Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1952 — Page 34

PAGE 34 ___ Garden Gadding—

Would You Trade Plants for Iron Rails?

HOME OWNERS may be “landscaping” with two-by-four's, iron rails and concrete instead of plants in a few years if they don’t watch out. There's a school of thought that likes the idea,

reports H. J. Schnitzius of New Augusta Nursery, just back from the Detroit gathering of nurserymen from all over the country. | One expert was ahout immediate effects. His thought was that folks just can't wait nowadays for a hedge to grow or ‘even some

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grags. Hence, the wood-metal-cement and quongset hut type of thing.

In the lively discussion that followed his talk, it came out that a good many of us out-of-date ‘lovers of plant life really prefer nature's slower processes, however inadequate to the speed of the atomic age. ~ » .

ONE DEVELOPMENT nurserymen are working out for themselves might well be passed on to their customers. Seems the gentlemen of the plant world are getting fed up with catalogs that sprawl all over their offices so they're- getting the wholesale growers together and standardizing catalog sizes. If somebody only would do the same for wr plain dirt- -diggers who have t&-put up with the retail catalogs. An unhappy thought for the home owners’ budget was the renewed emphasis. on shortage of quality plant materials. Everybody is “scrounging around” for a stock of the best plants, particularly certain yews and euonymous -varieties, The shortage apparently will be with us for “at least another few years, How much longer depends on the labor situation largely.

” ~ » ® THERE'S no question abdut the increasing trend toward

dwarf fruit trees. A shrub-sized tree fits into today’s small city lots without crowding off the owner and their size simplifies all the: common problems of gpray and harvest, Now comes a local gardener to prove they really produce, too. He's.got a dwarf tree in its second year that seems llkely to work itself to death, “I bought it a year ago as a New. Cortland cherry, he. said. “But this year the same firm is selling it under the name of Sapalta hybrid cherry. That describes it better. For it's undowbtedly one of the many hybrifl cherries that produce plum sized fruit. ~ ” ”

“AND THE nursery didn't overstate the case when they said this variety often bears in its second year. For it was covered with blossoms this spring. Then it seemed as if every blossom set fruit until the tree 1iterally bent over under the weight of the big purple cherries—or plums, if you prefer. “The only disadvantage I see is that apparently the wood is soft. Tor I didn't prop the branches soon enough and as a result one large piece broke off in a high wind. Even so, I'm

all for these dwarf fruits. They're decorative in bloom And what fruit they produce.” n ~ »

SO THEY SAY: pops fuchsia buds open too fast, savs a garden publication. Then the flowers are often small, poorly formed and off “color. Obviously, no fuchsia should make Indiana its home. Too much fertilizer, it's said,

can make as much trouble as too little, Changes in soil acidity may lock up certain kinds of plant food. And hard roll may actually smother plant roots and choke off water supply as well until ‘the roots that survive lack of air may die from lack of water, If you're the type who is always changing furniture around, peonies are not for for you. A peony bitterly resents being shoved around” And if you do vield to temptation and move a really big clump it's lkely néver to he the same again.

Garden Events—

Clubs Plan

Series of Meetings

MEETINGS that start in ‘mid-morning with a picnic to follow are beat-

the-heat aids for garden

and nature clubs this week, The schedule follows:

5 MONDAY BLUE FLOWER GARDEN CLUB: 12:30 p. m. Mrs.

B. Hodge, 5815 N. Eo v. nia 8t., hostess. Mrs. Harlan Craig, assisting. Round table discussion of peonies led by Mrs. C. A. Helkas and Mrs. P. A. Hennessee,

TUESDAY RUSHVILLE GARDEN CLUB: 7:30 .p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Abercrombie, Dr. and Mra. R. O. Kennedy, Manley

Abercrombie, hosts. Surprise program, : RI1Z-Z-B GARDEN CLUB: 10

a. m. Tour of members’ gardens and a progressive lunch. WEDNESDAY GREEN THUMB GARDEN CLUB: _10 a. m. Mrs. Erwin Bohn, 760 N. Bolton Ave. hostess. Mrs. A. M. Bangel, assisting. A workshop in flower arranging. v . FRIDAY NEWCOMERS GARDEN CLUB: 10a. m Garfield Park. Picnic. Tour of formal gardens. Program by Mrs. B. Lynn Adams and Noble Hollister. GOLDEN GLOW GARDEN CLUB: 11:30 a. m. Members will meet at Orville Merrill, 1122 W. 35th 8t., then visit the Girls School at Clermont. Mrs, Conrad Barrett, assistant hostess, SUNDAY NATURE STUDY CLUB: 8:30 a. m. Meet at War Memorial. Car trip to Cagles Mill. Otis Herreman, trip leader.

Old Irish Custom

The use of evergreens, holly and mistletoe at Christmas time dates back to the Druidic ceremonies.

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Green Thumb Preserves Romantic Roses *

FROM BIRTHDAY BOULUE T=lovice Nihiser’s gift roses otill bloom.

Your Yard This Week—

Two Diseases Hit Aslers |

STERS suffer from two serious diseases. One is spread by leaf hoppers. Keep. asters. free from leaf hoppers

with DDT. The other tragic aster disease carries over in the soil. Better not plant asters in the same spot next year

if your plants look sickly this season. ” » ” IVY you're planning to grow from slips of outdoor plants should be rooted soon. Tt will root more readily now than if you wait until houseplant time. n n ” BRUSSELS SPROUTS often fail .because’ they don't get enough ‘plant food. If plants aren't, growing, give them a dose of high nitrate (lawn) fertilizer, mulch with manure or” some .other source of leafstimulating nitrate.

» " Ld HARDY AMARYLLIS is ready on the local market. When you plant it remember it doesn’t take kindly to moving. So choose a spot where it can stay put for a number of years. