Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 September 1951 — Page 40

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Garden Gadding—

Local Gardeners Enthusiastic Over Other State Flowers

RETURNING vacationers bring back a lot of flower:

enthusiasm from other climates. Mrs. George Wear, 805 N. Audubon Rd., wishes she could raise here the odd

salmon pink hibiscus she saw in the south. Or she'd be *

willing to seftle for the firered giant of a bush she saw in Tampa—"“8So big it would have more than filled a large room.” Then, at a meeting of Golden Glow Garden Club the other day, more ‘vacation horizonwidening included Mrs. T, B. Wright's enthusiasm for the red orchid she saw in the fabulous DuPont greenhouses in the Kast. Mrs. Rilus Doolittle, another New Jersey traveler, wished we were as flower ‘con- . 8cious here as is the northern . part of that state. ' Mrs, J. L. Lan ‘mentioned an

PIERS uo Cher daugh “in Néw York~ State. “I don’t know whether it's the soil or climate,” she says, “but one day in her garden I asked her what a certain iris was. She laughed and said it was one I'd given her. But the’ colors were 50 much deeper I hardly could recognize it. And that's been true of other flowers we've Sichanged ” - ” DISCUSSION OF THE new Torch Tithonia at the meeting was’ mostly on the “worthJ ae, Mrs. James R.

e arrangement lasted for days afterward, too,” she said. Mrs. THOMPEOR (onc ud ed that even though the foliage ring pone mbna bad sunflower habit of brown- ‘ ing toward summer's end, it's still worth raising for the flow-

angie and arrangement Chatting with some of these old EE

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One of Mrs. Frank Spangler's cleverest garden ideas was the potting of crocus bulbs in tiny pots to force for an early spring

luncheon table as individual favors, . Mrs. Arthur Remler, men-

tioned that it's time to watch

now for migrating warblers. |

Her bird-haven yard, as usual, entertained many of them.

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reader writes (concerning those ,

violet leaves pinched off plants in the State Fair's saintpaulia

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“the exhibitors. She had planned =

to sell ‘leaves from Her plants once she got them home. But 80 many were taken it will be a long time before she dares remove any: mare.

A DELIGHTFULLY DESCRIPTIVE phrase—“the Elmer Snerd effect of certain zinnias”-—from Helen Miller of Squaw Hill leads one to suspect she had some of those “toothy” - sinmias.

A BELIEVE - » IT. «OR - note comes in a fail list of nut trees from an Eastern nursery. The owner, who has worked with chestnuts over 50 years and imported his own seed after visiting China apd observing trees there, claims he has developed not just a blightresistant but blight-proof chestnut. At least his trees are still healthy after 18 years exposure.

Crinoline Lightens The Dress Load

Girls can be happy these days that they have crinoline to bell out their new full skirts. Back in 1840 the tremendous skirts were supported by as many as seven heavy petticoats, These were lined up in a very specific order,

and in winter, petticoat number -

two had to be of flannel "to protect them from the elements.” Since flannel was not very exciting the ladies of the day ‘boosted their morale by making that petticoat of a brilliant color

\ which is perhaps the source of

the vivid petticoat we see under our double skirts this year.

See

the

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PAINT DEPARTMENT, FIFTH FLOOR

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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GARDEN yy Nerge Stephens, custodian of Spade’s Park Branch Library, beautifies the

T helps the neighborhood, so it helps us.” That's Mrs. Nerge Stephens speaking. She's talking about her husband's yard-beautifying project at Spade's Park Branch Library. “Steve,” as his friends, the librarians and patrons call him, is custodian there. Their home is only a few houses away at 1820 Commerce.

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By MARGUERITE SMITH Times Garden Editer

“You might as well count on having some blight. So when I start the plants in February in my cold frame I start plenty. Then I set them close enough together so I can spare a few. “They grow well partly because the ground is new around the library. Nothing was raised on it until four years ago. Then I fertilize the beds

with pigeon manure and flow water onto them every day during hot weather.” ;

ASTERS ARE HIS SPECIALTY. They have

been for four years. Even though the experts say asters won't grow well in the same ground year

after year.

He admits “they require a lot of care.”

how he does it.

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Q—Information on management of tender hibiscus, ‘ please. Can it possibly hve over winter outdoors? plant is so large now hard to take inside. Mrs. D.C.S.

A—Don't risk it outdoors, but . You can keep it down to size by pruning it back severely in spring. Keep it semidormant during winter—a light ' cool’ (40 to 50 degrees) base-

ment, very little water are.

ideal winter conditions.

Q—I can make a swap of hydrangeas and peonies for a Hiac. When is best time to move all three now or spring? P. 8B.

