Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1952 — Page 36

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A Garden of Medicinal Herbs

By MARGUERITE SMITH Times Garden Editor

IF YOU stop in to see Mrs. Arthur Grepke's garden, you'll undoubtedly find

yourself with a cup of mint tea In your hands, having a visit with a chameleon and accumulating some interesting ideas about herbs in medicines. I did. : The mint tea was a nectar out of this world. Chiefly, I suspect, because it was brewed from black peppermint. Mrs, Grepke got her black peppermint from the northern Indiana mint fields. Even the odor of the growing plants tells why black peppermint, rather than white peppermint, is used to make peppermint oil. The white variety, explains Mrs. Grepke, makes a finer oil but much less of it. » » uw “WHAT GETS anyone interested in collecting hundreds of herbs and studying their medicinal uses?’ 1 asked Mrs. Grepke. In her case it was childhood illness plus a grandmother who gave her herb tea. Then later a near tragic experience converted her to herbs for life. While still quite young she became seriously ill. The doctor finally shook his head and said only an operation could save her life, But he was in no mood to risk an operation on the skeleton she had become after weeks of living on water from boiled potatoes and greens. In desperation her parents took her to an herb doctor who had learned her lore from the Indians.

LJ ” ” “I DON'T KNOW what it was she gave me,” says Mrs, Grepke still frowning a bit over the terrible taste. “I just know it was the worst stuff I ever tasted. But in 10 days I was eating solid food.” Though many of her herbs are rare plants, Mrs. Grepke rates the common parsley high. She keeps a big patch of it

FROM THE BACK YARD—Mrs. Arthur Grepke brews a cup of

mint tea with mint from her garden of medicinal herbs.

growing close to the back door,

and another patch (for winter use) back In the yard. Parsley ‘helps arthritis, says Mrs. G. But most folks who try to raise it don't realize it is a biennial and dies the second year. So you have to keep reseeding it each year. Whether it's the herbs, the mint tea, or just that the plants in Mrs. Grepke’s window make an ideal spot, the chameleon who lives there has survived for three years. And every now and then drops an

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Here is your chart of garden enemies. GET acquainted with some of your enemies. Reading from left to right in sketch—cabbage worms ‘hatch

from those pretty white butterflies that hover over your

cabbages. When you first see the butterflies is a good

time to start dusting with rotenone. (They've already been around for some weeks this season, so get the dust-gun going.) Plant lice come in assorted colors. They usually cluster on tender plant tips. Sometimes they work so hard on older

leaves they'll curl the leaves. |

DDT won't affect all kinds of aphids. But another of the newer chemicals will. lindane. Lindane is still a little hard to find in small quantities all by itself, But it's an ingredient in several all-pur-pose vegetable and flower garden dusts. ou » n LIKE DDT, lindane triple threat killer. It kills on direct hit. It leaves .a residue

It's |

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on plants that will kill insects, |

And it produces a vapor that finishes off any insect breathes it. The striped cucumber beetle is a pest that eats leaves and, worse, carries disease around on his feet. Would-be raisers of cucumbers and melons have to prevent wilt (rather than trying to cure it) by dusting the minute vines which pop out of the ground and keeping it up. Use rotenone or a roto-none-fungicide mixture. The flea beetle is seldom seen. he makes on leaves of potatoes, tomatoes and many other plants. DDT controls this pest.

a ” ” LEAF HOPPERS resemble

tiny grasshoppers. You see them swarming away from

that |

Just the pin hole pricks |

plants at your approach. DDT |

and lindane are sure-fire cures.

Cut-worms cause most |

trouble early in the season.

Potato beetles chiefly bother |

vegetable gardens full of spuds, Rotenone and DDT take care

of them. » » »

THE MEXICAN bean beetle | is one of Indiana's worst pests. | It gets confused with the very | {The ladybug

helpful ladybug. dines off aphids.)

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egg ‘about the size of a pea among the plants, But raising a chameleon has more complications than raising herbs. “When fall comes,” says Mrs. Grepke with a laugh, “and all my neighbors have their doors closed, I have to leave ours open, just to get some flies indoors for the chameleon to eat.”

As I went out the door I

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the screen. “Oh, no,” said Mrs. Grepké, ‘leave it open, I want some flies to get in.”

Garde Events— /

(ARDEN clubbers

. Kokomo;

Richmond Meeting Scheduled

who belong to the Accredited Jydges Association of

the state will have an all-

day meeting and tour of the famous Hills Nursery in Richmond Tuesday.

