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Bonen or . : it ik . th ~ : r AG : , . PAGE 34°. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES pd - SUNDAY, FEB. 11, 1951 SUNDAY Joni : Garden Events— . . | A Pf : +h S I N + : 0 r - — : ] “ririried ded dodo dol ioek: Arrdededeke doktor kokokokok : € ardening ; F y J | ace in the dun Is INO EAR { Simpl Delph M vorite Perennials Orchid Show The Best for African Violet: ATTENTION eiphiniums, Mums a rchi OW The Best for African Yiolefs | es ; ; 1 a : LET'S take a look this week at various kinds of vegetation. T ; - Ha a ™ Tre at for Houseplants—The sun (when it does shine) is really getting b H OME P ERMANEN » - g ~ : hot. Geraniums love it but ivy and African violets will be happier J You No Longer Need Give ! ; : & ; out of its reach. At least for most of the day. i ut b I vi : : Flowers —Amaryllis will be blooming indoors for some time | Ww A Flower Fa ns yet depending on your bulbs’ ambition. Weak manure water or 3 Yourself @ Home ave. | : liquid fertilizer at bloom time - : SS ——1h1 Cn For the fint fime a * helps produce big flowers, But * professional salon offers Event Set May 13 don’t neglect the plant after- DISHING 3 you @ , .. $ Uh At Holliday Park ig more leaves you can THE DIRT 3 C( ) LD A treat in store for local] make that bulb produce the bet- Q—TI've often wanted to try fore- & - &H A flower fans i the Drciid Sho ter the flowers you'll have next {ng some lilies of the valley } \ s Only planned by the Indiana Ore year. | but was told I'd have to have a ¥ . -) WAVE Society. It's scheduled for May Pre [% \ : |13 (a Sunday) at Holliday Park. scription for a happy special kind to do it. Why can't ¥ Vv lized hair * “Mrs. W. O. Wheeler, president| 8maryllis — a sunny window, | pe regular roots in our yard } : A... personals u Phone LI-0527 * lof the Indiana society, and Mr,| Fesular watering (but not 190 | ye forced?—Flower Lover. | % style created for each For Your Appolxtment ¥ Wheeler, who's equally entranced| Much of it), weak fertilizer so- | x \ | dividual customer. {with the raising of orchids, left lution every two or three weeks. |A—They can but you won't get | 3 ' this week for Miami, where | such nice big flower-filled |X | 14 State Licensed Beaut Smart Completely |theys take in the International Rhubarb Roots | spikes. However, if you want wl Jour service redecorated salen I a oo ing to a Vegetables — Restrain that | try it, dig some of the pips any & | taken as late as 601 Roosevelt Building by Muzak. Ph + | desire to start just a few to- | ye now that you can catch|} Turn Lett From Elerator . Mrs. B. F. Orr, general chair-| mato seeds unless you have an . or. lll. & Wash. Sts. . the ground thawed and plant| TL, ou uitdddtid dd AXRAR ERRATA

{man for the May show, and Mrs. | | Louis Rybolt, another orchid] (fancier, will also attend the in-| ternational show.

MONDAY (Fall Creek Garden Club — 1:15 p. m. Mrs. Charles L. Rose, 4644 | Kenwood Ave., hostess. “Border | Plantings,” Mrs. John F. Rigg. | Brendonwood Garden Club—T7:30 p. m. Brendonwood Common. Meeting for husbands with Frank Wallace speaking on

ideal (cool, sunny) place and plenty of room to grow the | them in peat moss or sphagnum | seedlings in March and April, | °F in any good i re oe | | ing soil. They have to go Have fun instead by trying t0 | through cold weather outdoors Joroe Some PHUbArY oot ag | (or in a refrigerator!) before . b you can force them, But ob-! them up whenever ground is | Viously they're ready now. The thawed. | kind of pips you buy are spe: Set them in the basement. | cially cultivated stook) mostly | Give rhubarb plenty of light. | raised in Germany. ép the For blanched shoots of chicory, pips covered in the dark for cover the roots with a cone of about 10 days, then bring them paper. | gradually to the light.

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Delphinium Loveliness — orchid

rivals greenhouse grown blooms “Beauty in Indiana.” ee wen w= . . for size. Blossoming in early Arbutus Garden Club — 1p. m. a2 | § Daily Service to LAMAZ00 September the flowers open | Mrs. W. C. Duesler, 744 Sher-| For Yorr cd AND RAPID KA By SU long before frost. The plant is | wood Drive, hostess. Election _— o/" oR R § Pattern: 8 of officers. “Continuous Bloom,” | \ = SOUTH BEND KOKOMO perfectly hardy outdoors, The Mrs. Herman C. Wolff, = \ \ perforated p: big buff flowers touched with WEDNESDAY \ / CHICAGO RICHMOND 14, 16, 18, 20 coral pink are fine for cutting. Indianapolis Rose Society-—8 p. m. | RA <4 © fob 1h CINCINNATI CONNERSVILLE 41 yards of Delphiniums are top favorites | American United Life Insurance; OA) WN A on. Feoruary 14 | BLOOMINGTON LOUISVILLE Send toda . . F g. . Fall Cree vd. gprs a of the with local gardeners. This one | “Design in Rose Gardening,” E IA Fashion, -

