| lers suitable for entering flower,

over:

rs.| eiL.|

LATEST neighborhood com- |Hasbrook, gardens for the blind; |

ment, however, after some five Mrs. picnics that included smoked 8ardens, and Mrs. W. E. Barrett,| and conservation. | Mrs.

barbecued ribs other delicacies that go with |

Harry Shireman,

visiting |

William F. Kraas Jr,

Pick When Mature And Ready to Fall

You can have fun saving seeds

First,

an outdoor grill, smells good jana, 4 i ne Erwin J. Mr. Maddox suggests to ng, Publicly, Mrs. Srwin would-be builders that cast-iron Dieckman, . junior - gardens, andj simple rules, it b Mrs. Lee Oldfield and Mrs. Ernest, units, procurable locally, ae |Williams, Blue Star Memorial the best he found after !

couple of years’ research. The chimney’s the hardest part to build but you don’t have to do that until you've already had ‘practice on the side-arms. “Anyone with reasonable mechanical ability and patience could do it,” he concludes.

Total cost came to about $60 as against $150 to $200 for similar finished jobs.

Bushes Grow

. First Name In Furnitures pom Fast Now

Plant Evergreens

{ Highway.

Board Members

board of directors.

IT'S_HERE...THE NEW

During Fall Season Why is fall a better time than

Mrs. John R. Donagh and Mrs. Robert C.”Blessing will represent 80ld seed, for example, | the garden clubs of the districtrwhen the little brown "ddd pod on the Indianapolis Home Show package is opening up to spill out {its shining black and tan needles, Members of the advisory com-|the seeds. ’ mittee to the Indianapolis park]

‘et the seeds mature. on|

“M-m-m, horticulture; Mrs. Norvin Strick- this fall for a mixed flower bed Merlin H. next year. It's easy to keep them|

over winter if you observe a few S

{the plant. Don't pick them while| {they're still green, but just be-|

board include Mesdames Robert] the brown petals of the dead (ma. Failey, Robert Mannfield and Ir- tyre) flowers. win Morris. Mrs. Morris- will also, serve on the special advisory com-| Label At Once mittee for Holliday Park.

|paper before you store them.

fore they're ready to fall, Mariis ready

Zinnia seeds are tucked inside

Second, if you gather the seeds|: on a sunshiny dry day they'll be ready to package and put right|: |away. If you have to gather them|; {in damp weather youl need to

is good for his)

to dry

spring "for planting evergreens? Specifically, reasons:

here are a few

1. Top-growth. of any plant is

{stimulated when tops are warmer {than roots. That's spring weather. Conversely, jalong when roots are warmer than tops. make growth from fall planting as if it had been stuck in the ground

root growth pops

So an evergreen will almost as much root

we raised this year.

vited—to jot garden clutbers—in——————— TUESDAY ————— is'displaying their choice wares and Spade and Trowel—11 a. m. Flowrea Hohn for iB] Fi , It will be ci “to Rio the pub-g i rtie-from-2-to- & PrTByoeinsr mi mmr: * Members. of the district elubs will attend the annual district meeting to be Dec. 2 in the Atherton Center, Butler University. The annual narcissus show sponsored by the district will be Apr. 7-8. {The place will be announced later.

~Glavernee-C.o.rLn ish, assistant!

chairman.” Staging:. Mrs. Cornish with Mesdames A. H. Merriam Graves, Theodore Allabrandi, George F. Off, Raymond Cassady and Austin Laycock. Entries: Mrs. Allan H. Warne Sr. with Mesdames James H. Ward, John W. Judy, H. J. Elbourn, E. G. Driftmeyer, Irvin Morris, Raymond Toler, Frank E. White and Harry L. Ramsay. Hostesses: Mrs. Ottd C. Mahrdt with Mesdames H. D. Eberhart, A. G. Stevenson and Dean Stubbs, Schedule: Mrs. Norvin Strickland, Mrs.

Mrs. Elbourn, Mrs. Cornish.

Garfield — 1:30 p. m. Prospect

Branch Library. Mrs. Walter Galbraith, hostess. Mrs. Wal-

Kaiser, assisting. talk on birds, Scott McCoy. Mrs. Edith Moran, presiding. WEDNESDAY pade and Trowel—Flower Show| (second day). Open to public

‘SUNDAY, SEPT. 17, 1950

Your Yard— Hardy Flower Garden Quiz

Can You Answer These Questions?

correctly, you're tops. Some are

where on this page.

nials that bloom In: -the fall.

up if you want to improve the soil,

plants in a perennial bed make a good soil enricher.

