Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1952 — Page 30

"., hardy plant experienced gard-

} Barden Clubs—

“Nature; Gardening ;

Sluss, vice president; Mrs. Henry F. DeBoest, secretary;

Garfield Garden Club. 1:30 p. m. Prospect Branch Library, Hostesses, Mesdames Arthur Krug, Ivan Iliff, Norris Glidden and John Mulinaro,

WEDNESDAY

Jackson and Perkins photo. Get acquainted with astilbe Come - Into - The - Garden Club

# {rhymes with I'll kill ye), a (Mooresville), 2 p. m. Mrs. Paul Michael, Mooresville, hostess. Mrs. Aaron Gibbs, assisting. Roll call — “My Garden Plans.” New catalogs and medal winners, Mrs, M. E. Carlisle, Aster seed will be distributed for competitive growing. Mrs. John Downing will lead a round-

ners find well worth raising. It performs best in rich soil with . plenty of water, but will grow and flower in part shade, This new variety, Koblenz, bears long (20 to 30 inch) feathery splkes of rose pink. Long lasting when cut, they're

By MARGUERITE SMITH

it. It's by way of a martin house, The Ronald Derbyshires of 2745 8B. Dennison Ave. and the W. W. Wheelers next door worked around their yards a

lot last summer. They worried about some martins fussing around. The martins were trying to settle into wren houses. But Mr. Wheeler knew about

Garden Gadding—

martin houses from way back.

luxe it had a lot of apartments and removable floors,

ONCE FINISHED, it had to

be hoisted high in the alr. That's where martins insist on renting.

It took a lot of heaving and ho-ing to get the heavy house up. A demountable base assured it would stand firm yet

be easy to take gown for clean-

visitors,

” 8. MR. WHEELER especially, .

because he was not well, anticipated a pleasant summer. But he will not welcome the birds for whom he worked so long this winter, Came a sudden heart attack a few days ago. Now the martin house stands as a memorial to Mr. Wheeler and the neighborly good feeling it will always represent.

Krilium, the New Improver of Soil,

2 Set Garden

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period will conclude . the ses-

Sion; The meetings are open

Bird Flyaway Goes Over

Local Yards

T'S almost time for a good many travelers to come north. And we don't

mean tourists who've been tanning in Florida. These travelers will wear coats of feathers, not fur.

ond vice president; Mrs. P. T. McDonald, secretary; Mrs.

SUNDAY, MAR. 16, 1952

Blue Flower Club Elects

Good Time to Rake

Times Garden Editor 80 he and Mr. Derbyshire got ing. to anyone interested, no admis-- G. W. Utterback, treasurer. : Mrs. E., J. Nugent, treasurer, ISH you lived in a busy. They worked all winter. Then the carpenters settléd sion charge. Mrs. Frank Forry is parliamen- If leaves have been deposited and Mrs. A. Robert Nelson, ‘ ighbo This spring they came up with back to wait for the birds’ re- tarian; Mrs. Leonard Trent, on the lawn during the winter, historian, friendly neighbor- = elaborate three-tiered birth- turn, they already knew as the historian, and Mrs. Ralph Mon- better rake them before the TUESDAY hood? Here's one way to day cake martin house. So de- most entertaining of backyard Backyard Adventures— roe, publicity chairman.

grass starts to green up.

