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Garden Gadding;

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By Marquerite Smith

Times

ERE'S a nice mystery story.

corpses and all that.

Garden Editor

Poison, sudden death;

It might be called the Greenhouse Mystery. For the locale is the George B. Thomas greenhouse,

behind his home at 7948 Allisonville Rd. THe poison is colchicine, that product made from the root of the colchicum or autumn crocus, that messes up the plants’ inherited characterfstics in a most fascinating fashion, : Some of its more familiar and worth-while products, developed by professional hands, are commonly raised. Such as the scentless marigold, the ‘double and ruffled snapdragons, many new marigold varieties, to name a few, . But as Mr. Thomas points out; “the excitmentHes inthe fact that an amateur stands just as good a chance as a professional of producing yellow

Get Busy, You Junior Gardeners JUNIOR gardeners, do you want to surprise

gardening skill? And have fun at the same time? Try this gardening stunt. Just stick some pieces of ghrubs into water and keep them indoors in a sunny win dow for a while. If your mother will let you use some of her tall clear tinted glasses, so much the better. Your indoor cutting garden will look pretty while the sun works its magic on the ends of the stalks you cut. This spring sun is a miracle worker. It shines through the water on those cut ends and presently roots will appear on many of them. Not all will root probably and some will grow roots faster than others. But enough will do it so it's worth trying. And as soon as the weather gets warm you can put the rooted pieces outdoors to grow into new shrubs. Pussy willows are very easy to’ do. Forsythia is another easy one. Skillful gardeners even root pleces of magnolias, dogwoods, and grapevines and wisteria this way. So try what-

" ever you have that you'd like to

have more of.

Florists Set Open Confab

Indiana florists aren't exclusive. They're opening their

‘spring conference at Purdue

this week to anyone who is interested in flowers. Some features of the twoday, Wednesday and Thursday, program of interest to the public will be the tour of University greenhouses just after registration Wednesday noon and the design school at 2 p. m. Wednesday. On Thursday, at 9 a. m,, thers there will be ‘a talk on yearround pot plants. Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock brings “From Seeds to Flowers in the Garden.” Other topics are of more specialized interest.

DEN OF ANTIQUITY 417 East 30th Street, HI-0877 Open Sunday through Friday 1 'Til 9, Closed Saturday: Ironstone covered tureen with ear of corn ‘handles and finial, Satin Apricot overlay enamel decorated ruffled fruit dish, pr. brass weighted candle sticks, pink German lustre footed cup and saucer, small china clock, very large collection of bottles and jugs.

Open Sunday afternoon at 2:00. Re sure to watch for our formal opening beginning March 2. 8524 EAST TENTH STREET. TELEPHONE, AT-9745. Open daily 12 to 5:30 p. m. Tues. and Thuts, Eve's until 9.

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KEEPSAKE HOUSE, operated . by, Sasic_Huliy at E. Maple Rd. en by By

sweet peas, dahlia sized African violets or whatever,

w # a . SO FAR MANY of his experiments have been made with African violets,

“Anything can happen,” he observes, when a plant gets sprayed or dunked with the magic stuff, “I take a leaf cutting, for example, that's been stuck in sand for several days. By that time it's developed a

bump at the -end of the stem. I smear this—by toothpick —with colchicine paste. Then it goes back into the rooting medium, “If it survives instead of

dropping. dead as it's” just as

likely to do,” says Mr. T., “it may produce giant leaves. for one thing.”

The fat buds of the soft m

flowers of spring. Inconspicuous that Lady Spring is tiptoeing a

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Potion Sip -Sends Plants On Growing Spree

The Thomases already have some. violet plants with supercolossal leaves. Jt seems likely the flowers will be equally outTime hope the garden column) will tell, ® :

size. (and we

“Of course,” laughs Mr. Thomas ‘if you =pill it on your hands you'd better get it off — fast, It's pretty poisonous stuff, I'm always afraid some day I

may spill a lot and then, who knows, maybe my whole greenhouse will tumble down.”

Other seedlings that have survived the treatment and may or may not produce something noteworthy include . tomatoes, e¢Abbage, eggplant, and rose-of-sharon, : ” » Ld A LOCAL NURSERYMAN who's ‘a friend of such alley cats of the plant world as the willow tree says, "Why is its

that gardeners make things so

hard ‘for themselves? Just be-

cause a plant is easy to raise is no reason it's undesirable.

