Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1952 — Page 30

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Some Hints on Raising

By MARGUERITE SMITH

Day Lilies

Fertilizer Solution

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: ad * Times Times Garden Editor . [F YOURE looking for a Mid-Summer Help to Dahlia Gx : hardy perennial that fits DAHLIAS need extra fertilizer for big flowers . se idea. right into plans for lazy 47 especialy if you didn’t do well by them at planting Some ta summer gardening, look at ime. batter than of

the hemerocallis. Indeed you may look at a good many kinds of them if you

“I LIKE THEM for one thing because they take so little time and attention,” she says. “They don’t even have to be transplanted very often, I fertilize them when I plant. After that they: mostly can look after themselves. And so many of them bloom at a time when there's a gap in most gardens. Then if you choose varieties carefully you can have different

SUCCESSFUL—Margaret Griffith,

Hemerocallis and Iris Society

president, raises many varieties of day lilies in her garden.

getting attention, too,” she goes on. “The dwarfs are so useful for arrangements. And another aim of hem hybridizers is for flowers that bloom over longer periods and for blooms that stay open longer.”

un ” ” MISS GRIFFITH couldn't

gardens. Mrs, James Jobes, district chairman, says that maps (especially helpful for locating the out-of-town gardens) will be available at all gardens.

Gardens on the list are those of Mrs. George Spellios, 24 W.

small handful of chemical fer-

mixture—it’s the equivalent of giving thém-the manure water they dote on. - » EJ

ANNUALS can still be planted fof bloom before frost. Many produce prettier flowers in fall than during summer's heat. Calenduals, especially. Also, if you want a few seedlings to take indoors for early winter, seed some annuals now.

Water with ‘a fertilizer solution. Or, sprinkle a

FLORAL

7301 Pendleton Pike

dictates the « “Family nee space, cost of

take in the “hem” fans's gar- tilizer (flower garden type) dens that will be open on Thurs- around each plant and water it MULCRES ge oD Jaealy ties are the d day of this week. For Central- in. But, no extra fertilizer can wet by rain or hose. This is the West District garden clubs have beat soil well-prepared and en- on canning arranged a daily tour that's" riched at planting time. foods appeari pen to Ihe public, and quite 5 a = Genuine German Sunday Food ree of charge. till go on Buf ack oe vias o afte sn sti | PEAT MOSS ow ons this midsummer (really season- lent time | s long) favorite. Margaret Grif- § East (whith Joan Sxpellen ey Ideal for breaking up heavy soil made by tes fith, 4925 E. 65th, who is ‘presi- Plant cucumbers this month and retaining moisture. ticular fruit . dent of the local hemerocallis % Bushel freeze before around a flower .pot full of By the Bale or od and iris society, has plenty of ; an rotted manure (or compost plus OPEN SUN pre boikisron praise for day Jilles, A : 3 he chemical fertilizer). Water the ~~ . fret RE ie 4.8. ® — : fis. , plants through the flower pot || * 0 A oon

effects can ni this method, k ability is oby -

ALL TYP] are on the housewife whe They come in material as th and sizes. A should be sea durable and

by “ kinds in bloom from spring pick out a favorite variety, “I 57th St; Mr. and Mrs. Edward ,,o. : g right up to the first frost.” like so many kinds of hemero- Zickler, Mi Sauer Bs De. pinks and A — anal proet. glass SOMETHING SPECIAL—No ordinary Pacific hybrid delphinium plant is ever expected to produce its As to fertilizer, 1 Just give callis,” she says, “it's hard to 30d Mrs, E, C. Crossen, Stop the easiest to manage. be used excep spectacular spires of bloom for more than around five years. But theres one in the J. A. Gilson [DM 2 little bit of everything gay what my favorites are. But Rd. (5600 south and just east of * a =» ked in A yours. "Iv I happen to have on hand on the spur of the moment I'l Rd. 135). pac wa

yard, 5028 Carrollton Ave., that's practically ready for the Old Delphiniums Home. It's eight years old and still going strong. Reason for its longevity, Mrs. Gilson suspects, is coal ashes. Every autumn she hustles around and borrows coal ashes to heap around the plant. “Then winter rains drain away from its crown instead of settling around it,” she explains. “In spring | let it grow up through the ashes. As weather moderates | gradually level the ashes off.”

That’s usually some manure, bone meal, compost and chemical fertilizer. They especially like peat moss so I always mix at least two handfuls of peat moss in each hole when I plant.” It would seem that such a

say that Hesperis is an awfully good yellow, tall, with beautifully formed flowers on a good stalk and with plenty of buds.” One pointer for would-be planters of hemerocallis is this. Miss Griffith suggests that they

Out-of-town gardens include tHose of Mrs. Herbert White, 123 College Ave., Brownsburg; Mrs. John Downing and Mrs. Gaylord Snyder, both in Mooresville, and Mrs. I. M. Kenworthy, Monrovia.

