Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 May 1951 — Page 36

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Gardening—

Deep South Magnolia Thrives Here, With a Little Boost

Seedling Planted 25 Years Ago

By MARGUERITE SMITH Times Garden Editor IT MAY not be necessary to take a shotgun to your magnolia tree if it doesn’t bloom. But it might help. Or so you may decide from the story of an unusual magnolia blooming in the yard of Mrs. ° Bertha Lynch, 1346 W. 26th St. It's s,pposed to be one of the ‘magnolias of the Deep South too tenger for our average, HooPEE on vn But it not only survived our last winter, it came through as gay and free-flowering as before. " Planted by Mrs. Lynch's father nearly a quarter century ago it was one of a pair of tiny

seedlings. One of the pair died # promptly. This one lived, but oF just. FE FF Top Shot Out LOTT

THEN ONE New Year's night somebody celebrated by shooting its top out. Everybody gave the tree up for loss. But after a few years it began blooming and hasn't missed a year since. The big lly-like flowers— “with a texture like a gar-

. 15th St,

denia's petals,” describes them ly sweet perfume,

| We. the Women—

Bonito Fish Gains Wide

Peru Favor

By United Press NEW YORK, May 26-—Some-time soon, John F, White Jr. pre(dicts, bonito will be to Peru what coffee is to Brazil. Bonito, he explained, is a fish which inhabits both the Atlantic snd Pacific oceans and just now is coming into favor in this country as a food. His firm, the American Colony Corp. is one of the few firms racking and distributing the fish, which he said rivals salmon and 1 a for flavor, delicacy and ver14ility of preparation. oy Mr. White said the best bonito Jobs that need 20_be ome’ » w comes from the Humboldt «irrent, the icy “river” in the "aeific Ocean. It surges from! tye frozen Antarctic and sweeps ~'ang the shores of Chile and! Teru. Fish, says he, from these vraters can't be matched for favor and tenderness.

~-awth of War The bonito fishing and packing, tndustry, Mr. White said. actual-| ‘'v grew from World War IIL| 'Te explained, “the war cut off rananese shipments of tuna and ‘shing in the Atlantic was cur~{led. So packers turned to the ‘mth American bonito.”

so Mrs. Lynch have an equal-

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Grandpa. dependency out of it.

canned goods.

shelves,

Maybe we're encouraging

she can't—and vice versa.

—~Times Photos by Bill Oates

SHOT INTO GROWTH—Cort Michener (left), son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Michener, 215! admires the miraculous magnolia tree of his great-aunt, Mrs. Bertha Lynch (right).

of seeds.

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Garden Gadding—

Don’t Take the Woes f Of Soft Maples Too Hard

SOFT MAPLES have got a lot of folks worrying this

‘spring, says Paul Ulman of the conservation department.,

Mr. Ulman (the garden column's vice president in charge of bugs and blights) says it's partly their big crop As they mature they make the trees look yellow. | Then there's an unusual infestation of bladder leaf galls | |—those little bumps you see, ~~

; : S. Belmont St, night be useful | when you examine a leaf now. Miss Morgan ran across close up.

on ke the 3 this suggestion in an ancient ey make e leaves curl up 'and altogether present a tragic plant almanac, well over 100 years

picture from the ground. But old (1832 to be exact). |there’'s not much to worry about. Advises the Amana, lant The seed pods : wil, drone A ANE rene 2c nal SEEN SiS aun

ront walk) and the leaf’ galls a. m. then again from J X m. to don’t do serious damage. "If they've got you really excitéd pugs. you can control them next by spraying trees early next s = = spring with liquid lime-sulfur he" Ven aad wa Bindi DON'T BE discouraged if some nn planted dormant

~ A NOTE that came in months

Melda Morgan, 107 30 from Miss Me organ, 2% tic about life on this planet (how

could they be ered?)

For here's a nurseryman's experience bears out our own,

“One night,” says the L.

(Oh, well, vear can't we?) : ’,

of your newly

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sunset and they won't have any le we can dream, -

roses don’t seem to be enthusiasall things consid-'

story of a local | that

The wood is unusually soft. Flowers begin opening in mid“I can break quite large May and they continue into |bell he showed me four rose branches off easily,” she says. June. u Events Dishes oF Q yansed up by The -- mr— Sg C roots. He rew em on e

New Course Gives Brides Practical Homemaking Hints

By RUTH MILLETT A NEW-STYLE bride's course—this one given in Boston—is teaching brides-to-be how to do the chores

. . ’ . . husbands in general like to put off, such as wiring a new plug onto an electric cord, replacing a worn washer, painting the kitchen cupboards, building bookshelves, etc. It's okay if the husbands of the brides-to-be who graduate from the course in turn have studied up on

Mrs.

such heavy foliage and small flowers?” D.E.C.

