Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1951 — Page 29
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- SUNDAY, MAR. 18, 1951 : ‘Garden Gadding— * - :
Vining African Violet" Sensation
| At Greentown
Mrs. Horine Describes Tropical Plant; Sausage Tree 'Fresh Out of Sausages A “VINING AFRICAN VIOLET” that’s really only a cousin of the true saintpaulia “is causing quite a sensation” among houseplanters in the Greentown area,
writes Mrs. Clayton Horine.
The plant goes in formal botanical circles by the name of episcia (literally, “shady”-—it grows in ‘the shade in tropical Amer-
ican countries). explains Mrs. Horine. plant. The foliage Is “very pretty,
‘.e.pronze and green with a rather
reddish cast at times, and the flowers are orange red.” "(Note —could this be one explanation
: for that oft-recurting mystery
vow oe deve
of the supposedly “yellow African violet”?) ; ® = = ANOTHER enlargement of plant horizons comes with a note from Mrs. Dawn Snyder who visited the St. Louis botan-
ical gardens recently and along with the orchid shew noted ©
thelr sausage" tree which she
| ‘says was (alas) “fresh out of
sausages.” The sausage tree (kigelia pinnata) is a tropical South African relative of the familfar Hoosier trumpet vine. Its somewhat similar wine-colored fiowers are followed by long gourd-like fruits (the sausages) that hang on even longer stems to give the tree its name. " 0» ! YEARNING for green onfons? Sprout’ your old, about-
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to-grow-anyway “dry onions” in a cool spot indoors for an early crop, suggests Helen Miller of Squaw Hill =
o “ Ld A WESTBROOK AVE. reader would like to see some reports from vegetable gardeners ,on varieties they find especially ‘good for their home freezers. Friends of hers have had difficulty especially with green beans, (Send your suggestions to Garden Gadder, please.)
" “ » GARDEN ‘column readers get spectacular yvesults - (but naturally). 8. A. Salmon, R. R. 186, avocado seeds and now, so Mrs. Salmon reports, “has promised all his friends avocados next fall.”
- *” " THANK YOU department— to Mrs. Charles Lowe of Carmel for a most thoughtful létter; to Mrs. Claude Cowger of Monticello, an African violet and gloxinia fan, and to Mrs. Ola Shelley, New Castle, whose hobby is begonias.
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Ever raise the lovely hanging basket tuberous begonias? You'll find the roots at Bash’s, wr also carnation and camellia flowered types and singles in separate colors. Balanced fertilizers, too, and grass seed in separate varieties or in Purdue-recommended mixtures at Bash’s Seed Store, 141 N. Delaware St. RL 3733; FR. 7333.
Order roses how to replace winter losses and to enlarge your rose plantings, advises Eagle Creek Nursery. Quantity of stock ahd varieties this year are uncertain because of winter-damage to southern rose fields. Eagle Creek is taking orders now for mid-May delivery. Orders are filled on a first-come, firstserved “basis. These will be potted plants already growing so they'll go.on without interruption to good June bloom. Call Eagle Creek, too, about your landscape plans. Eagle Creek’s landscaping wears the mark of quality shrubs, tastefully combined to add beauty and value to your yard. Eagle Creek Nursery, US 52, 1) miles north of Trader's Point. CO-
2381. *
Novel Easter corsages, Easter plants (lilies, azaleas, hydrangeas, hyacinths, tulips), cards, and unusual gift items are on display mow at Atkins Flower Shop. Visit Atkins Flower Shop, or call, for flowers for every occasion. Atkins Flower Shop, 2049 N. Capitol Ave. HI-7556. * * _ Got a problem A lawn? Let Hoosier Gardener prescribe the best grass seed 4 ormixtures of grasses to turn it Al ' into good turf. Hoosier Gardener handles bulk grass seed, top quality, In blue
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" grass, Chewing’s fescue, creep-
ing red fescue, white Dutch
' clover, perennial rye grass, domestic rye grass. Let Hoosier Gardener help you to a fine lawn. Hoosier Gardener, 741 E. . Broad Ripple Ave. (rear). BR9121. Convenient parking.
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Haster at Stark’s means
Easter lilies, double pink tulips, hyacinths TT TT TA (white, pink, * blue), many other flowers. ®tark’s Greenhouse, 511 8S, Tibbs Ave. BE-1391. * *
; For an inexpensive but com- : pletely charming Easter gift, + see the gay cinerarias at Ed- ~ wards
d 56th St. Greenhouse. Beautifully pot-wrapped, only $1.00. A few single hyancinths at less than a dollar. Also cut flowers. Edwards 56th St Greenhouse, just east of Ke stone. IM-5842,
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Baby chicks, ‘ducks, rabbits for the children’s Easter pet. Also grass seed and all early garden needs, at Jansen’s, 19 N. Alaba St. LI-9918.