A business meeting, judging of specimen flowers and luncheon will take up the morning period. At 1 p. m. Mrs. J. G. McFarland will speak on landscaping. Richmond members of the group will be hostesses. They are Mesdames R. R. Meeks, Earl Mutchner, A. W. King and Lillian Mock. " # © NEW OFFICERS of the Accredited Judges group are Mrs. Ray Thorn, president; Mrs. Burke Nicholas, vice president; Mrs. R. 1. Kenworthy, Monrovia, recording secretary; Mrs. Raymond Wiley, Anderson, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. E. J. Dieckman, treasurer. Mrs, Jules Zinter is program chairman with Mrs, C. W. Roll, Mrs. Glen Andrew, Terre Haute; Mrs. Meeks, Rich-

mond; Mesdatmes G. E, Schloot,”

W. L. McCoy and Arthur

Halton.

Mrs. Robert Mannfeld is chairman of the hospitality committee; Mrs, Goethe Link, staging; Mrs. John Downing, Mooresville, membership; Mrs, Thomas Ayton, historian; Mrs. Miles Barton, publicity, and Mrs. Henry Prange, record file.

New members of the association are Mrs. James E. Jobes, Mrs. Paul Pike, both of Indianapolis; * Mrs. Harry Lobsiger, Gary; Mrs, Ward McCarty and Mrs. William McVaugh, both of Pendleton; Mrs. Carl Schmalzried, Wabash; Mrs. John Snider, Rushville, and Mrs. Neva Shott, Muncie.

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this week's meetings are as follows: TUESDAY

Biz-Z-B—10 a. m. Holliday Park.

Picnic.

Rushville Garden— 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Frank Becraft, hostess. Pitch-in supper, Quiz program,

WEDNESDAY

Forest Hills—Noon. Mrs. G. E, Bomberger, hostess. Mrs, C. W. Roll will speak on flower arrangement for the home.

Hot wedther zooms plants—« Green Thu

weedsSut stows ‘up gare:

chairman, Mesdames George. Wear, R. G. Justice and C.J. Sherman.

THURSDAY

RURAL Friends Garden (Acton)—1:30 p.m. Miss Fannie Pfendler, hostess. Mrs. W. E. Marrett will speak on making arrangements, Members will bring ro¥e and gladiolus specimens and an ar-

rangement of mixed garden flowers.

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OPERATION MIKE—Ever hear of a tractor named Mike? Wayside Floral Gardens is a highly mechanized nursery. But during war-shortage years, the nursery found it easier to acquire a mule than an additional tractor. And none of the tractors shows the judgment that Mike does. “He's

almost human,” observes William Cooley, owner of Wayside. “He seems to know when to go fast, | lants.” Mike spends his time pulling a cultivator up ond |

Your Yard This Week—

"when to go slow, when not to step on p

down nursery rows.

Here's How to Wage Fight On Serious Tomato Blight

"TOMATO BLIGHTS belong to a serious class of plant

diseases.

For once the blights are noticeable it's too

late to do much about them. Controls are steady dusting or spraying in the early summer while plants are still

healthy.

” » ” FRESH perennial seeds are beginning to come into the local garden stores. Now, with the spring rush over, most gardenerns have a little more time to start seedling perennials. Pansies are best seeded in August. Most others can be started any time.

2 2 n » WATER LILIES are delicate flowers. But they're greedy feeders. Cow manure and bone meal in the containers makes them bloom better.

” s » PARSLEY is going to seed. Don’t cut seed stalks all off. Let at least part mature. For

parsley is a biennial, That is,

it comes up one year, seeds the

mini Snes ori fo

enough to use. Experienced gardeners pick first cabbages while they're still small. Later there’s more to use than most families can manage. So don’t hesitate to sacrifice one or two to the table while they're young and oh, so tender, (Cook’s note — Boil halved cabbage. Serve open face up, buttered, ’ with chopped dill on top.) » = » ROSES like summer mulch, Spread a few inches thick layer of peat moss, ground

cobs, straw, lawn clippings or

rotted manure around your bushes and‘ they'll repay you with better summer bloom.

shes

freshly gathered seed after a good “planting rain.” Keep the rest (just in case) to sow next spring. ’

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good top growth to keep healthy roots coming on. An old garden adage says it's time to stop cutting asparagus when peas are ready to pick. Watch for the asparagus beetle, His slimy gray offspring can ruin asparagus foliage. Rotenone stops them.

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Trenches Outmoded

Two time + honored practices now considered outmoded are

pended upon _ should be added at the rate of

the sowing of sweet peas and !

the planting of asparagus roots in trenches.

Sweet peas planted two inches |

deep have proved to yield as

well as those planted six inches |

down; trouble with fungus disease. The fashion for green asparagus, cut above the surface, dis-

while they have less |

poses of any need to plant as- |

paragus roots six inches deep.

Trim Tomatoes

Staked tomatoes which need pruning should be inspected every other day during the early summer, otherwise branches

which should be pruned may grow too big.