Milady can do

Get dead trees <<

: School 3 Of ne gr > = ¢ ff; 5 % . als : SUILTY ‘Events Here Include Here Mar. 27 Officers rv \ : / "FF VERYTHING from ail: LUE FLOWER GAR- : a » . ’ Ann ual | lo Oo IKE = ing house plants to fruit DEN CLUB'S new The i e. * trees and evergreens: will officers are Mrs. H. J. C. Jn nota GOOD many respectable citizens will hit the road and get some attention at the Pearson, president; Mrs, £nown = “dine on slum-gullion in the lead-off event of this anual’ garden school. sched- W. B. Hodge, vice president; layman. .~ week's garden and nature club meetings. For the Nature uled for, Thursday, Mar. 27, at Mrs. Clarence Hanva, Secre In GUI i ing its i i Purdue-Marott Center, 902 N. tary, and Mrs. Robert Br ’ ‘our fam Study Club is having its annual hobo hike today. Details ore an ' a an RUF fan : of it and other meetings are Norris Wade, assistant county Committee chairmen include wnd you ! as tellows: agent, announces the following Mrs, -Harvey Belton, progr . ‘(3th Jur It S Use u TODAY . all-day program. with Mrs. Corbin Patnek and solume . Nature Study Club. 3 p. m. Meet The morning session starts PILE Mrs. Max Tuttle; pt Mrs. ‘or the r - at home of Joanna Guss, 4960 off at 10 a. m. with Prof. W. A storm window, leaned Mitchell, elephone, ie Roos D. C. Ste E: <10th. Leaders will direct B. Ward of Purdue in “Annual against the south side of any Charles Weaver an , of Mad hobo hikers to best places for and Perennial Flowers for the | oi. "noiec an effective rt Hansen. nsull fo a hand-out, winding ‘up at Home Garden.” Prof. HW. Id 2 $ ith d Mrs. Joseph Carhart and Mrs, fraud an home of Mrs: Adelaide Ed- Gilbert will follow up with €0 rame, even with ends 0. "clark have ‘charge of The tri wards for a campfire. Louise “Foundation Plants Around the open. Use the protection for flower shows; Mrs. F. R. Rey- >RISON. McCormick in charge of Home and Lawn.” seed flats, or pot plants you nolds, junior gardens; Mrs, C, those of reservations. In the afternoon, Prof, Ward want to get outdoors. A. Heikas,~ membership; Mrs, murder MONDAY will speak at 1 p. m. on “Small Harlan Craig, birds and wy Jacco an Neophyte Garden Club : Fruits for the Home Garden,” servation; Mrs. R. W. Mitchell, ier of B cop fie Garten Sb, 3 pw, : v a and Prof. *Gilbert will discuss Crooked Creek Club roadside; Mrs. James Crooks Loeb an Mr —High-pri | in friendly neighborhood. “Kvergreens and Deciduous New officers of Crooked - garden center, and Mrs. ) 3 KE. 28th 8t. Mrs. Richard MARTIN HOUSE—High-priced rental in friendly neig Shrubs, Their .Planting and Creek Garden Club ‘are Mrs. Kolb, legislature, Hauptma Maxwell will talk on orchids, i y ; - Care.” F. W. Myers, president; Mrs. Mrs. Patrick is publicity der of CI Ne {jeer Ao ne hoviored The clinic for sick house Edgar Behrman, first vice presi- chairman and . Mrs. Belton, .-. liitio”ioo president; Mrs David’ H a r iN ouse a Nn S as el | 10a plants and a general question = dent; Mrs. Wayne Harvey, sec- ~ horticulture chairman.

table on “Containers and One of Nature's biggest mys- her own garden-, down now beIh Rene Controls for Arrangements.” : J teries is why birds migrate— ing easily if she f ore h igh - Flowers take on a silvery THURSDAY / . and how. Now here's another uses the special spring winds pink as they age. At this stage M k t f L T one: Why are Indianapolis line of garden take them Py they may be cut cured, and Indianapolis Hemerocallis and on t e on ar e or a ong ime backyards on flyway No. 4? tools now in at down, possibdried for winter arrangements Iria Society, 7:30 p, m. Indi- A flyway, in case you aren't a Hoosier Garden- ly with property damage. Mide . ana National Bank, 3000 E. F YOU want to irritate everybody in . Says he, “I doubt that krilium is going to high up in bird society, is one = er's, They're designed specially western Tree Experts also ade New York St. Mrs, Paul Dun- : ’ : be a cure-all. During the war it was DDT that of the routes our feathered for the feminine gardener—an vise that dead elms should be : Gladiolus bar will conduct a quiz pro- the garden and nursery business, just _. going to.do everything. Then we found it friends (or fiends, if you hap- S8-inch rake, a small size shovel removed right away before elm Neo

gram, FRIDAY Nature Study Club. 8 p, m. World War Memorial. Mr, Jesse Harvey will talk on minerals and geological speci-

Program Set

A glad auction (gladiolus

announce a new soil improver. (in fine print at the end of your announcement) “But it won’t be on the market for quite

a while.”

That's the story of krilium. It's the dis-

Then add

some, too.

had limitations. Krilium will undoubtedly have

“For one thing, soil needs organic matter to make the minerals in it available for plants, So it isn’t likely that krilium can ever replace organic matter entirely, It's probably going to

pen to be fond of cherry pie) take on their way north. Indianapolis is on the most traveled path, says White in the current month's

Dorothy |

(long or short handle), a 4pronged cultivator. Also a variety of Gardex steel tools (hand cultivators, hand weed-

| ers, etc.) and an all-purpose publication of the Nature Study |

triangle hoe. All kinds of gar-

bark beetles hatch and carry disease to healthy elms. Call H. N. (Mike) Engledow, Midwestern Tree Experts. CO. 2335.

xk HOUSE OF FLOWERS

bulbs, that {s) and a demonstra- mens. : covery of the century (according to its proud pave places where it's useful. But a quick Club, den seeds including the Alltion of how to arrange the Irvington Women's Garden sponsors) for loosening up hard pan clay 80 you cure of ali hard soil? Not likely.” She explains the two current | America Award winners. Hoo- 5 : stubborn gladiolus to show off. Club. 2 p. m. Mrs, B. E. can raise something besides a frustration on it. . theories of bird migration | Want something different for

Brown, 882 Whittier Place, hostess. Mrs. Glen Jackson, assisting. Mrs. Robert Mannfeld will show colored slides. Flower arrangements by Mesdames Richey Middleton, H. L. Mote, Alta Slusher and George Vestal.