Times photo by Willlam A. Oates Jr. aples produce some of the first

though they are they remind us round the corner. Mrs. Roland

Derbyshire, 2745 S. Dennison Ave., enjoys the ready-to-open buds on a tree in the yard of her neighbors, the D. N. Wilsons, 2731

S. Dennison Ave.

Get Your Hotbeds Ready for Use

Repair and paint all sash and equipment. Put sash on cold frames that have not been in use so that the ground will warm up and be dry enough to use when needed. Install during favorable weather any equipment needed for the electric hot bed. Sow

early cabbage, éggplant and to- §

mato seed in the hot bed.

Plants Need Food

Don't forget to feed your

home plants occasionally with a plant tablet, pressed one inch into the soil.

PEPI'S ANTIQUES 408 8. MERIDIAN LI-9183

"Haviland dinner service for 12, French small desk, Jenny Lind bed, brass Sconces, Dresden compotes and candelabras, beautiful hanging plates, gorgeous Dresden mirror. fOpen Sunday thru Friday from 11.

* * Early maple candlesténd, in-

side shutters; wire flower stand, tables, sets chairs, cherry chests and. cupboards, maple. 4-poster rope bed, dough box, copper, china, lamps. UNUSUAL VALUES NOW! WE SETTLE AND APPRAISE ESTATES — WM. BOYD'S; 5500 ALLISONVILLE RD.

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Large Cherry chest, Cherry 6 tilt table, pearl handle knives, fruit knives, Brass Samovar, bird cages, beautiful carved Chinese screen,

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lights, 6 Fairy Villa plates, |

‘China, Chelsea and Bric-a-

brace. Estates appraised purchased. Open daily and Sunday 11 to 5, Wednesday and Friday 7 to 9. JORDAN'S ANTIQUE SHOP, 4225 COL"LEGE AVE. HU-5595.

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Watch for “Collectors Corner” in The || * Indianapolis Times every Sunday. A ||

A tin funnel for plastic covered with foil) placed over a hyacinth bulb you're forcing indoors makes the flower stretch its neck. :

‘Now Is The Time

« « +» to start gloxinias.

« » « to fertilize © house plants more freely. ++ « to keep amaryllils grow-

ing on. « +» » to rest sleepy poinsettias. «ss to do a little spading. ss « to sow lettuce in coldframe. :

AKSEL 413 East 30M SL,

NORA M. AX 2180 N. Talbot Awe.

WM. R. BOYD, ANTIQUES 5500 Allisonvilie Rd. (Hy. 37)

ANTIQUE

“Take willow trees,” he goes oh, “they've got a bad reputa-

tion they don't deserve, Sure their roots will travel toward a sewer pipe if it's leaking. Any

root will hunt for moisture. And if a pipe is leaking that means there's a fiole in it. And the roots, if they grow through that hole will stop up the pipe. But vou shouldn't” blame : the willow for the hole.” ” u ” MY FRIEND, Dr. W. P, Morgan of Indiana Central and the Academy of Science, is the answer ‘to a garden writer's prayer. For he's tried .out just about all the new midget vegetables, just “for fun, and now gives me an enthusiastic report on them, S80 enthusiastic that he has me all steamed up to try ‘Red Rich strawberries for one thing. Not that they're midget— they're more the opposite. “are very high quality, the plants ornamental.”

Plant Peas

Early, Says i Purdue Prof |

AFAYETTE, Feb. 23— Most folks get out to spade a plot of garden for early peas the first

warm days in March or April That's not the way a garden specialist at Purdue University does it. While other folks are spading he’s planting. WwW. B. Ward, well-known garden man, likes to get a jump on the weather by preparing his ground for peas on one of these late winter days when the soil is not frozen. His plan is to choose a small area, 10 feet square or larger. He spades it and leaves the s6il as he turned it. Maybe it seems rough and lumpy, not in condition for planting, but, he says: ‘Just leave it alone.”

” » “ AFTER IT IS spaded, the area is covered with straw, spoiled hay, or similar material. Then he forgets about it until that warm day in March or early April. The mulch is re-

moved, the dry top soil is leveled, and the pea seed planted. Peas, especially the dwarf

varieties, dropped every inch or so. in rows six inches apart, will produce the maximum yield. They are a cool weather crop and have to be planted early. Best of all, Mr. Ward says, his method doesn’t take any cultivation later.