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Call Bernice Brown of House of Flowers for distinctive Easter flowers. Corsages designed to dramatize your. Easter<gqutfit. Easter lilies, azaleas, hyacinths, tulips, calceolaria, and a wide variety of cut flowers, too, at House of Flowers, 5801 W. Washington St. BE-2459.
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* Time's getting short for dor-
mant sprays, advises MidWestern Tree Experts. Get double-strength DDT on elms, oil sprays on shrubs and trees, now before leaves come out. H. N. (Mike). Erfgledow, Midwestern Tree Experts. CO-2335.
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“Faster pot plants, 75¢ and up, at Cossell’s Greenhouse. Corsages, little nosegays, cut flowers. Easter lilies, cineraria, hyacinths, tulips, .Cossell’s Greenhouse, 4010 Cossell Rd. BE-1880. Citywide delivery. * * It's time to plant dormant roses, s a y s Hillsdale Nursery, home of fine roses, where you find a wide variety. In climbers, there’s Paul's Scarlet, Blaze, Crimson Glory, Peace (to mention a few). 4 to 5 foot canes
on the everblooming grafted -
hybrid teas promise bloom this year. Then there are older fa~vorites, easy-to-raise, hardy but not so well known, Royal Scar let is similar to Paul’s Scarlet but a little darker, an even more profuse bloomer, a larger, faster grower. Paul's Lemon, captivates everyone who sees it with big white flowers, very double. And Pillar Stratford is a double deep pink with flowers on it practically all season. Call (or write) Hillsdale Nursery, 8000 north on Ind. 100. BR-5495. R. R. 18, Box 185. *
* New Augusta Nursery's dormant roses are ready now. Order within the next week if you prefer dormant planting. As soon as potting is completed, orders will be filled with potted plants only, delivered May 10, or later. Available stock is excellent but quantities and varieties are limited. Call CO-8563 or CO-2658 evenings only. Or write for free list to New Augusta Nursery, New Augusta, Ind. Nursery is open Saturdays and Sundays only for the present. H. J. Schnitzius, New Augusta Nursery, 5000 W. 50th.
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Your Plants Need
It's Especially True ‘of Amaryllis
By MARGUERITE SMITH
ITS THE after-biooming
care that often determines whether your winter plants
are wonderful or woozy. That's especially true of flowers like amaryllis, says H. M. Howard, 2535 Churchman Ave., who raises them a dozen at a time. “The more leaves you can get the bulb to develop after the flowers are gone, the better the flowers next year,” he says. He uses fertilizer solution regularly on his amaryllis from the time the bulbs show their first growth in winter right on through summer and up to their coming indoors for ‘heir early winter rest.
» LJ uw SOME of his other amaryllis pointers: Put an inch or so layer of peat moss above the drainage materials when pot: ting the bulb. Use a small pot hardly larger than the bulb. Set the bulb two-thirds above the soil level, > : Use warm water, never cold, to water it. A soll mixture he finds good 1s one-fourth sand to .three-fourths rich potting
“Above all, don't neglect your amaryllis when the flowers die,” he says.
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Garden Club To Honor Officers
or new officers at its President's] Day luncheon tomorrow at 1 p. m.|
Mrs. David Sluss is president; Mrs. Glenmore Clute, vice presi-|
tary; Mrs. Thomas C. McGuffey, treasurer, and Mrs. J. C. DeHo-| rity, historian.
will show colored slides of roses, | in gardens and arrangements, as well as specimens. {
Nature Study Club Hobo Hike Friday
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State Florists Get Some Tips at Purdue |
Want Attract
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES .
After-Blooming Care
‘REGAL BLOOMP. L. Mosely shows a potfull of amaryllis flowers raised by H. M.. Howard,
2535 Churchman Ave.
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You'd Better. Start Now
Spring’s annual mystery story—how to get that good green turf /{that's the basis of a well-planted yard. Beginners may find that }
Some tips to professionals at answer to some of their queries here. the recent meeting of state florists|
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Q—We didn’t get our grass seed sowed last fall. |at Purdue will help Mrs. House- best time to do fit this spring? A—Sow it as quickly as you can now-—the sooner the better.
Q—Won't the seed be killed if
d| show that the life of cut flowers we get very cold weather? § depends on getting plenty of water into the cut stem and also upon sold is hardy enough to stay dorof carbohydrate mant if cold weather hits it, then|
{stored in leaves and flowers.
