Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1951 — Page 38
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Junior Gardeners
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% JUNIOR GARDENERS, why not try raisiag a Christ mas gift? Try starting an African violet plant from a leaf, " One casy way to do-it is this way: Stretch a piece of aluminum foil over the top of a water rlass. Punch as mény holes through the foil as you have Stick the feat stems
leaves. through the holes. Snip off the longest ones so. that all
the stems are about equal length. u Then lift one edge of the foil and pour water into the lass until the water level comes just above the ends of the stems. Stand the glass out’ of direct sunlight. A north window is a good place. Soon you will see” roots formed on.at least. part of the leaves. As soon as these are sizable you can pot up the tiny new plants in loose, rich soil. If you take good care of them, these voung plants . sometimes bloom as soon as six weeks after you pot them up.
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Air-rooted plant at “Wayside Floral Gardens.”
Here's How to Handle Leggy House Plants
RING those leggy house plants down to earth for
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roots have formed so you can see them through the bandage you're ready to cut off and pot up the now shapely plant. This old process, variously known as Chinese, air, or pot layering, is useful for stilt legged rubber plants, oleanders, dracena, dieffenbachia.
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Here are three tempting desserts or party refreshment ideas which can be made. quickly and easily with bakers’ uniced pound cake. For the first suggestion, melt chocolate peppermint candies in a double botler and spread over pound cake slices. While the chocolate is still soft, sprinkle with chopped nut meats. These chocolate pound cake slices are delicious for out-of-hand eating while watching television. To make the other two pound cake desserts, cover
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Confusion Cleared Up
‘On Mulching Plants.
1 Against Cold Waves
By MARGUERITE SMITH
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Garden Editor
VERY fall it seems to me the confusion about how to mulch plants for winter protection mounts faster than confusion in you-know-where.
Here's an example.
A gardener tells me he was advised by a nurseryman to follow the nursery’s practice with peonies. That “is, cut off the tops, lay them over the peonies. For some reason, the gardener questioned the idea. And what did I think about it? I think it's not at all good for the average backyard peony raiser to follow this professional advice. The nursery’'s stock is almost surely disease- and pest-free. The nurseryman knows how to and must keep his stock clean. But most of us amateurs get just enough blight and scale on our peonies that We need to be careful. For when we lay diseased or pest-infested tops of any plant down for winter protection we're giving the plant's enemies the nicest kind of protection. Come spring and they will move in a concentration of their troops and we're off to another season’s battle. A large part of the difficulty rises doubtless because there's not room for all the if's and and’'s when mulches are discussed. And plants are about the if-est and and-est subjects you can get. Here's another example: A really authoritative national magazine advises a questioning reader to cut tops off chrysanthemyms, lay them over the plant to catch snow for winter protection. In this part of the country, said reader will be catching and holding no snow. Instead, he'll be carrying over the pests that dry up mum foliage and make unsightly plants next summer. “Disease - free” is, -the key word. If your plants were dis-ease-free this summer (in which case you must be in heaven and not in Indiana any more), use their foliage for winter protection if you will. Otherwise, remove it from its summer locale at the very least. Burn it if you must. Or bury it away from plants it might reinfect. " ” = JUST FOR FUN I queried some very successful local gardeners about winter plant protection. points of their discussion. Helen Miler of Squaw Hill saves excelsior all summer to use over iris in winter. “I got the idea originally from another gardener,” she says. The other gardener is Mrs. Ralph Bidgood, 1065 Riverby Lane.
= = = ANOTHER favorite ' mulch combines tree and shrub prunings with leaves. The twigs prevents leaves from matting over plants. That's important, she says. Too much mulch may dé more harm than good. Be sure to let some air in ‘around your plants. That's specially important if the winter turns out to be an “unusual” -one—wet and rainy, rather than cold like last year’s.
= a” = “I CONSIDER the likes and dislikes of each plant,” was the
chief point another successful i- gardener made.
Mrs. John MecCullough, 2912 Boulevard Place, brings in good topsoil to hill up the roses in her delightful garden early in the Then much later, she gets rotted cow manure to put on.