Merrill Esterline of Eagle Creek \ : Nursery. # \ Ask about new, LOW Excursion Fares. Call BE-2434

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« lavender and sea blue, many FRIDAY : or local | to make f N i 4 S : mam: y your local travel agent. and long spiked, medium height Irvington Women’s Garden Club! Foe PY wo he " Seta Suactenty he tips; gift pa + ¥ 1 2:3 2 : ‘ . ] 4 ou. (to resist wind breaking). 12:30 p mF New York St in mind . . . or give a single flower a magic fouch. | ¥ Bon 8 branch, Indiana National Bank, Shasta Daisy Wirral Supreme President's Day. SUE: right) 1s a new English import, lL SATURDAY | Q The Indj ong-stemmed, large flowered. [Indians Oreja Syclety = Noon} ; 214 W » r. an rs. Perry Sylvester, { ri hiberons pi Jute ang hg 5 8215 N. Pennsylvania St., hosts. A I R L | | 3 - Indian: : . Program by Prof. C. E. Hoxsie| . i ‘ drought aro 3 | of Purdue. 2401 W. Wash. FR-3525 No. 8687 By MARGUERITE SMITH, Times Garden Editor praises hardy coreopsis and = Snag ~~ r 8i ONCE A gardener has successfully raised some zinnias, he gaillardia. “They don't take a - L wg Fashion

naturally yearns for bigger game.

That's probably why every spring brings queries like this—

“We want to plant a perennial border this year.

perennials shall we put in it?”

What kind of

So I quizzed a few local gardeners. Here are their replies.

In the A. D. Green: family at 6735 Dover Road, there's some

118 8. 11th St, Beech Grove,

great deal of care, and bloom colorfully over a long time.”

The Fred Dicksons in Brendonwood like Japanese peonies. They tried them last year and | are going in for some. more this season because the flowers

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Hf oranon Tha Glvige..their affections iat \ o 2 : : delphiniums and chrysanthe- vegetables and wwers, So it's and red blossoms, single, with g " mums. Mr. Green's favorite Mrs. Hull who votes for chrys- rich fluffy gold centers-—they . fate’. wees “perennial” is potatoes. (He 8nthemums. ? make 8 siMiling background Send an ad finds them just about as tem- “They stay in bloom so long, Plant.” - class postage peramental as Mrs. Green's have variety of color and make These, of course, are only a more quickly. delphiniums.) such nice cut flowers.” starter for Mr. and Mrs. New ef “It must be the ground,” she Next she thinks of pinks— Gardener. Once they're involved Canasta—

opines and thinks a soil test this spring may get her favorite

flowers off to a better start |

than usual.

But mums “do very well” for |}

her—even such more difficult sorts as the spoon petaled type. « “But I learned the hard way,”

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“the foliage is pretty even when they're not in bloom” — and

with perennials, they're really gardeners.

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she warns beginners, “that they | must be divided and transplant. | By OSW ed every year or two or they'll | g THE PER! die out,” she says. ally turns 1 when drawin

Favors Delnhiniums

JOE PALMER, 3371 Walnut

St., publicity chairman for the |

Indianapolis Rose Society, casts a big vote for delphiniums, too. “Great tall delphiniums behind floribunda roses are something,” he observes.

really

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A Valentine azalea from House of Flowers can go into your

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' { red rosebush lovely lady's yard this sumor Jose t have any Sreuble from Hillsaa.: mer. Or give her a breath of of this kind summer's were over head high for her Valentine spring with potted hyacinths, A — Leave the flower spikes four feet long. and she'll bless cyclamen, a dozen roses, or iris | face up so t the florets double and ruffled a you all summer and tulips. House of Flowers | gee it. Then He describes his sofl as i long for years to dish gardens make happy Val- | play in the “pretty good average garden | come. Just call entines, too, and Bernice Brown The next soil,” admits he added peat Hillsdale. They'll makes up distinctive heart cor- the exposed moss cow manure, and dug na | send a gift cer- sages for Valentine parties. | it: or he ma little sand Being what he calls | tificate straight to her, or, if House of Flowers, 5010 W. | stock pile if . | you want to enclose it in a Val- Washington St. BE-2459. from the sto

a “week-end and

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gardener” he bought plants al- |

ready started, didn't dabble with seedlings.