A—Do they get enough sun? do they need more phosphate in,

Q—What causes peonies to have

such What is lacking?

a few of the feminine arts, such as darning sewing on buttons and ironing shirts. then the job of homemaking is going to be a little bit lopsided, with the lady of the house doing her tasks

Come to think of it, why don't we just stick to the old way of letting the wife do the so-called woman's “jobs and letting the man of the house take care of the handyman °

THAT worked fine for Grandma and HE In fact, they got a sort of mutual

Grandpa may have grumbled a bit when Grandma wanted | to know when he was going to build the shelves to hold her But he did have the satisfaction of knowing it was a job Grandma couldn't do for herself. knew Grandpa couldn't make the jams and jellies to go on the

women today. Telling them they need to know how to earn a living and that even though they plan to be married they should know how to do their own handyman jobs around the house. A little mutual dependency never hurt any marriage. Neither does a wife's feeling that her husband can do a lot of things

the soil. Supply this with either chemical fertilizer or bone meal.

Q—How can you tell whether | peonies have botrytis blight. Mrs, A."M.

|A—Most noticeable symptom be- | cause it's so disappointing is the | production of buds that fail to! open. You may also notice that stalks fall over for no apparent reason. Give your peonies good care this summer, be sure to dispose of all old dead tops] this fall if your plants are in-|

Ruth Millett |

cides whether plants suffer. Wet

Just as Grandma weather encourages the blight.

Send all questions on gardening to Marguerite Smith, The | Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis 9. Queries must include names and addresses to be answered,

Your Vard—

too much self-sufficiency in

“However, it's not a tuna sub-| titute,” he said. “Bonito will tand on its own merits.” He offered a couple of tested “acipes, one for a hot dish, one for 1 cool, summer salad. The hot dish, bonito and corn r~asserole, requires these ingredionts; one seven-ounce can bonito;! one large can evaporated milk; one No. 2 can cream-style corn; one grated onion; one chopped! green pepper; two eggs. i

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Beat the eggs, mix with other ingredients and put in a buttered casserole, Bake in a 325 degree oven until the “custard” is firmor about one hour. Serves six. The recipe for jellied bonito salad requires: One half cup diced bonito; one fourth cup each of chopped celery, canned peas, chopped nuts] and stuffed olives; one package | loamon gelatin; one cup boiling} water; one lemon; one half cup! cold water. { Dissolve gelatin in boiling wat-| cr, Add one half cup cold water nd the juice and grated rind of lemon. Mix in rest of ingredients. | Pour into ring mold and place in| refrigerator until firm. Unmold! and fill center with mayonnaise. Serves six.

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POST PLANTING—Weeds and drouth are garden foes easy to vanquish. Weeds give up to cultivation (preferably shallow not to cut plant roots, preferably followed up by a moisture-saving mulch). Watering must be done thoroughly.or it's better net done at all. at all. Again, a» a mulch saves on the water bill. Saves work. too,

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WEEDS are ready to be killed! in driveway and lawn. Be sure to| follow package directions. (Chem- | icals may be the same but pro-| portion of active ingredients are different under different ee names.) Be sure temperature is high! enough. Chemicals aren't so effective when weeds are dawdling through a cold spell. Watch evergreens for symptoms of red spider (pale green needles turning brown). A hard spray from the hose or dusting sulfur are standard controls. Hose spray

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A flower show on the very first good and he, wanted his money |

day of June is the feature of this pack because they were all dead. weeks garden club events, ININE- v1 (01d him 1 didn't think they bers will demonstrate their flower were dead but I'd Eve Ji his skills at theglrvington Methodist Money back anyway. So he drove Church on Friday. Details of this © and my wife and I picked up and other meetings are as follows: the bushes and planted them. All TODAY four grew and they lived through Nature Study—3 p. m. Memorial this last winter when we lost service at cabin in Woollen’s Some of our others.” Gardens. Miss Florence New- So keep watering that slow-to-house, chairman, with Gene start young nursery stock and be Cook and Mrs. Helen Updegraff, patient. assisting. Program, ‘History of 2 8 on

the Club.” Original poems by BOOK REVIEW “PAGE"—

Sarah Ne DAY “How to Grow and Keep a Better

ground and said they were no,

rvington Women’s—2 p. m. Irv- Lawn,” by Joseph F. Flynn, is

ington Methodist Church. Flow- well worth the dollar it will cost er show and tea. Hostesses, you. It Mesdames W. E. Adkins, Garfield Walker, H. H. Traeger and W. W. Woerner. raising that difficult crop—citySt. grass. branch. Indiana National Bank. lish it.