Choose Roses To Suit Climate

Choose rose varieties best suited to your climate "and color tastes. That's the advice of all rose experts. “To help you do just this, the American . Rose Society has prepared a leaflet that rates rose varieties by color, ‘type and. general: sturdiness. - It is free for the asking though the society requests that you enclose a three-cent stamp to cover malling costs. Send your request for “1952 Guide for Buying Roses” to American Rose Society, 1316 Derry St., Harrisburg, Pa.

Free Gardening Book Available

Want free authoritative garden information? Your congressional representative, Charles Brownson, is ready and willing to mail free garden helps from the government's supply. One excellent general booklet is “Growing Vegetables in Town and City.” It's tops in information, well {llustrated. Send your request ‘to Rep. Charles B. Brownson, 1522 House Office Building, Washington 25, D, C. Ask, too, for free lists of other government publications you might find useful.

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BUY WITH CONFIDENCE

The undersigned members pledge themselves not to knowingly misrepresent any article as an antique.

10tA MAHALOWITZ 6105. N. Michigan Rd. MANN'S ANTIQUE SHOP East on Rie. 40, Pershing, Ind. ~MID-TOWN SHOP (CRAIN'S) 3524 E 10th St

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Red—RIcH— Herries —says—he—log ue

The new midget cantalopes he considers “have a- flavor

®petter than most and begin to

produce very early.” And the bush pumpkin, which the Morgans raised and mostly gave away, are tiny sweet affairs the size of a smallish plate, 1f, like: many gardeners, you've been shy of trying these highly developed midget vegetables for fear quality has been sacrificed to get the size down, be reassured of their value.on the table, » ~ ~ Here's a lovely true story, passed on by Mrs. W, Irving Palmer, whose fun-with-flowers demonstrations are delighting §0 many clubs, Two garden clubbers (in another state) were ardent flower arrangers. They lived along Lake Michigaii where shells and driftwood are free for the pick-

Mrs. Palmer, visiting them with an eye unaccustomed to

“em in a ‘bag, and

A PATTERN OF LIFE—Here's a pattern for winter arrange-

the wealth the waves wash up, was delighted with the materials she found. ’ - Her friends had never thought to use it in their own arrangements until she pointed out

what they'd pay if they bought .

it. as ‘flower . arranger's materials.” Observes Mrs, Palmer, ' “we

need to learn how to appreciate the things right around us.” nu » "

BILL OATES, Times photographer, says he knows why those leaf-eating pests are called bag-worms, “Because you're supposed to pick ‘em, put then,” he grins, “pour coal oil on them

and burn them up!” (Shudder,

shudder.) » » ” HOW ‘TO KEEP Africangviolets from blooming is suggested by Mrs. Henry Braun, whose husband is pastor of Mt, Olive

Methodist church.

Mt. Olive, as most folks read in the Monday paper, burned to

Jackson and Perkins photo

ment of greenhouse roses—or a planting plan for your garden so you can show your summer roses in delightful combinations. For winter arrangements use ivies or other house plants for the spray effect. In summer, plan for spiky plants—delphinium, larkspur,

lupines—to provide background

in rose arrangements.

Cold-Frame Useful

USE STANDARD SITE SASH 3'% 6’ OR BULD ONE OF 14° X 2° MATERIAL,

[USE LUMBER ANGLE IRONS AS SHOWN HI SASH TO FRAME

HOOK TO HOLD OTHER SUBSTITUTE FOR Siig | [ores subsTiutE WEIGHT AND DOESN'T L INGE CRACK OR BREAK * fe 9 : IRONS ty .

USE CEL-O- GLASS OR

F [mae +1 SETTLING

ONE of the most ancient

frame. a tiny garden.

of garden tools is the cold-

And it's still one of the most useful, even in

A few pointers for successful building—use heavy boards of cypress, red wood, or white pine to resist rot. A glass substitute is lighter to lift, less expensive than

glass, but it also keeps less

Make frame any convenient size. it to the south to catch most sun.

cold out. But always slant Sink it six incHes or

more into ground. Fill to ground level with rich topsoil. Or use cinders or gravel in bottom, raise seeds in, flats

of soil.

Baby Contest Scheduled

Plans for the annual baby contest of the Indianapolis | Council of Negro Women will | be made at the grotip’s meeting ~of Mrs. Helen: Brooks, | Paris Ave. Miss | Goodnight will - be the hostess. '

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cipal speaker,

| sentatives at the United Nations, | Mrs. Banks was delegate from | National Council. &

| _The talk is the first in a

| series of educational programs : sponsored by Mesdames Zella Peoples, Brooks, Ira Davis and | Azflia Harper.

