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Garden Events— Plans Luncheon | ;

Screen Tour gl, Ce ith Arranged

will entertain 11 Broad Ripple

By Society

luncheon Friday in the Indianapolis Athletic Club between sec- | Nature Study Club { Annual Banquet Set

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Garden Gadding— aA | : Beautiful Flower Local Woma n Pins | Lachenalia Is Work

Hope on Early Slayrt! 2 Margen

By MARGUERITE SMITH Times Garden Editor : THERE'’s no optimist like a gardener. Earlier this LLACHEN A LIA is the month with temperatures doing their worst, Mrs. Mary | name of a very lovely flowStroy, 1010 N. Holmes Ave., made an early start on her | er. But it didn't mean a | thing to me until the other wintry day.

seems that everybody

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flower garden, She sowed seed (indoors, she assured me!) of a wild carna-tion--—seed sent to her from Europe by her brother. | It “I remember it growing wild in the mountains of Yugo- | who's lived in Indianapolis a slavia,” she says, “when I was only 12 years old. I'm starting | long time knows about the it early so it will be sure to bloom this summer.” plant-breeding experiments of ou 8 ‘ hi . on oH Dr. William Morgan, president LILIES. aren’t ladylike—they're gluttonous, says the Bureau , ,¢ the Indiana Academy of Sciof Plant Industry. Lily troubles, they think, are often due to | ance biology professor at Indi-aemi-starvation. So they recommend chemical fertilizer as well = 4.4 (Central and TU Extension,

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tional basketball games. Guest will be Carolyn Dessauer, This week brings another of the |Aidubon Society Screen Tours,

Jean Thiery, Virginia Johnson, |Joan Moreland, Maryanne Hall, Barbara Caldwell, Mary Frances Wright, Anita Yohler, Lenore Ash, Dorothy - Arnott and Nancy iso the annual banquet of the How to Make Salad |Nature Study Club. The banquet ’ i | reunites old members as well as! Washington's birthday salad 5) red and white and is made wit | Installing officers for the new, ight red-skinned Delicious ap|year. Details of the week's meet-| lag cored and sliced into rings.

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as rotted manure for the lily bed.

24 WN ELMER GRIBBEN, 425 Cen

tennial Ave. newly elected Tr # to our fair city (I hope) who ) | president “ot Christamore Gar- MR. GRIBBEN'S daughter, = don't a. | George Sy aghingion inter hike. chopped apples and walnuts.| beh bei den Club, firmly believes most Margaret Catherine, manages | \Went to Greenhouse | ny Fle it an & inois Sts. Top with French or mayonnaise garden contests get off on the to do a spot of gardening in : alp erson, leader, dressing. a ooh nnd nw THAT'S why I went out to MONDAY EA

wrong foot, So he's got one going in his club with rewards not for the prettiest yard but the one that shows the most improvement during the season. Mr. Gribben and his committee, Mrs. Harry Weber, Mrs, John Kaufman and Otto Herrmann, will look over members’

gardens sometime in March. that sound delirious) that the | sunny South Africa's Cape of Later they'll go around and see garden column is getting | Good Hope. Or so It seemed. i ss Than which members really got out started. 8 For a where lachenalia, { el Jr Fue. Timely tips, All Bulbs are Guaranteed Aris Py fragrant freesias, and species SATURDAY Blooming Size oStENEENNEEREaEn JEsuSESESBsERSEAESSRRaRaRRRIty, gladiolus grow, : . : ie 4d ; . , y 7 Nature Study Club—6:30 p. m. Averaging 3%" in : : Cheer Up your room with my new Sunny Glow LACHENALIA, I learned, are Spink-Arms Hotel. Annual ban- Circumference EACH - 8 bulbous plants, but also are quet. Speaker, Dr. Goethe Link, ' : FRICAN VIOLET . raised easily from seed. (Re- | «Life on Other Planets.” Music, A semational offer brings you ivae baautiful Giodiols . member “lack of nails,” says | Mrs. James Miller and Robert babii dpi Sh Tog . 8 Lenis Elder, and you can re- bold flashing hues. Guaranteed to bloom this season or ) your None} refunded. At this sensationally low price you

SPECIAL! Send me this ad

I order 3, send only $1; I'll pay posta cio us postage). Guaranteed: If not satisfied return at once

there and worked. Money prizes will follow.

spite of being a shut-in. She raises African violets (though her mother says she gives them away as fast as she gets them started). Margaret would love to hear from some of you violet fans. She’s already a charter member of that violet robin (doesn’t

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But I didn’t. And there must be plenty of other late comers

Elder Bros. greenhouse, on one of winter's most tempestuous days. For that's where Dr. Morgan's various experiments blossom. And there I was transported from snow and ice and zeroreading thermometers to warm,

member the name.) The flower spikes resemble

soft blue is a hybrid he devel-

ings are as follows: |Spread apple ring slices with TODAY roquefort or cream cheese. Fill m. centers of stacked slices with

Nature Study Club—10 a.