= = = ANOTHER -confusing issue— the often advised use of salt hay and buckwheat hulls, These get into the picture because so much garden writing comes from the east where these materials are as cheap and plentiful as straw is here. There's no point in paying extra dollars to bring them into the middle west. And that’s certainly enough for the moment about winter mulches, » = » J INBIANA gladiolus had a rough time this summer, according to Paul Ulman, reporting in the last Gladland News. Mr. Ulman, glad specialist and state pest chaser (for gardens, is) urges
thrip next summer. Dust the corms after you've shucked and cleaned them up for winter. And whether you dust or not, it pays to clean the bulbs before
storage. You'll clean off a lot of pests. 2 » ov a IF YOU CAN'T attend the
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“Dishing the Dirt” is a feature on the Section Page of The Times every day. Look
for it under Bob Ruark’s column, Mrs. Henry M. Kistner, the
speaker, on Christmas greens. Stand all your evergreen for two days before you arrange them, in deep water containing one teaspoon of sugar for each quart of water. She says, too, that if you give your Christmas tree this treatment for a week before you bring it indoors it will hold its needles much longer. = n ou
ANOTHER suggestiort of Mrs. Kistner’s that's one of my own favorites is this. Use dried sweet smelling herbs in your Christmas wreaths and mistletoe balls. ” = »
WANT SOME free wood’'s dirt? You can get plenty of leaves for composting mulch and general soil improvement, .by asking the street commissioners who've got so many they don't know what to do, says Clara Masteller, 1332 W. 34th. Mr. Masteller, she continues, “enclosed our compost corner with chicken wire fencing this fall so the leaves stay in place. By next summer they make the most wonderful leaf mold for lawn and borders.” = = =
FROM THE garden mags.— Horticulture suggests grape ivy if you want a foliage plant to take a beating—Favorite houseplants of- Men's Garden Clubbers are mostly easy-to-raise sorts. Namely, swiss cheese plant (monstera deliciosa) with philodendron vines to veil its ungainly main stem. Umbrella plant (cyperus alternifolia) “one plant you cannot overwater” (because it's a bog plant), Crown of Thorns (euphorbia splendens) for blossoms at Christmas, often the year around. And amaryllis, mentioned by one gentleman houseplanter who says “it's uncertain, coy and hard to please,” and therefore (in his eves) ‘‘de~dedly feminine.”
Rose Society Dinner
The subject of Elizabeth Bertermann’s talk at the annual banquet of the Indianapolis Rose Society on Wednesday, Dec. 5th, will be “Roses as Used in Florists’ Work.” The dinner will be held in the Marott Hotel at 6:30 p. m. Reservations should be made with Dr. Warren S. Tucker, 5338 N. Pennsylvania, before Dee. 1st.
Afternoon Tea
A gathering of neighborhood friends for afternoon tea provides a welcome relief from the tasks of the day. Dainty cranberry tea sandwiches, which are quick and easy to prepare, add
! a party touch to the snack. To
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make them, blend cream cheese with strained canberry sauce and whip with a rotary beater until smooth. Use the spread for double or open-face sandwiches, and cut the bread into interesting shapes with a cookie cutter for added glamour.
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All antiques not sold at the AVES Murat Temple Antique show offered at special reductions. Sale for one week only start ing today at 11 a. m. 1000 interesting items to choose from, cherry corner cupboard, tables and chairs, Haviland, Chelsea and Crown Derby CHina, Hanging Banquet and Organ lamps, interesting collection of ink Boemian glass, Dresden and Meissen candelabras and compotes. Open daily and Sunday 11 to 5. Wednesday and Friday 7t009.
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Garden Events—
Show Holds Spotlight
The Christmas flower show put- on by the state's flower show judges highlights this week’s club activities, Tickets for the show are avallable to anyone interested. Mrs. Burke | Nicholas is ticket chairman and a few tickets will be sold at the door.
TODAY Nature Study. 3 p. m. Mr. and | Mrs. Homer Knight, 226 |
Buckingham Drive, hosts. “Herpetology” — a discussion | to be followed by a surprise.
TUESDAY Emerson Grove. 1 p. m. Mrs, Mary Williams, 1513 W. 26th St., hostess. Business, meet- | ing. Election of officers. WEDNESDAY Thalia. 1 p. m. Mrs. Kenneth Irwin, 5917 Laurel St, host ess. Mrs. E. H, Folkening, cohostess. Ro]l-call, Christmas Cookie Recipe. Bird Topic— Mrs. George Ryan. Flower Notes—Mrs. Floyd: Lively. Flower Arrangement by Mrs. | Robert Riney. officers. Hendricks County. 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Carolyn Whicker, Clayton, hostess. Mrs. Allan Stratton, assisting. “My Favorite Flower and Shrub and Why I Grow Them” — Mrs. C. D. Raber. “Lilies and Companion Plantings’ — Slides—Mrs. Victor Burdsell. “Tradition of Thanksgiving Table Arrangement’ —Mrs, Whicker, Friday Association of Accredited Flower Show Judges of Indiana. Christmas Flower Show, Block's auditorium. 12:30 p.m. to 5 p. m. Demonstration lecture by Mrs. Henry M. Kistner at 1:30 p.m. on “Christmas All Trough the House.”w Tickets from Mrs. Burke Nicholas and at door.