Fall Webworm Threatening Shrubs

dirty gray veil-house. | Easiest remedy—cut off

|wormy branches with

[the

|wired to any long pole.

GARDENING

from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. At 1:15! CALENDAR

p. m. a joint meeting with the!

PTA.

Warne Sr. Public invited.

Illustrated talk on flow=| er arrangements by Mrs. Allan , . . to set out wild vi~let plants for ground cover.

IT'S TIME NOW-—

{Come Into the Garden (Moores: ,.. to make herb vinegars.

ville) — 2 p. m. Garden tour,

M. E. Jones.

| Mrs. Gaylord Snyder ‘and Mrs,

« « » to refurbish rock gardens. ound-

« «+» to use -bone -meal-ar

You «an shuck your seeds right |i:

away or store them shucks and| - i ~all ui Q—We ‘have some nice. squash at once. And do store them in I have tin or giass so.no inquisitive hun-|

label them |

been told they should be cured!gry mice investigate.

before we stope them for win-|

These home-saved seeds won't]

ter? ‘Is this right? How is it come trus—that is) they'll produce |

done?

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Quiz Answers

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last spring.

2. It takes a soper-catarul

digger not to tear off fine feeding roots, | work 80 hard at the root repair

Spring-planted evergreens

{job they carry it into hot dry | weather, sometimes just get dis{couraged and give up. But in the fall they're encouraged by the normally damp soil and. cooler alr,

| Perfect Start

3. An evergreen often makes

{as much as six inches of new

{root = growth before ground freezes, if it's set in September or October. All

this enlarged

Root Leaves

{mixed colors and flower types. : A.—Curing winter squash before But some older gardeners find| Read Scott you store it not only makes it that is why seed-saving is in-| better

keep “but » flavor a lot, Pick squash before, frost but let them stay on the vines just as long as you can,’ preferably until the shell is so hard you can’t prick it with your thumb nail. Then lay the squashes out in the sun about two weeks, turning them over every few days. If it rains throw a tarpaulin—or old rain-

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coat over them. You'll

have | the best tasting squash you wal

ever ate, Store them in a dry spot. le gritinty properly cured, will not shrivel during the winter.

ROEBLING POWER MOWER

Self-Powered—All you do is walk along.

it trims as it cuts. Women can easily operate

Priced Bight Rotary Type

feeding area —geta—it—offperfect start in the spring when warm air, cool soil new top-growth.

encourages,

4. You can't neglect an ever-|

So it's a pretty good idea to!

|plant evergreens in the next few J weeks.

1. True. Fall is better than

| spring for ‘planting perennials. | Also, most perennials are early-

season flowering, so do better transplanted in fall 2. False. An established bor-

der can be spot-planted. Wher- .

ever there's a vacant place or, in special places where Oriental poppies need to be dug and

divided.

3. False. Quite a few peren-

| ‘nials bloom in late summer and

~fatl:- The spring-blooming—sorts——

are just more often used. But

hardy asters, heliopsis, helian* | themum, false dragonhead and - many others spice up the be-

fore-chrysanthemum period. other garden or local

green and expect it to be happy ing African violet and yo may even after fall planting. But it not get a pink elephant but you will take less care in fall than may get a pink-flowering plant.

'§ after spring planting. |For,

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Root a leaf from a blue-flower-

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leaves or even on flower stalks.

mutation.” |

Free decides- An issue of Home Gar- |] And he’s seen 1 African violets perform all over |;

Most startling case he offers is a collection of some thousand | leaf cutings from a single variety | with a wild variety of leaf shapes!

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When leaves. are still on trees, it's easfer to detect dead and dy-

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Imported Dutch bulb prices are up this year but Hoosier Gardener is selling his top- ~ size imported tu- . lip bulbs at.last year’s prices. At Hoosier Gar-

dener’s you'll find parrot tulips -

in 6 named varieties — blue violet, red, yellow, pink, orange. Hoosier Gardener, rear of Vogue Theater, Broad Ripple.

BR-8121. *x x M um plants are blooming atStark’s Flower Patch this week. Three kinds = ? include cushJon 3 mums, tall (cutting), and pompons.. Five named kinds of peonies (dark red, white flecked with -red, and three shades of rose), also Oriental poppy roots at Stark’s Flower Patch, 511 8S. Tibbs Ave, BE-1351. -* x You'll find home-grown evergreens, already acclimated to local growing conditions, at Maschmeyer’s Nursery, 244 W.. Troy Ave. Carefully grown in the nursery they’ll waste no

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How much do you know about your hardy flowers? If you answer all these questions

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2. An established perennial

4. A perennial border does not have to be completely dug

5. Oats sown now around

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