Cut Off Suckers

' at 5 p. m. today in the home | 2925 | Marguerite |

* - OLD CUPBOARD ANTIQUE SHOP- y ’ ELIZABETH " . $404 College Av. Cut off all sucker growth on : Grows 25 lo | for spraying. Indianapolis HE | apples and .pears, particularly. | — «| Spraying Co., consultants .in i 2 Jn : OPAL'S ANTIQUE SHOP Renrgary is a good time to feed |} — . : care of trees: since 1915, has . of Logusport $32 East 2510 81, e tree, broadcasting com- I Early Blooming motor power equipment, chain | ; plete plant food at the rate of ; saws. Theil k | me comm ror PEPI'S ANTIQUES DT To year of | T a mariner are ) . ying fe Lv Eat EE 1X Et EET ! . years. | ; your live ones, all IndiCANT tar 30M 3 ss) "ile E " Indl, on Hy, 40 | Special-by.Mail! $ ea. |[-anapolis Spraying Co. day or | CRRA Onesie We, ' Nol ing you coul If lags wi evening. BR. 5688. Indianapolis i RUBY FAULKNER i Ni oll H ton as one 21 these tall Spraying Co., 626 E. 63d. | : State Rd. No. 3, Westport, Ind. ' 2S Cal TOM SL 7 Syees, And h will increase Poa vagus of | : * * MABELLE S409 tay | A a ust W few years Bots ry ear ie: | Among the out-of -ordinary | © 1116 N. Penna. 1, LI. 5803 . Gi OC YE >i flowers Eoaves area deep HER aioeny ay a a a Be ayaa | Lh Ls 0 10 Colorads Blas § |: Wondert ade, make youf yar r Gardens 8 season {is | JORDAN'S ANTIQUE SHOP ANTE Het aly 6 to, va oa 81 S35, Cranaplanted. 3 t6'| fast Very hardy. We send a strong | the low-growing fragrant gar- } r il $2 postpaid! Rd, : || tree 3 to 5 feet for successful trans- land flower, daph 4225 College Aw. 0 Lp re ech gg planting. On arrival store or plant at er, daphne cnevrum. : oe THE TREASURE MOUSE . tranepitated d eo pad; a Jour convenience. Limited y! Send || The delicately scented pink Et HOUSE oe 126 Pickett 5L., Plainfield, Ind. ; Shr Srbites weicome.” Satisfaction 's Saniesd of Toweis almost cover the plant | : ) - Jo your money bac EXTRA " n spring, again-in fall. . Use it. 34 Murs tua THE VILLAGE STORE, ANTIQUES ise: price JrosE NURSERIES. DEPT. to008 in front of tall. evergreens or ; KERRY ATUL Shop 1 £. of Indpis. on Hy. 40 ARATERD TS td nu ; LL | for a low hedge along a walk. _ RK A Ooafield, Id WESTERN MAING FOREST NURSERY CO. | Address ...[............ Fasirssrelt J aviide Fioial Gardens, 7501 J — ug ET y ee gs . i - Pam, a” 248 * ii o : va iii ; Spe 2: : 2 »

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Poinsettia Care After your potted poinsettia has faded, store it in the cellar until May. Then cut it back to six inches. Water and feed it before setting it in a window until time to plunge -the pot in | the flower border.

+ outdoors overnight.

__seem successful against various diseases that lay tomato plants

the ground last Sunday morn-

ing. When the parsonage seemed | likely to burn, too, parishoners |

moved its contents out. Two days later Mrs. Braun discovered her African violet plants, carefully jammed into a paper bag .that had been left (Anybody got an African violet to spare. The Brauns live at 1447 8, High School Rd.)

= u 4 THIS PLANNING of gardens for the Home Show, done by garden clubbers every year, takes one skill seldom thought

of. That's the knowledge of how

artificial light changes the colors of flowers chasen for the competing gardens .

~ 1 J n ZINEB, ZIRAM, and Nabem, are not, as you might suppose, the names of Biblical characters. They're new spray materials that alone or in combination with other chemicals

low. So says Purdue.

Garden Club

Sessions Set club this

nature for

Garden and meetings scheduled week are as follows: WEDNESDAY

Hendricks County Garden Club.

