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SERIOUS FUTURE). Russell Tomsend Sr. directs the city

parks, has big ideas.

Plans Are Unlimited For Park Improvement

By MARGUERITE SMITH Times Garden Editor

ME AND MRS. INDIANAPOLIS, your city park system

is big business.

As much as a dozen years ago, says J. Russell Town-

send Sr. your new park board head,

estimated around $30,000,000. You ‘might well double it for today’s windy dollars, For it takes in a lot of territory. More than 2500 acres in park space alone; If you include the parkways, that zooms it up to over 3500 acres. A pretty big spot to take care of. Especially since it includes all kinds of playground equipment as well as a botanical garden, nursery (trees, not infants), a conservatory and sunken gardens. = The parks, many of them, are big individual stretches, too. iBrookside, over a hundred acres. (Garfield even bigger (128.5 to be very exact). One of the least used, Washington Park (northeast at 21st and Dearborn) has a half acre more than Garfleld.

- ” ” TINY WATSON PARK, origfinally a bird preserve at Watson and Winthrop, has three acres plus, Woollen's Gardens

Fun Hints For Juniors

Here's fun for you junior gardeners—or maybe for your mothers if you'd like to give them an early hint of spring. Try growing some lilies-of-the-valley indoors. You can buy, roots (called pips) ready potted. up’ or you can pot them yourself in loose ground or in peat moss. Then you just keep them in a window that's not too hot. It needn't be sunny. But the little plants as they grow won't like air that is dry. That's why they do better in a cool rather than a hot window,

= = ~ BE SURE TO give plenty of water, The roots or pips that you buy have been raised especially for indoor forcing. If you want to, you can gig some roots from your yard and force them fin the same way. But the flowers will not be so large and attractive, When. the fragrant flowers have opened up, you can bring them into your warm living room-or use them for a dinner table centerpiece.

them

its value was

(Fall -Creek at Shadeland) is only 44 acres but one of the most important for nature

lovers, |

Mr. Townsend is proud of the fact he got into his job by way of interest in youth and athletics, ; “Back in 1942-43 he said, “when juvenile delinquency was rising fast, I got started. working in Junior Baseball, Inc. It's a nonprofit corporation, run by money raised from public spirited citizens. It's organized by age groups and keeps 2500 youngsters occupied under adult supervision.” But plans for the parks are not limited. Garden-minded citizens will enjoy the refurbishing of Garfield's sunken gardens where leaking water pipes have been a problem.

ou = ”n AT HOLLIDAY, “Do make it clear,” says Mr, Townsend,

“There’s no intention of turn-.

ing the park into a genéral picnic grounds. No picnics in the botanical section of the park, just in the picnic area. “Plans are under consideration,” he continued, “to provide entertainment for small children, maybe some sand boxes and slides, so their parents may come out and enjoy the botanical aspects of Holliday And while we're speaking of the park board, Mrs. Indianapolis will undoubtedly be pleased to learn that the park board’s African violets—two on a windowslill, nursed along by Miss May Griffin, the board's secre-tary-—look wénderfully healthy. “But,” sighed . Miss Griffin, “for some reason they just won't bloom!” (Even for the Park Board.) ‘

Meeting Arranged By Florist Group.

The Women's Society of Indianapolis Florists will - meet at 6:30 p. m. tomorrow in the Maroty Hotel,

The _hostesses will include Mrs. Arthur Rlum, chairman; Mesdames P.. M. Bourne, Al-

bert Kgmpe, Edward Nordholt, Frank Rieman, William Risch, Joseph Schowe and .G. L. Wiedenhoft and Miss Minnie Rieman. ’

Garden Gadding—

What Is Difference

Between Annual And Perennial?

1 WOULDN'T believe it myself: But if "you want to start

an argument,

try this on your garden-minded friends.

Just what is the exact-difference between an annual and

a perennial? bringing four-o'clocks into. the picture, Raised around here, they'll bloom in a single year from seed. In just an ordinary winter they freeze and die, But if they're in a specially protected spot or if the winter is specially mild, the fat tuberous roots they formed

during the summer will live over in the ground. I won't spoil your fun any pontificating from the experts on the subject, Just try it.

n ” FLOWERS outhave always fas~ If I had more time, If you

» WINTER doors that 18 cinated me. I'd raise a winter garden.

" think it can’t be done, just take

time to read same of Beverly

Nicholg’® garden books. (You can get them at Central lbrary.) \ Also and moreover; Walter Holt, Holliday Park’s new superintendent, says the witch hazel is in bloom out there, It's worth a drive out if you've

never seen the pale forsythialike flowers, THe shrub. is on the left if you drive in the south entrance. Then'I had a report of a win-ter-blooming crocus (not the ordinary jump-ahead-of-spring specimen) in the Dawn Snyder's front yard at 1235 N, Alabama St, It began opening its golden flowers the 31st of January. And if you want to fave one for vourself, you'll find it's sold as # bunch crocus, it's botanical name is ancyrensis. It grows wild in Asia Minor. One bulb will produce 18 or 20 flowers.