Mrs. Earl Burkhart, hostess.

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Something new in garden books

Flower show workshop under is the Better Homes and Gardens supervision of Mesdames Ever- Book. Washable cover, good in-|

ett Baum, George Carner and dex, plus the handiest kind of Robert D. Davidson. index tabs make it as useful as

fected. Type of season also de- Brookside—Noon. Holliday Park. a hoe and just as usable in a

Hostesses, Mesdames Earl Ran- garden row. dolph, Harold Hayes, Willlam F.| subject matter ranges from soil] Hawks and Clifford Horney. to houseplants, from starting! Picnic and program by Sidney seeds indoors to building fences Esten, park naturalist. and fireplaces outdoors. - Countless illustrations and line drawings plus celored pictures will spur the mast lackadaisical gargener on to victory | for only $3.95.

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ORIENTAL poppies are delightful flowers in arrangements. (“Paper flowers” one awestruck young admirer calls them.) But they must have stems well seared as soon as they're picked. All flowers for indoor use last longer if stems are plunged in deep water over night. Vegetable gardens can take any kind of seeds or transplants safeCedar Long Lasting ly now. If you're rushed for The lasting quality of cedar time, lima beans, squashes, cu-| is proved by the well preserved cumbers’ and other heat- lovers, chests found in Egyptian tombs. won’t mind waiting a ‘week or so.

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You will find a wide selection of trees and plants at EAGLE CREEK. Many of these are in pots; others were dug with balls of earth while dormant, so that they can now be planted at any time without loss, .

ROSES A fine selection of roses, in Hybrid Tea, Floribunda, polyantha and climbers. All are Grade A, Northern grown, two-

year plants growing in pots and ready to transplant, Dogwood, French Lilac, Flowering

FLOWERING TREES Crabs, Flowering Peach and many

others, all growing in pots so they can be transplanted in your yard at any time.

FRUIT TREES Apple, Pear, Cherry and Peach, all in pots, some

with fruit on them. You need not wait until

next spring if you want fruit trees. EVERGREENS Arborvitae, juniper, hemlock and several varieties 1 of Yew, in our sales yard, dug with balls of earth early this spring. They can be moved now with assurance of growth. BROADLEAVES Euonymus Vegetus, and Sieboldi, Viburnum, Cotoneaster, jie Holly, and many

others, either in pots or with a ball of earth invite you to drive out

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SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1951

MEMORIAL DAY FLOWER SALE

PEONY ® BLOOMS

out today.

Geranlums,

Vines

Freshly dus.

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Ari election of fresh cut blooms, fancy bou uels, border plants for your Memorial decorations, D

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|“a man drove into our yard at| **° home and when I answered the

F or e-runners of the Hillsdale Rose Festival, June 9 and 10, are some early blooming hybrid teas. You can take these potted roses home right now to liven up your rose garden. Drive out to Hillsdale and see the rich red easy-to-raise Etoile de Hollande; the striking copper and gold Condesa de Sastago; the gold and copper-bronze Countess Vandal; the rich red Crimson Glory. Climbing hybrid teas are ready, too, to move into winter vacant spots where they will begin fowering soon and will keep it up all summer. Or get your June climbers now to plant for bloom next summer. Blaze and Paul's Scarlet to drape on fences, Paul's Lemon

Pillar (out - of - the-ordinary); and Doubloons, the golden climber. At Hillsdale Nursery, 8000 north on Ind. 100 (Shadeland). BR-5495. * * For the finest of fresh-cut

peonies for Decoration Day call New Augusta Nursery. New Augusta will have a variety of top notch blossoms. In the nursery rows iris are now at the height of bloom. Choose from the many varieties (they include some of the fine new ones) for planting in late summer. H. J. Schnitzius, New Augusta Nursery, 5000 W. 59th St. CO-8563. Open Sundays.

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Make your dreams of a lovely yard come true. Drive out to Eagle Creek Nursery, get acquainted with the fine shrubs and trees they have there. If your budget is small, you can buy smaller potted specimens, a few at a time, stow them in your r you can have a free estimate made by their trained personnel for planting your whole yard right now—and at no Beat the

heat of summer by doing your

landscaping now. You'll find fine potted roses in bloom at Eagle Creek now. Drive out today. Eagle Creek Nursery, US 52, 1%; miles north of Traders Point. CO-2381.

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35¢ is all you have to pay for bedding geraniums, full of buds, at Cossell’'s Greenhouse. Big Torch Tithonia plants (use for screens or border backgrounds) are only 60c a dozen. Cossell's also have cemetery wreaths, bouquets, filled baskets and porchboxes. Cossell’s Greenhouse, 4010 Cossell Rd. BE. 1830. Free delivery.