entine card, to you. If your lady is new at raising roses,

| give her floribundas— the new

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. ich scarlet Red Pinocchio, | | No One Favorite. FS Sraat and like all floribun- Straight through Pn MRS. REBECCA HOWE, | das, hardy and constant bloom- we Season. Ama. that DS or 3909 N. Delaware St. wouldn't | ing. Or the brilliant always-in TY os = 5, iy- into the stoc be pinned down to just one ' bloom Donald Prior (wonderful pis evalley pips favorite. in front of her evergreens). For or forcing now. Also gloxinias . For wxin

and tuberous begonias to start

Delphiniums are her first her regular rose garden, give is beg) choice, though. “But there | her hybrid teas like the deep Hijoors HOW. Jpash y Sed Store, of spades, H are more biennials than peren- | dark Crimson Glory, fragrant, woo oo, BC 0 Parking. on top o nials in my garden,” she la- | fully double, or (another All- 33. Convenient Parking. completes hi ments. America) Dickson's Red, flash- * * card. © Then she puts in a word for | ing scarlet, richly perfumed. If (oggell’s specialize in inexpen- It is nowe lilies, especially Regals, also the | she's been wanting climbers, give corsages for Valentine par- | goes not tal Fstate lilies and “the best of | what's more brilliant than ties and other occasions. Or | be has 2 oh the daylilies like Hyperion and | Blaze? Send your lovely 1adyY send one of their Valentine .the ace of _ some of the lovely apricot col- | a lovely Valentine—roses from heart vases with a novelty slip the ace ored ones.” Hillsdale. Hillsdale Nursery, pant jovely: for cut flowers | iE : middie of t poral bells are wonderful | $000 north on Ind 190. BR- later on. Call Cossell’s too, for THE RUGGED DURABILITY built into This means that in a Hudson for ’51 Sraw the to) °r plants, she's found, an 5495. Heme o ne hoses. pot plants or cut flowers, in- : : : Supporse t a, en beginners, she Ww * cluding roses, snapdragons and every “step-down” designed Hudson yourean the rewards of highest quality discard pile, nks, w y { ionaui Ng ’ : : i i i i 1 Th a TE | He cto se en ae Sr | has again been oficilly recognized by —in rugged, highvcompresion engine a VJ 2 : » | as , r shade 85 I. ¥ | : . . . a» » S 3 Dykes Medal winners, which tree planting, says * * the American Society of Industrial ---10 the ultra-rigid Monobilt body- pletes his pl She ds xo satisfactory in her Eagle Creek. Ground oo, 0 Engineers! and-frame . . . in beautiful styling that North's turr rs. All 80 be thaw- ; 3 : . cides to dra TM aa Mrs. Lyane’ Hun, | i soon be 1 per enniais H will set the pace for years to come. For pile, he has Mr<. Kenneth Fis ot planting How. Let pram apleiies Among all motor cars in all price classes, Hudson is a car designed and built to Jake the ac . ne shly du : : : may shuffle y Eagle Creek plan o,qon just Hudson alone has been chosen to re- Stay young—in looks, and in action— ile. Back for Weekend your shrubbery planting now yop ‘youre rd Bile and, dts before the spring rush begins. ...4v {5 plant ta} ceive the coveted Merit Award, the the most durable car your money Stead, Mrs. Kenneth Hayes, Chicago, Eagle Creek Nursery, US 52 3 on : at Stark's ? buy! » arrived: here Friday to spend 11," miles north of Traders Cit:nhouse, 511 S. Tibbs Ave, A.S.I.E.’s highest honor. Yes, from the a0 Puy: Q—Both s the weekend with her parents, MI.| point. CO-2381 BE-1351. City-wide Delivery, | . The opponer snd Mrs. Gearge Hosmer; ' * : * * | drawing board to the final product, We can give you a copy of the Official cards an eigl . Delaware St. Give a Valentine i 1 ee in 1 ™ - aces, two nin Mrs, ‘Haves will be: matron of] Give 2 Valentine Hudson is cited for leadership in re AS.LE. Report. Drop in—see why Te honor for the wédding of Miss . Whether it’s Valentine flowers gjer Gardener search, engineering, design, and manu- Hudson is your best buy—when your pile (topped Joan Carmichael and C. Vernon| or out-of-the-ordinary peren- .and you give a fact ”) ' The oppon Ludington in the Main Street! nials in season, you'll find them <vyajentine for acre eyes are on the long tomorrow! Jects, saying ¥ Christian Church,- Rushville, at| at Edwards 56th Street Green- next year, too. i pile can be 3:30 p. m. today. house. A feature this week Is A)g0 at Hoosier yy meld totals " . A potted primroses, Valentine Gardener's — Valentine plants | mum of 12( LANDSCAPING decked, for only 50c. AlSO of African violets, potted tulips, | 130. Please fresh-cut long stemmed sweet hyacinths. Hoosier Gardener | A—Your o

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