732 Burpee Building

{Audubon Society—8 p. m. World { War Memorial. “By Sky Crib | to Glacier,” colored motion pic- | | tures and talk by Howard | | Cleaves. |Neophyts Garden Club — 12:30 | | p. m. Mrs. James Jobes, 4265

FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY

IMPORTED FROM. HOLLAND

Mrs, Bertha Elsner Roberts arranges lachenalia, known in the

tinge. To show you what lachenalia

table decorations for the women's florists’ society din-

Knollton Road, hostess. “Garden Lilies,” Prof. W. R. Honey-

Arthur Beard. Reservations,

Dollie - Stuck and Katherine

Graves.

| | | | | | | Fleck. Installation of officers. | | | | | | | I |

GLADIOLUS

can plant lasts. Send No Money. Order now, pay later, Bulbs reach you in time for Spring Planting. C.O.D. is sent pos tage collect, Cash orders sent prepaid. Every;Bulb Guar.

em by the hundreds. Order now while supply

—get them for only ¢ Everyone admires these lovely grape hyacinths, The golden, trade as Blue Beauty. Wolststome pink, white, blue e red-tipped lachenalia aurea was ST —— anteed to Bloom! Order today. oI lovely ou 10 snjpss. . brought to this country and in- &an, these particular flowers Risch and Henry Sticken and your friends can't tell an om those 3101.51.00 troduced to American trade by Would be much bluer if the soil Miss Norma Elsner, and Mrs. FREE er He A pm y, 'nikpras eouti Shots tines 3% avach} For (MONIT ck Dr. Morgan some years ago. Were more acid. In more alka- Lenis Eldér, chairman) was Bulbs. Grow 8 fo 12 inches tall. Will bloom for years. : (or I'l send But the unique and lovely line soil they develop a reddish preparing the lovely things for .

were HOLLAND BULB GROWERS rooay

Dept. GA-234, 225 Moore St, S. E.. Atlanta, Georgia

i J COT : know you'll “THavie. Ye oped right here in Indianapolis. BD Yo Di b Seligt really looks like I prevailed on ner this week. C : FTI you is Sea me Ie = AFRICAN VIOLETS. Few Have Been Sold Mrs. Bertha Elsner Roberts to The flowers last a week to Plocwn veri my: | 190 ous 319310 P00 bus 12D Sad Eos I 8 order now, I'll send a 5 svn ras A FEW have been sold in the arrange some for a picture. Mrs. 10 days after cutting. And while f Be oe RY. NAME ADDRESS . Fill out wits waterprool planter NBM. crosrisssisimseimirmmmimssis msi ssi trade under the name of Blue Roberts (with a committee they're primarily a greenhouse Oo “ CITY STATE Indiana a Clip nom or AGATE - Beauty, That was before the made up of Mesdames Henry plant, a few companies offer Q-—What to do about lime? ‘Shall || I mmm ree rere aso Teen of © & EASY ORDER FORM! BAT rm———————— | WAY. Elsner, 0. M. Bourne, Emil Stel- them to houseplanters for forc- | Ve OF Shan't we? Advice on the == —_ x= cr. oo : ~ RSA ANS SERANARAN ASEAN REAR ERE een e eee’ Oddly enough, says Dr. Mor- zel, Albert Kempe, William ing. Rbject is so confusing. ‘ North 1 nomi : ——SSERSRARRREN! : - __| side. iid i . 'A—1 think the confusion is due . | to misconception about lime's| | N eae . uses, Also because most gar- oti : v den writers are naturally more # concerned about the damage Cannes : | done to soil by enthusiastic new : i | gardeners who use lime on the ; | theory that if a little is good, a ia 3 lot more will certainly be better. . | First, lime is useful not only to * : | change soil acidity (which un- for Teer i | locks certain plant foods tied & separ: : E | up in the soil) but it’s useful to : i | change soil texture. New gar-| i: SIRE My nar : : | deners are only too likely to] . Ask the man < 3 « : | use lime when they should be - Force flowers for Who's lost one * Revi : . | adding decaying organic matter | Easter! At Bash’'s —if you don’t 3 | such as compost, grass, leaves, | you'll find paper- think your 3 i . : etc., to the ground to loosen it white narcissus, trees are valu- .. (a= gk For { | up. So unless you have the | Chinese sacred lily able. For pro- o— : 5 | experienced eye and feel for bulbs, lily-of-the- tection por planting in your By JO $ : | soil that tells you when you| valley pips, amaryllis bulbs. home or. industrial grounds, call A TEE : need to use lime, you'd better| Plant them now. Also sunflower H. N. (Mike) Engledow, Mid- pros as « 3 : | have a soil test about every| seed, caladium, tuberous be- Western Tree Experts. CO-2335. the new : whispers while giving you ol) : three years and ° by ts Ie gonia and gloxinia roots. At * * op betfo : : | sults. ’ ’ | Bash’s § Store, 141 N. 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City-wide Delivery. r he soph * 2 expensive redecoration Ior| jnteresting houseplant, or some * * the 1 i a longer period. =~ ~~~ | sunflower seeds to bring the Flowers freshly cut are a best- lakes guo : ! | flashing redbird to your win- buy. At House of Flowers Eronnd ew : | NEW GIANT BLOOM | dow. Hoosier Gardener, 741 E. = greenhouses you'll find snap- Year he 9 : AFRICAN VIOLET | Broad Ripple Ave. (rear). BR- dragons, delicate iris, other r : { 9121. Convenient Parki TT : Beautiful “Crimson | lie ent rarking. flowers freshly cut for bou« . : King” has blooms | * quarts. Call House of Flowers, or * too, for potted hyacinths and almost 2” across. | : Amazing new| Sher Pot plants. And don’t . variety you've | Why not plant a orget t at Bernice Brown will : never seen be-| living fence this plan those spring weddings< ’ | a N within-a-budget. Call House of : fore (1 never year? Multiflora pygeerg, 5801 W. 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