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SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1951 * .

Poetry Group ‘Martinsville Trip A trek to Martinsville on To Meet

{Thursday is the big event this ror

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES SUND.

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Garden Gadding— 'Day-Bl n Cereus Needs Sandy Soil Lines His Sidewalk Pay siesming /

(Garden District Plans

Clubs Plan Workshops

Armnual® prizes the state

Stanley Selig’s, 4285 N. Meridian

Friends Garden Club. bulb last CC. C. Hicks, single stem.

" 2 TULIP tricks in the garden of Clifford Bauer, 3826 Kenwood Ave., go even farther. In Mr. Bauer's sea of tulips are some peony flowering double ones, four and five to a stem. ut they're really supposed to grow that way

a un u TO JUMP from tulips to gladicius you'd better not trust your neighbor's glads. Paul Ulman, in the Gladland News, says even though your own glads are thrips free, the little beasties may hop over from your neighbor's planting. (Thrips, Mr. and Mrs. Beginner are the pests that dried up your lovely glad blossoms last summer before they opened.) So you'd better dust or spray, with DDT. advises entomologist Ulman, when glad plants are gix to eight inches high, repeat every seven to 10 days. A lot of work? Yes, but it saves tear shedding later on.

# » =n HYDRANGEA hints come

from Mrs. Clayton Horine, Greentown. When Mother's Day hy-

drangeas stop blooming, cut them back to three to five eyes,

Your Ya rd

TOMATO plants are pretty side shoots.

ing time. root.

Set in Park Outdoors Color for Orchid Display

In addition to the orchid show

in Holliday House today. there's ~ a tulip show-—outdoors in the park.

According to Sidney Esten, park naturalist, the park is -simply bursting with color and song for, i's. full of both birds and flowers. Tulips, 10,000 of them, highlight the flower display. Half of these, a gift from Ayres’ store, didn’t even get planted until the first week of January. But they're hlossoming right along with their

more conventionally planted sisters that came from Holland in the summer. Iris Opening Up Of the nearly 150 Kinds, the

parrot, or dragon, tulips attract the most attention. Iris are just beginning to open up and some 20 kinds of wild] flowers carpet the woods in the| park. (Note—molesting of park] « flowers, even by botany students,| is strictly against the law.) Indigo buntings, gold finches| and scarlet tanagers are adding] to the general rainbow effect.

beaks are also going through. acquainted with Mrs, O. N. Allen, park hostess.

and will be in the office on Sunday as well as most weekdays.

"He wanted something to grow In shade. festival at Holland, Mich. Result—a ‘tulip show that might well be imitated By other public-minded citizens of ofr Jap city.

a Tulip Show ;

{ plant after blooming. |

Warblers are stopping by the hundreds on their spring trip! northward.

She will be glad to| answer questions about the park,

Ready to Bloom in Your Yard . . . NOW!

MAGNOLIA TREES

Passers-by at the corner of N. Meridian and 43d Sts. enjoy quantities of tulips along the sidewalk.

Idea is St. He visited the tulip

g A TUL iP that "went to pieces (it, probebly. read top much international news) is reported by Mrs. It was a ‘conventional year in the Hanna ‘Ave. garden of her mother, This year it's putting out four blossoms on its

Shirley of Rural single flowering Mrs.

(growth buds). Plant outdoors in a partial shade for summer. | Fertilize once a month, | In late August or Septémber replace half the soil with peat |! moss. And in late October bring plant into cool cellar. Keep it barely moist until February when you may put it in a sunny window or sun porch to start growth. If this sounds like too much trouble, adds Mrs. H., you can leave it in the ground outside but you'll have

to protect it. » » " A NOTE from Prof. J. A. McClintock of Purdue Uni-

versity says don’t follow a re cent pronouncement in some of |! the public prints that advised the use of paraffin instead -of beeswax in grafting wax. “Our experience,” he writes, “has been that paraffin makes a brittle wax that does not cover or stick as well as beeswax.” Anybody who wants the fun of experimenting with budding or grafting should call his county agent for Extension Bulletin, No. 257. (It's free for the asking.)

Uncover Tomato Plants Now; Stake, Prime Early Variety

safe uncovered after mid-May

For earliest ripe tomatoes stake these early set plants, prune off

Seed late tomatoes directly in the garden to save transplantIf you do use transplants, set them deep. They'll stem Or, in poorly drained soil,

lay long thin stems in shallow | re trench for development of those extra Joots,

en] ‘BIG VALL LEY LILIES spread 80 easily they crowd themselves to weak growth. For bigger, better flowers, thin and transOr scatter bone meal over ‘the bed to encourage next year's flowers.