A-—The hydrangea (especially if it's the tender French type) might like spring planting better, but the peonies and lilac are best moved this fall, So strike a happy medium— move the three at the end of this month. Give the hydrangea plenty of winter protection,

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Yell, fing ‘Darwin’ tulips. Gorgeous colors.

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Giant “King Alfred.” For color ful outdoor bloom

HYACINTHS 3 tor 59¢ 6 tor 79¢

Fragrant April blooms. Large

often used to vary the Oriental] robes in the days before dye, but) the ¢olor was not fast nor the \ [quality as fine, so they are rarely |

used today. | i

1+ cuLTivares | Lawns . nwoves sow i

THAT'S ALL TER is to it. Except perhaps that he gets encouragement from. Millie Drane,

Spade’s Park librarian.” And that Margaret Grif-

Here's

fith, another librarian, thought his efforts de-

served recognition.

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Check These

It's time now ..to get first choice of Dutch bulbs. +s++t0° pot up freesias. +ss.t0 dry mint for tea. «++.10 cure gourds.

SEER ARRARNINRRNIRORERERININES

President To Be Feted

At Luncheon

PRESIDENT'S and Garden Club Day will be celebrated by the Municipal

Gardens Woman's Department Club at an 11:30 a.m. luncheon tomorrow in the Lafayette Road clubhouse. Mrs. H. P. Willwerth, incoming president, will be honor guest. Mrs. Willwerth was founder president: of the club in 1928. Other honor guests will be the Emerson Grove Garden Club members. = = THE PROGRAM WILL INCLUDE a talk by’ Henry 8S.

Wood, Indianapolis Star writer,

and a technicolor film, “Time For Living.” Mrs. Paul Hubbell will be in charge of the music and Mrs. W, A. Edwards, decorations.

» » " WELCOME HOSTESSES for the meeting will be Mesdames

Francis Anderson, Frances Ar- |

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tist, E. C. Ball, 8. J. Bardsley |

and Roscoe Barnes.

3000 Cocoons Make A Silk Dress

Did you know that your beans}

tiful new silk fall dress embodies the fiber from about 3000 silk cocoons? Jt was probably made of the fine white cocoon of China,

or the yellow cocoon of Japan. Cocoons actually come in many colors pink, emerald, pale green, gray, fawn and dark brown.

such as ruby red, light

These colored ' cocoons were

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You have a date to take a girl to a movie. WRONG: Drive up in front of her house and honk the horn to let her know you are waiting. RIGHT: Park your car and go up to her door. for her. s »n Ed You inadvertently knock against someone when walking on a crowded downtown street or in a crowded store. WRONG: Hurry along without saying anything. RIGHT: Say: “I'm sorry.”

Try Corn in That

Pressure Cooker It's pure corn that comes almost like magic from your pressure cooker after only three minutes. And is there anything better than sweet, perfect, milky ears, steamed just long enough, wrapped in your best napkin and hustled to table, with plenty of butter, salt and pepper?

If you are lucky enough to | or a | neighbor who grows it, pick it |

have your own corn,

Just before dinner and pressurecook it while you are eating the jellied madrilene. If you live in the city, but take drives in the country, it is well worthwhile to stop at a road stand for fresh corn. Re But, if you are reduced to buying it from a city grocer, choose one that sells it still in its husks, rush it home, wrap it in wet newspaper and store it

in the dehydrator in your ice- |

box until you can use it.

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Here's what you get:

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. and again aboyt 10.ddys later.

grounds with aster beds every year. ‘Miss Millie Drane (left) and Miss Doris Feaster, librarians, look

ll To Brighten | Your Home |

> Plants,

, the effectiveness of vines either

~monia to a quart of water.)

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Move Plants |

OUR yard can supply many plants for indoor decoration this winter. |

Move them in now so they get used to their new quarters |

while doors and windows Wre |.

still open part of the day.

Some of the houseplant | questions answered below may help you have luck with your |

Q. Every winter my houseplants get bugs and look so bad I wish I hadn't taken any of them in. Is there something I could spray them ! ith before JX take them in-

A. Better than spraying is a careful inspection when you pot them up or take thein inside

f fat stemmed pla coleus and African violets.) -Q. How shall I take care of my amaryllis now? “It has been in the garden all sum-. | mer. ; { A. Bring the bulb indoors | just after the first light frost. | If it is not already in a pot, | put it up now. Keep it dry | so leaves will die and the bulb | will rest. Keep it in a dark, | not too cool spot until it begins | to grow at Christmas time or | later. Q. My houseplants grow well and look good as plants but the general effect is never like the pictures 1 see in garden magazines. Any pointers? } A. Yes, it’s chiefly a matter | of choice and arrangement. Try this year to have one window where you can keep the stragglers and the extras. Then perhaps once a month, choose certain plants for colorful effects. You can accomplish wonders by using colored glass and pottery figurines scattered among them. A clear amethyst vase next a rose and lavender leaved coleus, for example, is out of this world. Don’t forgetl

hung from the center of the window or at either side, depending on how much light they need. Q. I love house plants but don’t have too much time to fuss with them. It is really necessary to mix up different

types of soll for different plants? i A. No, many good house

planters use rich topsoil for all their plants. Just be sure it has enough phosphate in it if you're potting flowering plants. That means bone meal or high phosphate chemical fertilizer in the soll mixture. For your foliage plants you can always add nitrogen easily by watering them weekly with ammonia water (1 tsp. household am-

