Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1951 — Page 36
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By a. ERITE SMITH
Times Garden Editor
VERY once in a while a new home-owner gets hot and bothered about what he may or may not legally do about shrub and tree planting near the street. Especially
if he's thi~~3 well, . But here in Indianapolis, so Tm told by landscapers, the only rule is one more honored in thé breach than .in the ob-
servance (as our old friend, Willy Shakespeare used to sav). The law—that citizens
must have .a permit from the city. to plant or remove a tree from the curb planting. Some of the better ordinances are in other cities as Dallas where all corner plantings are limited to four feet_in height. Montclair, N. J., a most gar-den-conscious town, limits height of planting to two and a half feet for a distance of 50 feet from any corner. Well. mavbe some day Indianapolis will realize she's getting to be a big girl now and do. something about her hedges showing.
” ” ” WHAT WE CONSIDERED a most important part of the Kile oak story last Sunday got pruned out. That's the suggestion that some communityminded garden: club or PTA or even a private citizen start the ball rolling to acquire this magnificent and ancient oak for the city. The suggestion was not, of course, Miss Kile's. ” » » WHAT'S THIS wild younger generation coming to? Out at School 77 the junior garden club (first to fourth grades) planted window boxes before school opened so No. 77 would look really smart. Of course they had some adult help from their sponsors,
the Irviigton Women's Garden
Club. Now the youngsters are all set to carry over some of the plants for a head start on next year's boxes.
. 8 COMES A NOTE all decked
with a picture of beautiful asters, It's from Laura Comstock of McCordsville. She
laments she can't at the moment quite agree with the poetic sentiments under the picture to the effect that “The aster greets us as we pass—with her faint smile.” Seems that Mrs. C's asters are far from smiling upon her. They're weeping. And is it wilt or what? Especially as the seed was ‘‘wilt-resistant” and she raised asters last year in that same spot with excellent results, It's all too likely the wilt— especially since she raised asters in the same spot last year. Asters are great sufferers. They have a number of afflictions that spoil the flowers. But wilt is just about the worst. Its “seeds” live over. in the ground. That's one reason for switching asters around in the flower bed. Soil sterilizing (to get rid of the trouble) is fairly expensive and time-consum-
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WHEN THE GOOD LADIES of Western Electric organized a garden club what would you expect them to call it but the WE Garden Club? Or so Mrs. N. M. Johnson, 9280 Kerrwood Drive, publicity chairman of the new club, reports.
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ANYBODY THINK A vegetable garden doesn't pay? Just in vegetables harvested, to say nothing of sun and fun. I paid 33 cents for a single eggplant this week—and lamented the day when we had time enough to raise our own with as many as four fat eggplants to a plant.
A LITTLE BOOK ON FLOWER arranging by Edna Whitsitt came in the other day for review, It's full of stimulating ideas. For instance, for your kitchen window sill use a small crock or bean pot to hold gay colored flowers. (Zinnias and marigolds, naturally), :
A nosegay on the bedside table, says the author, is the mark of the thoughtful hostess. She suggests hunting in small - second hand stdres for striking containers for unusual arrangements.
And - mentions for foliage, that the new shoots of rhubarb are “delightfully colored and crinkled.” Ideas like these with a wealth of the most enticing colored pictures make it a pleasure to read. It’s a modest price, $1.50 or (with heavy paper binding) only $1. Greystone Press. Release date is Thursday.
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exposed to. such continual wear: ,,, to fertilize poinsettias, and tear jt became necessary to: ,,,to pot up young anconceal the frayed edges and: nuals from the bormend the tears by an edging of 3 der. brilliant silk threads. These bord-: ,,, to begin saving leaves. ers became quite elaborate, ,.,to plant crown im-
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THE DOWN BEAT—Here is the “climbing African violet” or episcia plant. It's a relative of the true saintpaulia and is now being used in experiments to produce a “yellow violet.” Mrs. «Clayton Horine, Greentown, who owns the plant shown above, says it has grown fast, vining down to nearly three feet. A picture, she adds, can’t do justice to the bronze velvet leaves and the bright red blos-.
soms.
Your Yard— |
Pointers for Your Border
Here are a few pointers if you're making a hardy border thissfall. ONE: Twelve feet is ideal width. Eight feet is almost necessary. With narrower borders you'll have to sacrifice certain blooming periods or you'll have a spotty planting. TWO: If your space is limited, concentrate on having only two or three highlights of bloom during the season. If you aim at that ideal of ‘“something in bloom from crocuses to mums” with too little space you'll achieve only a messy effect. THREE: Choose first some important long - blossoming flowers for keynoters—as delphinium for early summer, phlox for midsummer, hardy asters for fall. FOUR: Easy way to plant a long border is to plan a single section then repeat that section in as many units as necessary to fill the border. Bd FIVE: Planning on paper with colored crayons and sketches drawn to scale is fun and effective. SIX: Select your edging plants with care. In general, you'll find a single type of edging more effective than one kind here, another there. A mixture of edgings is likely to give a cluttered effect.
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Club Flower Show Grows
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HE annual flower show of Spade and Trowel Garden Club has become such a commu-
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nity event that this year it's going to be open in the evening. Dates are Tuesday and Wednesday.
All adults pf the Broad Ripple community and children at School 80 are invited to enter either horticultural or arrangement classes. Schedules are ready at Broad Ripple Library and at Hoosier Gardener's garden shop. Hoosier gardener, Paul Blake, is also donating grand prizes, 50 bulbs for the outstanding entry in the children's : division and a flower arranging kit for the outstanding adult entry. Spade and Trowel will present ribbons to other prize winners, Tving up the flower show with the PTA, there will he an illustrated talk on flower arranging hy Mrs. Henry C. Prange at the PTA meeting on
Wednesday afternoon, the second day of the show. Details of this and other
garden events for the week are as follows. TODAY
Hawthorne Green Buds --Garden tour, starting at Irvington Ave. and 16th St. at 2 p. m. Mrs. Richard Duncan in charge with Mesdames Ken-
neth Apple, William Brant and Emil Grove assisting. TUESDAY
Spade and Trowel Flower show, . School 80, 920 E. 62d St. Open to public 7 to 9 p. m. Mrs. Clarence Cornish, general chairman, assisted by Mrs. Drexel Boyd and Mrs. James H. Ward. WEDNESDAY Spade and Trowel -—- Flower show (second day). Open to publie 10 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Come Into the Garden, Moores- |
ville — 2 p.m. Mrs. Claire Cook, hostess. Roll call — shrubs, a specimen and its-bo- . tanical ‘name. Mrs. John Downing will speak on “Shrubs of Distinction.” Line
arrangements of shrubs- will |
be prepared by Mrs. Harad and Mrs, der. FRIDAY Irvington Women's — 2 Woollen's Gardens, Mrs. Spiess will talk on flowers.
NEXT SUNDAY
Nature Study — 8 a.m. War Memorial. Car trip to Pine Hills. Geology leader, Jesse Harvey; trip leader, Otis Herreman.
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Beatrice Brown of House of Flowers will come to your home and do a decorator's job of planting and arranging your winter plants. House of Flowers handles the newest types of plant. materials for the distinetive dish gardens she prepares. Call House of Flowers, too, for wedding flowers. House of
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Deck your winter kitchen windows with fragrant cutleaved geraniums from Stark’s. Now ready are rose geraniums and other scented leaved .varieties, bushy ivies,
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