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Judges (see Friday). Second day of Christmas Flower Show. Hours—930 a. m. to 4 p. m. Demonstration by Mrs. Kistner at 1:30 p. m. : Nature Study. 8 p.m. Cropsy auditorium, Central library. Election of officers. Annual
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This is the best time of the year to plant. Hot weather is over, Trees and shrubs planted now will grow roots during cool weather, and be ready to flourish in the spring.
KOSTER BLUE SPRUCE
Beautiful frees, the bluest of all, from two to three feet high, priced at $7.50 and up, depending on the height,
HOLLAND TULIP BULBS Fall is the time to set tulip bulbs. These are large, Grade A bulbs, direct from Holland. The easiest to grow of oll flowers.
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African violet plant s, full of buds and blossoms, only $1 this week at Hoosier Gardener's. They Aor are all big plants in 3-inch pots with 2 to 3 crowns You have your
kinds as Lady Geneva (whiteedged purple), Blue Girl and Sailor Girl each with the beautiscalloped green and white Red King, Mentor Boy, Double double, Hoosier
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tured at $1.25 per ft., cash-and-carry, at Stonybrook Nursery this week. Stonybrook Nursery {formerly Highland Landscape Co.) #8 under completely new ownership and management. Stonybrook Nursery, E. 82d St, 1 mile east of Allisonville Rd. BR. 0162. Open Sundays.
* * Experienced gardeners don't let early snows and freezes keep them from planting trees and shrubs during these favorable last weeks of the year. So plant now if you're planning a landscape job for the coming season. Give your newly set shrubs and trees thi benefit of soil temperatures that stimulate root growth, of cool moist air that keeps tops healthy while roots get established. Look over Eagle Creek's fine evergreens, especially those Koster blue spruces, shade ‘trees, Holland tulips, to give your yard early color in the spring. Ask or call for your
free leaflet on . landscaping. Eagle Creek Nursery, US 57, 1; miles north of Traders Point, CO. 2381. * * Half a dollar will get you a
flowers tor any of your Christmas festivities if you go to Edwards 56th St. Greenhouse. Or a bouquet twice as large for only Bc.
Your choice, too, as through the greenhouses where they're growing. You get more “Trg
for eyour money at Edwards ‘where overhead is low. Edwards O56th St. Greenhouses, Just east of Keystone, IM, 5842,
* This is the time to plant shade trees. Call H. N. (Mike) Engledow about planting and all tree services, Midwestern Tree Experts, CO. 2335. Workmen insured.
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Traditional Christmas greenery is reasonably priced at Cossell's Greenhouse, Christmas wreaths, ready-made or made up to your order, hemlock and cedar branches, pine: cones, other materials for table and household decoration. Cossell’s also make grave blankets of evergreens and deliver them to your cemetery lot. Cossell’s Greenhouse, 4010 Cossell Rd, BE, 1830,
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Now during late fall and early winter is the best time to replace your dead and dying elms. Hillsdale Nursery has, among many other shade tree varjeties, two
that make fine City elm replacements Experts recommend the honey locust
for its sturdy growth in smoke and other city conditions. Its decorative fern-like foliage casts a light shade so grass grows well under the tree. It is hardy, storm resistant, longlived, fast growing. Another shade tree too little known is the American white ash. Its divided leaves, resembling the black walnut’s feathery foliage, take on bright fall color, usually golden yellow. It grows straight and tall and sturdy. Consider these trees when vou
are hunting elm replacements You'll find these and many other shade tree varieties at Hillsdale Nursery, 8000 north on Ind. 100 (Shadeland). BR. 5495. Open Sundays. * * Plant a picture in your picture window. At Wayside Floral
Gardens you'll find easy-to-raise plants with red, royal purple,
golden yellow or variegated foliage. They'll liven )up the dullest window, Call Gladys Cooley about her unusual plants. Or drive out to Way-
side Floral Gardens and see the extensive house plant collection in Wayside's conservatory. Wayside Floral Gardens, 7301
Pendleton Pike, CH, 2222. * * Start Bash'’s, bulbs in water x now and you'll have attractive plants, some in - blossom, by Christmas. Big
imported paper-white narcissus, yellow paper-whites, Chinese lilies, hyacinths and hvacinth glasses. Al2o wild bird Bash's Seed Store, 141 N, Delaware. RL 3733. FR. 7333.
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