You're by no means too late to have a good-looking flower border and plenty of cut flowers

this summer, says William Cooley of Wayside. Wayside Floral Gardens has annual

plants they started purposely late in the season so that now these are young freshly growing plants ready to zoom in your late-planted borders. Set out Wayside’s petunias and scarlet sage now and you'll have a behutiful show in late summer. Calendulas blossom better in cooler fall. weather than in summer heat. Also at Wayside, snaps, verbenas, geraniums, coleus, apd (for shady spots) sultanas, and begonias. Wayside Floral Gardens, 7301 Pendleton Pike. CH. 2222.

* * Stonybrook Nursery has some unusual specials for this week. Gladiolus bulbs will be closed out at only 35¢ a dozen. There's still plenty of time to plant them for sure bloom. All annuals in flats are reduced to 35¢

| a dozen at Stonybrook, and | standard $1.35. While you're picking up

roses, potted, are these bargains see some of Stonybrook’s fine perennials in bloom. The double heliopsis, Sun Gold (it will bloom until frost); English lavender; the lovely Stokes aster (stokesia) Blue Danube; three named varieties of phlox, and several different kinds of hosta, the lily that grows so well in full shade. Don’t forget that Stonybrook’s specialty is stone and rock work for your garden. Brown county stone, sandstone, limestone, by piece or by ton. Stonybrook Nursery, Ind. 100, 3; mile east of Ind. 87. Open Sundays.

* * Where else hut at Eagle Creek Nursery will you find the big array of potted shrubs and trees together with

the knowhow for all-season planting. Eagle Oreek’s long-time experience

and scientifically trained personnel can help you. Spread your landscaping through the

summer safely with Eagle Creek's progressive planting methods. Treat yourself to a

visit to Eagle Creek Nursery where you find thousands of plants all labeled in the big salesyard. Eagle Oreek Nursery, US 52, 1!, miles north of Traders Point. CO. 2361.

* * Here's a really wonderful bargain. H. J. Schnitzius of New Augusta Nursery is closing out 150 potted roses at a dollar apiece. Some of these are fine varieties that came along too slowly in the spring to be used in landscape work. All are tops In roses. But the nursery does not want to carry them over summer. First come, first served until they're gone. New Augusta Nursery, 5000 W. 50th. CO. 2658. Open Sundays.

* Fresh perennial seeds are in at Hoosier Gardeners, Get your new delphiniums started now for A best germination. Many other varieties, also. Vermiculite for seed-boxes. (prevents damping off). Also. wet-

table sulfur for fruit trees (con- _ trols brown rot) and all-purpose

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Animal manures are low in When they are ge.

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All cucummers will climb if they are permitted to do so. In a small vegetable plot, cucumbers, tomatoes, peas, beans and melons can be grown on. the fence.

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Stop at Stark’s to see a parade of annuals, fresh young 4 plants just coming into A good bloom, now being closed out to make room for incoming summer stock. 3 dozen for a dollar. Some of the prettiest colors in petunias you ever saw (one a true salmon-pink); also some asters, snaps, and a few other varieties. Order evergreens now for fall planting, Stark's, 511 8, Tibbs. BE. 1351,

ww Hie to Hillsdale for a pleasant evening after a warm summer day. Roses and more roses are there’ to be enjoyed. And to keep your own roses coming along nicely during summer, here's professional advice from Alex Tuschinsky, owner of Hillsdale. Blackspot is always with us, says Mr. Tuschinsky. It's the disease that spots rose leaves, later turns them yellow, then they drop off, leaving rose canes bare and cutting down on production of blooms. At the nursery this year a new control is giving good results. It's Plant Plate, a spray (it can be used as a dust, if you prefer) that stays on in spite of rain. It's “weath~ erized,” so “plates the plant” against the spores of the blackspot disease. Hillsdale stocks Plant Plate for its customers, So get it some evening when your're at the nusery. Mail orders will be filled. Hillsdale Nursery, 8000 north on Ind. 100 (Shadeland). . BR. 5495.

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Get your field-grown perennials now at Edwards 56th St. Greenhouse. This gives them time to get established for sure bloom next season, Open evenings and Sundays for your convenience, Edwards 56th St. Greenhouses, Just east of Keystone,

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Timely needs for your garden at Bash’s Seed Store include sprays for crabgrass con-~ trol (use these right away); Am- A mate and 2, 4, 5-T to get ri of poison ivy and woody weeds; soluble fertilizers to quick-baost all your plants; a variety of insecticides and fungicides for every purpose; seeds for sowing now (fresh perennial seed, ¢ orn, beans, cucumbers, many Othe ers); German peat moss for mulches (small or large quane tities). Whatever your garden needs, you'll find it at Bash’s Seed Store, 141 N. Delaware, RI. 8733. FR. 7333.

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