Valley lilies make good ground covers, Use under hedges. wherever you don't

want weeds to grow.

x = u PEONIES will make bigger blossoms if the small side buds are pinched off now so full strength goes into single central ‘bud on each stem,

LILACS 2 toad ® nave dead flowers removed as they wither To renovate an old overgrown

lilac bush. remove all weak growth at ground leve! cut back a few of the tal'est stall every year for a few years. Gradual pruning is better than sudden cutting back. For best flowers next vear? ring your bushes with bone meal mulch with rotted manure or

other moisture holding material now.

= u = PIN PRICKED leaves of | early sown greens is work of ! flea beetles. Sprinkle lime or rotenone over row to discour-

| age them.

‘Repair air Wooden Bowl

To repair a wide crack in a

Rose-breasted gros- wooden bowl, fill the crevice with a mixture of shellac and very fine Visitors to the park are invited sawdust. to stop in at the office and get!

Small cracks may be repaired by simply filling with shellac. Be sure edges of crack

are clean and dry before filling.

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Only four of his plants are the

cereus plants in the state is now pulting- on a shaw at the 56th Street Greenhouses, just Least of N. Keystone Thev're the hobby of W. A Edwards 242% Brookside Ave, He started collecting ay 1944 when he first. saw the lovely cergus blossoms in their native He now has around a plants in 37 varieties The exotic colors of the big blossoms range from burnt orange and plum to peach pink

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Duplicates Desert

CULTURE of a cereus pl means duplicating not desert

int he only the sandiness of the but its mineral richne His plants, potted in a mix

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ture one-third to one-half sand, the rest good garden top soil and rotted cow manure, stand

on a bench of sand in the green

house. There they send fine cereus guard" for the dramatic feeding roots down into the GSraenhouses. sand “It’s .their nature,” says Mr matically throw olf any. blosE. “On the desert, roots may soms they can’t support.” travel 30 feet. The drier the Mr. Edwards also collects vear, the longer the roots will small cacti and succulents. be. And the plants will auto- ‘The fight these plants put

Tea Friday in WDC Will Honor Miss Beatrice Short |

Misg Beatrice Short, retirifg ort will be Mrs. Charles J. director of the Indianapolis on n ward president; MesVisiting Nurse Association, will dames Edwin McNally, Alvin be Honored by the association Rasmussen and Douglas H. board of directors Friday White, vice presidents. A tea will be held from 3 to Miss Short came to Indian6 p. m. in the Woman's Depart apolis in 1929. It is. through ment Club . her effort that the association Mrs. Frederick Marston, tea has been accredited with the chairman, is being assisted by National League of Nursing Mesdames Addison Parry, Alex- Education and the National ander Cavins, George Kuhn and Public Health Nursing organRoy Coats and Miss Elizabeth ization.

She is in a large measure responsible for the nursing division in the Indiana University School of Education and for many years served as the nursing education chairman for JU,

Haerle. Also assisting are the staff nurses, Miss Marie Winkler, assistant director; Mrs. Barbara Champlin and Miss Allene Sherrill. In the receiving line with Miss

DRAMA IN BLOSSOM—Mrs. William Burleson acts as

Gifford; “Colors, Heights,” Mrs. Barr Brendonwood—1 p. m. Brendon-| wood Common. Mrs. H. E. Rieke! and Mrs. E. J. Hamner, host-! esses. Workshop on flower ar-| rangement, conducted by Mrs.| Ray Thorn. + Arbutus—1 p. m, Mrs. Fred Lof-| quist, 6062 Allisonville Road, | hostess; Mrs. Alan Sparks, Mrs. F. D. Munson, for staging a flower “Birds,” Mrs. Frank Welcher. | WEDNESDAY | Come Into the Garden (Moores-| | ville)—1:30 p. m. Mooresville} Charles Harad,| M. E. Jones, as-|

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flowering plant in the 56th Street Nature Study—6 p. m. C ropsey| Hall Frank Wallace will show | colored slides of Indiana beauty up to hve under desert condi- spots tions is what fascinates me,” Biz-Z-B—2 to 9:30 p. m. Flower he says. Show, Highland Acres Come] Anyone interested is invited munity House. Open to the| to see the collection. public.