A—Almost all grass commonly
germinate when conditions are favorable.
eir stems, willl Q—We've been told to buy the - A Sri bm rir rere i mee) AIRE is!
A~It's- true that a mixture
{containing plenty of bluegrass is' Explanation — during daylight likely to be more expensive than]
EY | hours. carbohydrate is stored in|0De that contains a lot of the } the leaves. cheaper (usually short-lived) |
Two ways to get more water Brasses. Read the label. Note per-|
into stems—recut stems under centage of germination. Note per-
centage of weed seed. Low germl-| make a perfect lawn but it's [nation mea: ’ stem ends into very hot water nD means youre paying for “oon for those who have time
|dead seed—filler. High percentage lof weed seed means you're buying itrouble as well as losing money.
Shady Lawn
plunge
about 150 degrees) for a "few econds. :
By MARGUERITE SMITH Times Garden Editor
Q.—I have a number of small ground covers for shade.
trees to plant this spring. But now. Why not? I understood i
that early spring planting was | advisable. New Augusta.
likely to ruin the texture of
Given Assist
Conservation
é By Hopalong Joins in Observing Wildlife Week
No less a hero than Hopalong Cassidy has turned consérvationist. - Hoppy says this week of Mar. 18, which 1s National Vildlife Week, will make more people aware that they can’t cut down the old pine tree (without. planting one to take its place) unless they want to weaken America’s natural resources. Hoppy received the first sheet of this year's conservation stamps. These colored stamps, bearing replicas of paintings by the country’s leading nature artists, help) the Wildlife Federation, a non-| profit organization, to pay the, cost of éducating Uncle Sam's nephews (and nieces) on the need for conservation.
The stamps make inexpensive |
and delightful - decorations for letter-heads, place “cards and score cards. They're wonderful
gifts Yor Junio¢ and his big ov
little sisters.”
Mom will find them -especially’ |useful at measle .ime,
To help the good work along
land to help yourself to an un-
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When is the}
ment for—clover’s nitrogen lov-|j ing roots help provide food for: /grass roots. Big argumeént against —white clover blossoms spoil ef- ©
fect of solid green turf. If you're i a perfectionist you'll pass up clo-
ver. If you're average and don't
a Sua & Tieny you TL LR her TQ —We've read thay bent grass’ ae
makes the perfect lawn. Can we’
start it* from seed? :
at intervals in your lawn
spread out. That's one of the, new conservation stamps |nicer habits of creeping bent. It
want to work every minute, you'll
A-—Yes, you can start it from| seed or from the little tufts set|
to
| (and a hose) to take care of it.
Q—We've read that a ground
|cover, used in the west, may re-| tplace-lawn grasses. Do you know |
Q—We -aunderstand bluegrass What it is and whether we could
doesn’t grow well in shide, What use it here? should we do for our shady lawn, | {just buy a shady mixture?
conventional type lawns. Many
of
/these originate in the south or in| California where climatic condi-| are completely different|
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Q—What about clover? We've better to stick to conventional I was told not to plant them been told it should not be allowed 8rasses or ground covers.
n a good turf. ° A—Arguments for and against
lawns have ing that seals ver in them. Big argu- moisture.
Wiring Is Sealed
{clover are many (and the arguers|
The wiring in an electric blan-
A.—An early start is advisable. very positive, usually). But many ket is covered with a plastic coatBut if you plant a tree when of the finest local
| it aghinst all ground is soggy wet you're much clo
usual collection of the country’s wild life pictures, send a dollar to National Wildlife Federation, Washington 10, D. C.
NEW STAMP—One of the National Wildlife Federation's is flaming sword.
Club Plans Session— Garfield Garden Club will meet at 1:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Prospect Branch Library. Mrs,
| Joseph Leppert and Mrs. Charles A—Every year or so a new Pergande will
(ground cover or grass is publi- surprise program h A—That's an easy solution ¢ized that is said to be replacing! P prog 2s
(when you buy from a dependable |dealer. Shady mixtures are usually {based on fescues. You can patch lan old established shady lawn tions . (with straight fescue. Or consider from’ Indiana's. Unless you're deflinitely ‘the experimental type it's
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| : With i MARGUERITE SMITH
Springtime . .. dear to the heart of every ama- | teur gardener . , . is peeping out from behind trees | and shrubs. Soon it will be time to get out and dig | . in the dirt . . . time to plan and plant your flowers I and shrubs and vegetables. Surely you can use some | timely and valuable gardening helps right now! And just as surely you will find them in Marguerite Smith's widely read columns in the daily and Sunday Times. Herself a practical gardener of broad experience, Mrs. Smith knows whereof she writes. You'll find her garden news fresh and interesting « » . and adapted to local climate and conditions.
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