SULFUR should not be used on plants when temperatures soar. Ninety degrees (according to plant patholgists) is the critical temperature. Over that and a sulfur spray or dust can cause trouble. Also—continual

tainers are whether the o rower than t the container. food must 2 pletely thawed “removed fron

: ) ’ . But- use of sulfur sprays over a pe- d cooked ot i . . T N of perfect flower couldn’t be im are specially good in front of Holcomb Gardens on the Tot 4 an . r proved. But hybridizers, says ghrubbery. For they reach to- ler Campus is also part of the riod of years may acidify soil amlined whether the ¢ © New Rose ish a ening erms ee Miss Griffith, are working to- ward the light. y tour. And Holliday Park, though | until it needs lime, Ll Ea stacked inside : f . ward a true pink, just as they y » 9 not particularly included, also Garden Tractor easy storage 0 onruse eg inners are in iris and in narcissus. CENTRAL - WEST District's has a day lily collection worth that is if they Year Boo “Then dwarf hemerocallis are hemerocallis tour includes eight seeing. : The sige of T do you mean—annual, biennial, perennial? . New line with extra features foe be Stemming z a » » » : a A Treasure That's a question that often confuses beginning Western Net Tourney Set Suggest Yard spring. plowing 44d of other of fond that. o gardeners. . For the plants‘won’t be forced into behaving For Picni year ‘round uses. Riding sod walle stack easily w : as they should . : ; Continued From Page 25—Col. 2 been in Ibzia, one of the or ricnics ing models 2 to 6 HP. Complete of course. HE American Rose So- . Balearic Islands. She writes . » ty But in general, you can tell Safest procedure with biennial and Rosanna Hall and her that it i= 2 fascinating spot You can enjoy picnics during gear drive with reverse—no cheap SEALING 1 ciety’s Year Book for which is which by observing flowers is to sow some new seed : al ji 12 a rabCiNaung Spot, Po : / C c y g transportation committee: have h tuck h to be the week as well as on week belts or chains. All rusning pares sfactor in choo 1952, is tops as always. their life cycle. An annual each year. been delivering box seat tickets She was lucky enough to be you hive 4 backyard. a Convenience. t Colored pictures, detailed (Zinnia, marigold) is seeded, Sweet Williams, a typical bl- and are now ready to get the On hand for the Feast of San i n ¥ i enclosed in oil—no slippage or weas, * should be Br Pp ’ grows, blooms and makes its ennial may live over for several players from here to there and Juan when all the street cor- back porch, or live near a park. HAND AND POWER tool i . information combine pleasure seed In one season. Hence, “an- Years but the flowers are . p,. . ners were decorated with huge For such occasions you can 0s lr > and profit in the reading. nual” or one-year plant. always best in the second year : : papier-mache figures which ,laa5e almost everyone with the | MOWERS SHARPENED alners o e ( In it, for example, there's a ks from seed. While the boxes have all eventually were consumed in » tainer should 1 A perennial is a “hardy been gone for weeks, general : old-faithful” Egg Salad Sand- ’ an over-all f report on foilage feeding. A plant.” Usually it doesn’t bloom € B » Be enormous bonfires as everyone : retired biochemist with time 4 oro vonr from seed. But its 4 . admission tickets are available gang and danced in the streets. ~~ Wich. ; not one insta to do it, played around with ro WE Year Trot seed. LH White Cross Guild and since the bleachers are on Add two teaspoons prepared SERVICE SHOP the cost bety combinations of pest controls ., flowering stalks usually in Units Will Meet ee outh Sie of Ihe Justard ond Sash ot la 2027 ¥. Hf ainar ana and leaf fertilizers. He finds d df ears courts, spectators are assured Corn Borer to two tablespoons salad dress- T N. RURAL HL. 7102 tainer may sh it's workable. Providing, of Far ane jor many year wile following ped hi he of an excellent view. . oe ing. Into a bowl, put four four (at Roosevelf) ings on one si . e Cross : course, you choose a fertilizer Annual plants. (notably an- pext week in the Methon ot 2" Discovered in U. S. Siced Dard Sooked eggs. tw Open 'Til 6 P. M. Phone Any Time Sepending on 1 and control, that dont fight pyal pinks) often confuse the Fo THE PZIOPLE WHO * have . tableSpoons chopped celery, two y p Hospital Service Center: Tomor- The E h first tabl hopped oli each other instead of the pests. issue by also living over winter row—Broadway Baptist, Third Players as their house guests gropean corn norer Lrs t3 gsoons Shor 5 © lves, She