The retiring director is a graduate of New York City member of the planning com- _— of Nursing, now part of |! mittee of the Indianapolis

the Bellevue and Allied Hospital she received her masters degree in public health administration from Columbus. . :

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TREES IN POTS

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At Eagle Creek Nursery you can get those much-wanted japonica$s (Japanese)

quince; firebush) that have been blooming so profusely in local yards the last week. Two varieties at Eagle Creek are the upright redflowering sort and the. dwarf,

almost ground cover type which has flame colored flowers and This one can be used on banks=or to plant under dogwood or ofher shrubs that like to have their knees covered. You'll find redbud, too, at Eagle Creek. In the -galesyard potted lilacs, now in bloom, are moving out fast, and you'll find flowering cherries, plums and peach, potted, ready to take home in your car. Replace old overgrown shrubs with some of these superior plants and modernize your yard as well as your house. You'll always find the best of plant materials for up-to-date planting at Eagle Creek Nursery, US 52, 1; miles north of Trader’s Point. CO. 2381.

* * Burpee’s Big Boy hybrid tomato plants are ready at Jansen's this week. Also baby chicks, turkeys, and ducklings, annual and vegetable plants by flat or

dozen. Jansen’s, 19 N. Alabama St. LIL 9918. * * Elm bark beetles, carriers

of phloem ne-

crosis, live In dead elms. Now isthe

time to have dead and diseased trees removed before the spring

| broods of beetles emerge. Call | H. N. (Mike) Engledow, Midwestern Tree Experts. CO. 2335. * *

Hardy woods ferns for both damp or dry spots in your yard are ready at Bash’s this week. Also Burpee Big Boy hybrid tomato plants, hardy vines (wisteria, bitter sweet, trumpet vine and large flowering clematis in different colors), a complete line of vegetables'and flower plants and seeds, and weed-killers (selective types for your lawn and those that will clean up your driveways and walks). All at

Bash’s Seed, Store, 141 N. Delaware St.

3733.

Bitters weet vines, full of buds, are ready

RIL FR. 7333.

at Stark's. Also redbuds, preg ula tulip trees, lilacs, delphiniums, evergreens, and dwarf iris (in bloom).

Stark’s will be open all day Sunday for your conveninece. For last minute Mother's Day gifts they have fuchsias, Martha Washington geraniums, other pot plants and cut flow-

ers. Stark’s, 511 S. Tibbs, BE. 1351. Free delivery. * *

Besides pot plants and cut flowers for your last minute Mother's Day gifts. Cossell's will have potted dwarf dahlias, potted Burpee hybrid zinnias and Glitters marigold plants. Or treat Mother to a ready filled porcn box from Cossell’s

Greenhouse, 4010 Cossell Rd. BE-1830. City delivery. * * Want a weedless lawn? ILet ‘George Fiel spray vour weeds

away, save plant food for good grass. Spraying done by an | expert gets weed-killers on at proper time and temperature for real results. A hooded sprayer protects all other plants. Call George Fiel, IM- | 6608, for free estimate on your | lawn. Expert service.

* * In the intérest of your success with newly planted nursery stock, the Indianapolis Landscape Association offers these suggestions, Be sure roots have

. a steady supply of moisture. In

dry.weather cultivate soil, ridge

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Local gardeners already know they find the biggest collection of peonies in central Indiana at Floyd Bass Nursery. But Bass Nursery also has added a complete line of nursery stock. Now ready are white and pink flowering dogwood, double flowering peach and redbud. Plan to see the peony display at Bass Nursery early ne xt month. .Bass Nursery, W, 62d St., between US 52 and Ind. 29. CO-2319. *

* Atkins Flower Shop will be open until 3 today for your convenience. Geraniums, hydrangeas, other pot plants and cit flowers, also small gift items and cards are available here for your last minute Atkins Flower Shop, Capitol. HI-7556.

Don’t spend your time weeding driveways. At Hoosier Gardener's you'll find weed-killers that sterilize the soil for the season. Result-—a weedless driveway. Hoosier Gardener's has selective weed killers for your lawn, too, to , get rid of dandelions and other "broad leaved weeds. . One kind comes in a handy shaker package. Another has fertilizer and weed-killer mixed together, (‘onsult Hoosier Gardener about your weed problems. Annuals, vegetable transplants, dahlia and canna roots are ready at Hoosier Gardener's

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This is your invitation to stop in and see the display of exotis cereus plants now in full bloom at Edwards 56th St. Greenhouses. (The plants are not for sale. There's no obligation to buy. Just stop in and enjoy them.) Potted tomato plants are ready, also smaller trans. plants, and porch box materials, Bring boxes, have planting done free of charge at Edwards 56th St. Greenhouses, just east of Keystone. IM-3842.