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Raise the finest daffodils and narcissus you ever had, with bulbs from Hoosier ¥ G ardenef’s. Or naturalize any of the following topsize, top quality Holland daffodils and narcissus. For example, there's Golden Harvest, with a large gold trumpet, pure gold petalled; Queen of the Bicolors, pure white petals around a canary yellow cup; Roxane, a white frilled trumpet with white petals; Daisy Schaeffer, one of the best, with a pale golden trumpet and petals that often stretch to 4 inches across; Firetail, creamy petals surrounding a glowing crimson cup; Mary Copeland, double creamy white, gold-rayed, and flecked with bright orange; Thalia, bearing two to three waxy white “orchid” flowers. to a stem, tops for arrangement and cutting, and Geranium, new hybrid, 5 to 7 fragrant blossoms to a stem. You'll find many other varieties in each of these types at Hoosier Gardener's. All “double nose” or better-—that means two or more flower stalks, Hoosier Gardener's, 741 E. Broad Ripple Ave. (rear). BR. 9121

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Get your landscape plans ready and your orders in now, advises Eagle Creek Nursery. The scarcity of quality evergreens and ‘ shrubs and of shade trees means disappointment for late planners. Call Eagle Creek now. One of their trained landscape men will advise you on well

planned planting that will add

dollars to your property value. And you're under no obligation if the plans don’t please you. Send, too, or call the nursery for their free leaflet on landscaping. It's written to answer many landscape questions. Eagle Creek Nursery, US 52, 1%; miles’ north of Traders Point. CO. 2381. *

* Get the new grass seed that crowds out crabgrass! You will find it (Merion bluegrass or B-27) at Bash’s, where : you find all the newest garden needs. At Bash's, too, seed of zoysia japonica, rye and rye grass (for vegetable garden ‘‘green manure”). Dutch bulbs are in—from the stately tulip to the new cluster crocus (try these!), also flower pots in

‘all sizes for your houseplants |

and cedar tubs for your really big plants, Bash’s Seed Store, 141 N. Delaware, PL. 8733. FR, 7338. All Garden Needs,

appleblossom” snow (viburnum carlesi) will

Sort. pink poppies - , phinfums can make y : dream

_arborvitae,

"HOUSE OF FLOWERS

Chrysanthemum plants now at House of Flowers to brighten your yard with fall color, and provide cut flowers for indoors. Many varieties just coming into fine bloom. Call Bernice Brown of House of Flowers for fall wedding flowers. Good taste and distinction mark the House of . Flowers wedding service. House of Flowers, Washington. BE. 24590.

* * Buy locally and be sure. Indian apolis Landscape Association members are local businessmen who'll be in business right here next year and the year after. Unlike the door-to-door salesman who oversells a bill of Boods and is gone. To be sure of evergreens, shrubs, and flowers proven dependable for this climate dea! with accredited landscapers. Landscape Association.

* While soil is dry, newly transplanted trees must have regular soil ~- soaking,

advises Midwestern Tree Exe

perts. Call H. N. (Mike) Engledow, Midwestern Tree Experts, about shade tree planting and tree services. Midwestern Tree Experts. CO. 2335. *

Make your rose garden now while you've more time for careful planting. At Hillsdale you canchoose potted roses, in bloom, ready to set out. Enjoy their fall flowers, have a rose garden all ready. to grow next spring. Hillsdale Nursery, 8000 north on Ind. 100. BR. 5498.

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Line your driveway with gay

chrysanthemums from Cossell’s Greenhouse. Button, spoon, tall

(for cutting) and cushion mums °

in a variety of colors. Cossell's also have strawberry plants (Senator Dunlap), dried flowers and materials for winter boue quets, and cut flowers. Cossell’s are open Bundays for your cone venience. . Cossell’s Greenhouse, 4010 Cossell Rd. BE. 1830,

* * Plant really J dwarf evergreens under your low windows and. you won't have ® endless pruning to do. Stark's have the popular round globe for ome. Use thes too, on either side of your oy See the blue-berried, blue misted Juniper at Stark's and thelr other fine evergreens to plant now. Stark's, 511 8. Tibbs, BE, 1351. City-Wide Delivery,

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