You. can complicate matters no end by

The Snvders, incidentally, have lately turned professionals, They recently acquired the Highland Landscape Co.—~now Stonybrook Nursery. : o » ~

AND WHILE I'm on the subject of gardeners turned professional for ove. As well ‘as money, Mrs, Paul Blake (she's Mrs, ‘Hoosier Gardener) called my attendion to that grand double-page spread in color in the last Better Homes and Gardens on fancy leaved .geranfums, 1 was specially pleased to see pictured some of the col-

ored leaf varieties I told you about last year in describing Mrs. E. B. Brink’s collection,

Do look this over if you get-a chance—they're a wonderful hobby. ” » » IF YOU'VE never smelled the fragrance of a scented gladfolus, let me assure you it's grand—definitely clove scented. For this week 1 was the lucky recipient of some of these rare flowers developed by Dr. W, P, Morgan, head of biology at Indiana Central and president of the Indiana Academy of Science, Somewhere in his busy life he found time to experiment until a mixture of three native

* African glads plus .one highly

bred garden variety gave him the fragrant winter-blooming sort he was after. I wish every

garden column reader could see

.(and: sniff) one,

How to Fight Drougth

PULL WICK THROUGH HOLE IN CENTER. OF FLAT. FRAYED TOP OF WICK 16 EMBEDDED IN THE SOIL

LOWER END OF WICK I$ IMMERSED IN WATER IN PAN

OR OTHER CONTAINER BELOW

3 2% : v ENTIRE FLAT FOLD AT | 5% 1S WATERED CORNERS] “N= FROM > POT EMPTIES > a 5 EE pte eR oF 35 nN BAS FS POT SHOULD SAD on ABOVE LEVEL.OF SOt

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are two ways fo steer between death-from-

drougth or damping off for your indoor raised

seedlings.

You may buy special wicks for wick watering (garden stores) or you may make some from out of rope or burlap. Wick watering may need some adjustment in beginning. If large water container is used, seedlings may be left to take care of themselves for a day or two at a

time.

Pamper African Violets If You Want Flowers

HY doesn't my African violet bloom?” is the question of the century as far as saintpaulia fans are

concerned, In the current

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suggestions. High spots are: Light—it may be Insufficlent. T.0ts of leaves, extra-long leaf stalks indicate more light is needed. Leaves yellowish (but not from lack of water or plant food), indicate less light needed. Too-—dry air. Violets need moist alr, Stand. plants on

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patience until the plant adjusts itself again,

Pot size—might be too large.

Too many crowns. Multiple crown plants may give each erown sv much competition bloom is discouraged. Diet. Plant food must be bal- | anced. To stimulate bloom, try { superphosphate, using one teaspoon to a quart of water and | a teaspoon of wood ashes scat- | tered over surface of 4-inch pot. : Nature of variety. It may just be the nature of the beast you're trying to raise .that makes it take a little snooze ogcasionally. Certain sureblooming varities include Blue Girl, Blue Boy, Bicolor. . Atmospheric impurities.

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Hints on Snapdragan SONI

HOLES IN FLAT BOTTOM \

PLANT SEEDS EARLY IN POTS OR PANS . TRANSPLANT SEEDLINGS TO™ FLATS .

"AFTER DANGER FROM FROST PLANT OUTDOORS

CUT FLOWER WHEN IT PASSES PRIME

‘BRANCHING, PRODUCES

r. SECOND CROP

OOK ahead to summer New kinds and disease

once more. Raising them from seed

Start the fine seed indoors about mid-March. light spot to g

that only if you have a cool

. INDUCES

and consider the snapdragon.-

resistance popularize them is a challenge to your skill. Earlier than row them on.

Try the new ruffled kinds, the double hybrids, the

skyscrapers or the dwarfs. Use them around bird-ba showers.

ths where they can take the

Or cluster them in groups of 3, 5 or 7 of the

same color for a constant spot of color in borders with

other flowers.

Garden Events—

Panel Discussions Are

Popular This:

Panel discussions of pr

popular to judge by this week's club programs.