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June 9 and 10 are the dates for the eleventh Annual Rose Festival at Hillsdale Nursery. Now the only display of its size in this part of the country, it started.in 2a small way. Alex Tuschinsky, owner of learned that the Boy Scouts had no place to learn about

plant materials necessary for their merit badge in plant identification. He offered to

prepare an arboretum for them, He brought in many plants for their study and soon the nurse ery was a regular convening place for Scouts. Parents, came too, and wandered around the nursery while sons worked on plants. Then came the idea of giving adults something they'd like to look at, too. Hence the Rose Festival, growing year by, vear. Don't miss the eleventh Annual Rose Festival at Hillsdale Nursery, June 9 and 10. 8000 North on Shadeland Ave. (Ind. 100). BR-5495. Open Sun-

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last call for delphiniums at New Augusta Nursery this week. Some Pacific hybrids are still available, also belladonna and bellamosum and one fine white-bee type. New Augusta's usual high grade annuals are ready now. Drive out and see the dwarf iris — white, yellow and blue in bloom. H. J, Schnitzius, New Augusta Nurs. ery, 5000° W. 59th St. CO-8563,

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For a different kind of Mother's Day gift, send Mother

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one of the new big-leaved foliage plants from House of Flowers. Or give her one

of Bernice Brown’s distinctive combination plant bowls. Also

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ie . {week for members of Central ... 1 1 poetry contest . . | We gh, sc hool po y | Feature Exhibit A 4 h |West District garden clubs. The yi) be announced by the Indiana arile ith O or ul u S {By MARGUERITE SMITH A nN ; OWS lvarious clubs will assemble be- State-Federation of Poetry Clubs Times Garden Patios NF 14 tween 10 a. m. and noon at at its meeting next os THAT dramatic ’ ; : hoo : 0 m. in the THA] dramatic Raves the List Schedule Grassyforks Fish Hatchery in Mie! ISD O / J Pa sser- nomi oo : | Of Activities Martinsville Te Indiana Poetry Society of y { ] ( ) ( ) number o ittle kn da i v ! a oc 3S We 2 as ¢ 1e ' A ’ blooming relatives Workships and flower ii ey tr ee Re Dy or a les plants Hot-L I A { ; formal and informal,” highlight for-the—tour of gardens—pl Nar: TOE. . ro { = 5 eit ot re . Chior : s. Walter Reed and Week : : 0 They're just as exciting bu club programs this week. tinsville members. Mrs. Clitford= Mr. and Mrs. W alter ; oe Public-Minded Citizens Urged to Fo EE ar irons MONDAY Sadler, 5074 N. Capitol Ave. is daughter, Reta, will furnish the Yeah act Idea of Stanley Selig at N. Meridian, 43d Sts. |, nian Fall Greek—1:15 p. m. Mrs. Gay-(\P charge of local arrangements. special music. local’ subdet g I : rine ih lord Barr. 3322 " Washington{- po : week. TULIPS have taken over the town. And what is Probab) 25 Blvd, hostess. Program on|! Joyce Ma largest display of day-blooming tulips. “Species, » Mrs. P. E.ji will be ho:

Hop” from May 26. At bers of the Club and th A pledge cently by t home. .of Grandvi Beaver, Na Carder, Nor braico, Suse Namara an Carolyn | president of officers are urer; Judy and Sylvia The, TOZ tomorrow i McClung, ¢ ruff Place. Nancy Er Smith are the DREA)

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Tree tomato plants (climbing tomatoes), moonvine and morning glories (3-ft. vines already in bloom), and Burpee Big Boy hybrid tomato plants are featured at Warren's Seed Store this week. Sweet potato plants are in and all the wanted vegetable transplants in big sizes from Indianapolis growers (so they're already acclimated). Also porch-box materials. delphinium plants (Pacific hybrids), and clematis vines (potted, ready to set out for uninterrupted growth) in three colors. All at Warren's Seed Store, 143 N. Delaware St. RI.

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wt Hotse of Flowers you'll find blossoming tuberous begonias (ih pots), fancy-leaved caladiums, Martha Washington gee raniums, gorgeous hydrangeas and tasteful table arrangements of cut flowers. House of Flow

ers, 5801 W. Washington. BE. ° 2459. Open until 3. If it grows we have it. That's

the idea of Plant and Flowerland's big collection of all kinds of plants. At Plant and Flowerland, 1800 N. Meridian, you'll find 18 varieties of . ferns, 40 kinds of perennials, flowering shrubs. of all kinds (lilacs, peach, plum, cherries), roses (only hybrid -teas left now), and some big strawberry plants both everbearing and spring berries in 9 different varieties, Also a complete line of annuals ready to set out. Flowerland, 1800 N. Meridian St. WA-0872.

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