Perk up your window boxes and your porch for Race Day.

Order your ? “* fuchsias (two colors), white, salmon and red | geraniums, lantana, coleus,

| from Stark's.

sprengeri, and other fine plants They will plant cemetery baskets and urns. Also cut peonies— all at Stark's, 511 S. Tibbs. BE-1351. Free delivery.

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Orchids and corsages for your holiday hostess are an Atkins Flower Shop feature this week.

your boxes,

| Also cut peonies and mixed bou-

| of all kinds.

Shop,

quets for Memorial Day wreaths Call Atkins Flower Shop for graduation and wedding flowers. Atkins Flower 2049 N. Capitol. HI-7556.

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Plant cucumbers, lima beans and all your vine crops now. At Bash's you can get the increasingly popular seed of Burpee

| hybrid cucumbers, the new bush | acorn squash (ideal for a small

garden), Butternut squash, and anything else you need from

| Bash’s complete line of plants, | seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, and

weed killers. Bash’s Seed Store, 141 N. Delaware. RI-3733, FR7333. All garden needs.

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Chemicals can- quickly rid your

lawn ‘of unsightly weeds if they

| are applied at the proper time

and strength. Let George Fiel give you a free estimate on lawn weed killing. His equip‘ment protects your valuable plants from mist damage. His know-how gets rid of weeds, saves plant food for your good grasses. George Fiel, IM-6608.

It’s time to fertilize trees, advises Midwestern Tree KExperts. Stimulate your or <~— winter-injured trees to put out -new growth. Call H. N. (Mike) Engledow, Midwestern Tree Ex-

perts, for this and other tree

CO. 2335.

It's just smart to save time and energy. Before you embark on your garden holiday next Wednesday, stop in at Hoosier Gardener's and stock up with all your garden needs. Hoosier Gardener has weed-killers for both your driveway and your lawn; annual and perennial plants to fill in border bare spots, plants for your window and porch boxes; fertie lizer and seeds for your vegetable and flower gardens; peat moss and other mulches to save you time, work and water bill. Hoosier Gardener will sell you small quantities, too, if yours is a small garden. Consult Hoosier Gardener about your garden problems. Hoosier Gardener, 741 E. Broad Ripple Ave. (rear). BR-9121.

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Who doesn't love a dark red geranium? Edwards 56th St. Greenhouses have some fine sturdy plants among their other window-box and porch plants. If you take your boxes (or cemetery baskets) to the greenhouse, you may choose the plants you want, have the planting done free. Edwards’ 56th St, Greenhouses, just east of Keystone. IM-35842.

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See the painted leaf (Rex) begonias, potted caladiums, potted tuberous begonias for porch and terrace plants at House of Flowers. Get a quick start on this slow vegetable season with their potted cabbage plants— caulifiower, too. And let Bernice Brown make up distinctive and tasteful corsages for the girl graduates in the family or do the wedding flowers for the June bride. Call House of Flowers for Memorial Day peonies, cut flowers, everlasting wreaths. House of Flowers, 5801 W. Washington St. BE-2459,

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Want a bargain? And just when you can use it, too. Plant and Flowerland is closing out gladiolus bulbs at half-price. Roses, too, are going, 3 in a bundle, for only $1.50. Plant and Flowerland will be open all day Memorial Day, 7 a. m. to 10 p. m, You can get cut peonies and other cut flowers also at Plant and Flowerland, 1800 N. Meridian. WA-0872.

A flower show of midsummer's finest flowers is opening at Floyd Bass Nursery this week. Drive out and see their many peony varieties, with iris and Oriental poppies coming into bloom. This is the time to order for late summer planting. Floyd Bass Nursery, West 62nd St. between US 52 and Ind. 29. CO-2349.

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Mr. and Mrs. A. paid $65 for a forsythia last year. Ridiculous? No! They bought a collection of shrubs from an oute of-town peddler. They were mostly plants not winter-hardv in this climate, There's a single forsythia left. When you dea. with a member of the Indianapolis Landscape Association you get materials and work that's right for this climate, Watch for the insignia of the Indianapolis Landscape Association. Dependable service.

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Spend a healthful happy holiday playing around your yard and garden. But be sure you're all stocked up with pants and seeds. At Warren's Seed Store you'll find everything you can possibly need for holiday gardening. Stop in and get acquainted with Warren’s stock— vegetable and flower seeds and plants, insecticides, annual and perennial plants, weed killers, garden implements, fertilizers and mulches. Warren's Seed Store, 143 N. Delaware, RI-5850.

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