Week

oblems are growing more De-

tails of meetings are as follows:

TODAY Nature Study Club. 2:30° p.m. Garfield Park. A hike through the park to observe birds and trees, followed by a conducted tour through the conservatory: Hike leaders, Otis Herreman and John Jenks. MONDAY Arbutus Garden Club. 1 p.m. Mrs. Hugh J. Baker Jr. 3907 Washington Blvd, . hostess. Mrs. W. G. Davis, Mrs. J. David Baker, “assisting. Election of officers. Color film, “Flower Arranging,” presented by the Coca-Cola Bot: tling Co. Fall Creek Garden Club. 1:15 p.m. Mrs. N. Taylor Todd, 5147 Kenwood Ave. “Foliage Plants for Arrangements,” by Oscar Helmer. WEDNESDAY Indianapolis Rose Society. 8 p.m. A stump-the-panel program. The panel will attempt identification of roses from card displays and 10 questions. Dr. E. J. Nugent, master of ceremonies, with Mrs. Caroline Ransburg, Mrs, Nugent, H. A. Asperger, and Ralph Kling, panel members. Mrs. W. Irving Palmer will review “Let’s Arrange Roses” by Amelia Burke. Display of catalogs and other printed matter on roses. THURSDAY Rhea Garden Club. 1:30 p. m. | Mrs. Leland Venable, 2717 8. Roena St., hostess. ‘Care of House Plants” by Mrs. Louie ! Coffey.

Crooked Creek Garden Club. 1 |

p. m. Mrs. A. O. Hufnagel, 5260 Woodside Drive, hostess. “Fertilizing for Conservation” by Mrs. William Orr. FRIDAY Nature Study Club. 8 p. m. World War Memorial, west room. ‘Talk on glaciers, illustrated with color elides, John Jenks.

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Annual Flowers Easier to Improve -

Annual flowers have been im- |

proved by plant breeders more than any other group of plants. The fact that a new generation grows each year is responsible for quicker improvement than is possible with slower growing perennials.

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No room for: a vegetable garden? Consider. the midget vegetables and change your mind, Midget sweet corn, growing about knee high, gets more popular _ by the year. The little more than finger length ears are just right to pack in freezer cartons, Their table quality is tops.

A miniature musk melon hardly bigger than a large tea cup grows on three foot vines, It is one of the University of Minnesota's good plant developments, * A midget watermelon grows about long an ear of Golden Bantam corn, stores easily in a crowded refrigerator, Its red flesh is unusually sweet, Another Tom Thumb from Minnesota's plant developers is a baby cucumber. The fruit, finger-length and fat, is borne profusely on vinés that smother nearby vegetables. A Tiny Tim tomato bears “cherry tomatoes” on plants. These, believe it or not, -make good houseplants,

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Hillsdale Nursery is so well known for the Rose Festival and their potted roses all summer long it's timely to remind customers of { Hillsdale’s dor - | mant stock. Be- - fore potting be- . ‘gins in-tha spring you may buy dormant stock from Hillsdale and save yourself the extra cost that necessarily goes into potting up’ plants. Call Hillsdale especially for new varieties you can raise with confidence. Hillsdale chooses selectively from the many hew rose varieties brought out each ' year those that are best suited to this cli- | mate and to give individual | tastes a complete selection. Ask

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| You will find standard peren- | nials, such as phlox, delphinium, | carnations, plumbago, at Stony- | brook Nursery this season, Also some less common (but not difTACHI KITA) such as doronicunt or leopardbane. Call Stonybrook Nursery and have your name | placed on the mailing list for their free monthly landscape letter..Stonybrook Nursery. BR. | 0162. Open Sundays.

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| | Start gloxinias now, At Bash’s you will find gloxinia roots in- a variety of colors and | MW, named sorts. Also | « fancy leaved caladFor a. bit of gpring, force Bash’s lily-of-the-valley pips. Bash’'s | Seed - Store,

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Give an Africas 3 violet to your Vale entine! Hoosier Gardener has fine plants in several varieties, also other flowering plants. Hoosier Gardener, 741 EF. Broad Ripple Ave. (rear). BR. 9121,

Consider the differs ence in appearance of a well-landscaped home and one that's unplanted—or planted without plan, (Good landscaping, says Eagle Creek Nursery, takes planning. And this is the .time to plan. Drive out to Eagle Creek (or call) before .the

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* ~Scate hasbeen unusually bad this year, advises Miliwestern Tree Experts. Spraying for must be done: when weather is right. So “inspect your trees and shrubs now for scale ine . Sects and make arrangements for dormant spraying to control

thenr. Call H. N, (Mike) Engle. -

dow, Midwestern Tree Experts, Co. 2335. Workmen Insured,

Wayside Floral Gardens Is stocking some out-of-the-ordi-nary shrubs this season. Hyperclum Sungold, for example, bears big golden yellow flowers’ all summer long. It's a lowgrowing (18 to 24 inches) plant,

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