1:30 p. m. Miss Georgia Hornaday, - Danville, hostess.

Mrs. W, L. McCormick, assisting. “New Varieties of Flowers and Vegetables,”

Mrs. Allan Stratton. “African Violets,” Mrs. Jack Gambold. “Legend of the Bluebell,” Mrs. Mark Hampton. Thalia Garden Club. 1 p. m, Mrs. R. H. Hartman, 5655 S. East St., hostess. Mrs, Edwin Bauer, co-hostess. SATURDAY Nature Study Club. 6:30 p. m. Annual banquet at SpinkArms Hotel, 410 N. Meridian St. Program: A film showing hybridizing and propagating of greenhouse roses. Reservation chairmen, Madge Goodrich, Nellie Peake.

Hints on How To Feed Plants -

Gardeners who want to experiment with the new method of feeding plants by leaf sprays, do well to add sugar to the = fertilizer solution, says Better Homes and Gardens. It helps reduce injury to leaves from the spray. For exact measurement if you're doing a large experimental job,

use !4 per cent sugar and an |

equal amount of urea. This is

about one-third ounce of each

to a gallon of water.

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Nobody likes to be scared into buying. But it's a sadly true fact that good nursery stock is hitting a new low in supply | y this season. So call Eagle Creek Nursery now about your landscape plans. Have your plants tagged so there will be no disappointment when you are ready to landscape your new home or refurbish the overgrown corners of an older planting. Don’t forget the importance of shade trees. A sizeable shade tree for immediate protection from this summer's hot sun may make all the”difference in the enjoyment of your yard. Eagle Creek has the trees and will do the planting for you. Call Eagle Creek Nurs-

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ery US 52, 11; miles north of Traders Point, CO. 2381. * * A shrub clematis with large

pure white clustered flowers is one of the attractive perennials you'll find at Stonybrook Nursery this season. Another is Anthemis Moonlight—yellow daisylike flowers, ferny follage. Also | true sweet lavender = plants, pinks, hardy baby’s breath.

Most Beautiful for Miles Around!

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Drive out to Stonybrook Nursery and get acquainted. It's on Ind. 100, % mile east of Ind. 37. BR. 0162. Visitors welcome.

Fancy leaved caladiums and elephant ears from Florida are ready at Hoosier Gardener's, Also those wonderAv ful gladiolus bulbs from Holland. Hoosier Gardener has new pottery in—metal containers painted in soft colors, hand decorated; Italian jardlniere type pieces, and some with attached saucers. Hoosier Gardener, 741 E. Broad Ripple Ave. (rear). BR. 912L * . Xx Now is the time to.trim your "trees and make arrangements

Plant peas any time now-—both edible and sweet peas. Bash’s Seed Store has the named varieties and mixtures, also grass seed — fescues, Merion bluegrass, other new and standard grasses. Bash's Seed Store, 141 N. Delaware St. RIL 3733. FR. 73338. ke

Dormant roses from New Augusta Nursery assure you top quality stock. They'll save you money (no potting costs) and they'll get off to fbat early start so importa for June bloom. Order now, Heel them in. Plant when ground is ready, H. J. Schnitzius chooses the best varieties in each class for, your selection. (For example, Blaze and Dr. Nicholas (climbers); the floribundas Goldilocks, Pinocchio, Fashion; the hybrid teas such as Mirandy, Lowell Thomas, «Crimson, Glory, and the best of the new sorts such as Helen Traubel. Order now irom 5000 W. 59th St.

Don't delay! Dormant oil g sprays for § scale and the | first sprays for (as elm protection must- go on before leaves appear, advises Midwestern Treo Experts. tions always limit the number of days when this spraying can be done. So make your arrangements now, Call H. N. (Mike) Engledow, Midwestern Tree Experts. CO. 2335.

Enjoy roses every day this summer —indoors and out! From Hillsdale Nursery's extensivd collec tion you can choose many col ors, many types, . Use climbers to slip-cover your fences, or drape "a gateway tretlis. (For example, Blaze or Dr. Nicholas), or one of the many other excellent climbers in. Hillsdale’s collection. Use floribundas to splash color in front’ of your evergreens, to deck your flower borders, You'll find many wonderful varieties of these cluster roses at Hillsdale, Use hybrid teas in panel * beds, to line your driveway or your walks. Hillsdale's quantities of hybrid teas are carefully selected varieties. Order any of these now before potting begins and save that extra pots

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