SUNDAY Nature Study Club, 8:30 a. m. Meet at 38th St. entrance to Fair Grounds for all-day trip to reservoir. Dorothy White,

its ‘beauty ‘will be features of the Indiana Gladiolus Society’s winter meeting at Purdue on Saturday. The all-day session starts at 9 a. m, includes a tour of Purdue greenhouses, latest ideas on disease control, and a panel discussion of hybridizing with Paul Ulman of the State Conservation Department leading. Byron Troyer of Marion is resident of IGS.

So everybody wants it. Right now. One local businessman says, “I get call after call about it. And does it take time! Not that I don’t like calls and think it's part of my business. “But 1 have to explain to each and every one that the stuff isn’t going to be on the market

for a long time, maybe not even in 1953. For

the public grounds, parks, and professionals will get what there is to try it out first.”

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SPEAKING OF krilium, a gentleman who's wise in both the scientific and the practical ways of soll management, voices the feeling of a good many experfenced gardeners.

NEVER UN flower. Indiana

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ORGANIC GARDENERS 80 him one better and wonder what effect krilium will have an the helpful bacteria and small organisms in the soil that they claim make for production of really healthful food. ’

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DERESTIMATE the power of a polis got into the national lime-

light with a notice in the Hemerocallis Society's

last newsletter. The Indianapolis Hemerocallis and Iris Society started out with 10 members dast July, and by December had a membership of 50, says this national report.

Study Club to Meet

Mrs. W. A. .Ocker and her |

daughter, Miss Ellen Ocker, will

| chasing a worm,

whyds and« wherefore’'s. One

that North American birds lived here the year around until the glaciers of the ice age chased them south. After that the birds just came back to North America when summet did. o u ” THE OTHER theory says that birds all got started in the tropics. Eventually, with no birth control, somebody had to move north, That doubtless

accounts for the adventurous’

nature of Indiana robins when

LANDSCAPING

sier Gardener, 741 E. Broad Ripple Ave. (rear). BR. 9121.

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Rent yourself a’ roller. .lawn seeder, or fertilizer spreader at Consumers Feed Store. You'll find bulk and package grass, flower and vegetable seed, all that's new for '52, at Consum-

| ers Feed Store, Call E. T. But-

tler, Consumers Feed Store, about lawn fertilizers. Copsumers Feed Store, 6103 Massachusetts Ave. CH. 2818,

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When you buy roses at Hillsdale you have the biggest collection in

yourself or a gift? At House of Flowers you'll find the wonderfully colored Rex begonias, Other begonias in an unusual collection at Hquse of Flowers are the double rosebud, maple leaf, and beefsteak. Azaleas and modernisti¢ pot plants in small inexpensive sizes to grow on in your own home. Also Double Duchess and other African violets. For distinctive spring wedding flowers call Bernice Brown of House of Flowers, 5801 W. Washington, BE. 24539. Free delivery,

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When you buy landscaping you're -

entertain members of the this part of the buying not a spe- § A ‘I Garden Study Club in their SHADE TREES cote to choose cific thing like a Fello | home _at 7053 College Ave. from. Select dozen eggs but an Setuday with a luncheon at Eagle (reek Nursery a i Pri BTUs ra Noth . i > 0h : Telephone CO-2381 : Ys; te bE . {- Mrs. B. Lynn Adams will Liven a dull money in the end when you go Squa | speak on “Yard Parks in 1952.” | m — group of ever- to a dependable and experienced | Mrs. James Tretton Jr. of Chi- | greens with red floribundas local nursery like Eagle Creek. ‘a NURSERY cago will be a guest. from Hillsdale. Choose Gera- * You can depend on them to avou com . Se —— —— nium Red, or Chatter or the know which of the quantities PLANET JR. | vari-colored Masquerade. of plant varieties grown in this a ! Choose from Hillsdale’s climb- country are suitable for this

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Bash's Seed Store was fortunate enough to get in an extra supply of the scarce Merion bluegrass. Bash’s

| will make this up to the Purdue

formula or sell it in bulk Imported Japanese lilies are in, both gold-band auratums and rubrums. Also tuberous rooted begonias — start these right away if you want early bloom this summer. Bash’s Seed Store, 141 N. Delaware. RI. 3733. FR. 7333. Courteous service,

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Instead of fighting difficult

‘spots in your lawn, use ground

covers. You'll find a collection of different kinds at New AuNew Augusta has that superior kind of ;vinca minor, Bowles variety, It's glossy green leaves and deeper blue flowers grow well in sun or

| shade. New Augusta recom-

mends blue bugle (ajuga) for

| certain spots. For deep shade,

there's Japanese Spurge, bright

trees, 4 to 6 ft. sizes.” New Angusta Nursery, 5000 W. 59th. CO. 2658. Open Sundays,

now, ‘rhubarb ‘McDonald's Red), 45c per

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mr Stomesas f ing heart, both the old-fashioned and the ever blooming; fruit trees (apple, peach, pear, apricot, cherry) specially priced at $1.95 and $2.50; evergreens in variety and flowering shrubs. Stark's, 511 S. Tibbs. BE. 1351.

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