The Book He used Rapidgro and Trio- and sending up flowering stalks Christian and Cheerful; Tues- WHI be on hand to pull for them. Was discovered in the United 'a»sSthoon chopped s we et : : gen (in case you want to try a second year. day—New Jersey and Meridian These young people arrive as States near Boston 41 years Lio P 5 : y | chopped pimiento. aw it, he used half of a level as a Heights; Wednesday—=8t. Paul, strangers tonight but by the ago. Pour dressing over them and Ton teaspoon of the fertilizer to 4 BUT 11S biennials that real- Alpha Omicron Alpha and De- ‘time they leave we will all have Since that time, it has slowly po thoroughly. This recipe 2 NEW 8 quart of spray). This mix- jy cause the trouble. Many'a gree of Honor; Thursday — become good friends. chewed ite way westward and makes 114 cups filling or enough : ture he put on at two-week in- gardener says, “I just can’t keep Mother, ‘Bethel and Library; Avg Saunders Kysar is due is still spreading. for six sandwiches, You'll find i Jets 18° tervals from the time the plants parsley growing in my garden. Friday—Riverside Park, Pren- = to sail for home tomorrow from It wormed its way into 17 salad-type fillings spread very ‘every coak. were in full leaf up to Kling Tt comes along nicely for a year tice and Oaklandon, Universal- Genoa after an extended cruise. previously unattacked counties ' easily with a few strokes of a printed a frost. Results wee: .¥oellent. or go then it’s gone.” And that's ists. BS . For the last month she has in seven states during 1950. spatula. :pRinle - An Iowa “Loti Yofessor because it's lifetime is two Rem. ” : . rly ye d . material to a tested a new winter protec years = ot i y every type Ww tion method. Prof. Griffith J. In other words it's a biennial. . capers. _ Buck simply piled ground corn- Like the cup-and-saucer Canter- Ta: those wh cobs into boxes placed over his bury bells, Sweet Williams and # bushes. He then bent unpruned garden carrots, it comes up the * 7}: Ji. magic, Lois Su tops down, fastened and water first year and makes its flowers M5 guerite Ashbro proofed the whole thing with and seeds the second year, then With gro 1- ing with Magic a covering of waterproof paper. dies. In some Sargens 3 ig bib gin To Spe ig » Te A gredient they Results—wonderful. ; sows, and adds to the confusion. wonderful time to set out tion to drive out milk, They fou #8 & = Se ground covers, advises Willlam to Hillsdale Nurs- it with beef, A JAPANESE rosarian sings | Cooley of Wayside Floral Gar- ery any day or 1amb, fish > 1 the praises of Crimson Glory, dens. Use these where grass Sunday and en- amb, » Pou the “wonder rose.” He points ! will not grow in shade or under joy the roses, the tutes, soups, out how many illustrious chil- trees. Wayside has myrtle formal gardens salad dressing dren it has produced, Will (vinca minor), glossy green, where many per- vegetables. Rogers, Charlotte Armstrong, pretty blue flowers; pachysan- ennials are in Along with it Vogue, and quantities of other - dra (Japanese spurge), green bloom and the triti 1 top-notch roses. - winter and summer; Wayside carefully marked shrubs and hey Be ya wy Proof of the pudding is the | y 4 also has ivy in several different trees planted in the nursery book b back-of-book section where | hardy varieties, one kind a spe- grounds. Then if you want to ? rose-growers let down their | cially good climber for covering give your own roses profesgreen thumbs to tell all con- | chimneys, brick walls. Way- sional care, here are more tips Blackwood cerning well-known varieties 1 = ; side's baby evergreens are very from Alex Tuschinsky, owner . they ve raised. es 2 A , Ey popular but you will still find of Hillsdale, on rose problems. Ski | |= ars a ay i e Drie ot N y PL ANET JR some of the small 85c varieties Mildew, for example, says Mr. Rose Society) just by itself ew : and larger, quite sizeable specl- Tuschinsky, is not bard to con- OTH Nor y y . | mens at $3.50. Wayside Floral trol. Though it’s often considAnd that membership fee is all Home Owners | hed It eonsts 2ay Poss fon to get Gardens, 7301 Pendleton Pike. ered a common rose trouble, pus the year book plus any number | “TUFFY” TRACTOR | CH. 2222. Open Sundays. It occurs chiefly In rainy perl- little to react of other privileges of value. ff ~~ + Ail snes ap : * * ods and is likely to be specially and South h: All for less than $5. Lawns Cultivating . Get rid of bag- bad when toward the end of ood. and Juch o Pulling a : : : worms with lead the season, nights are cool. 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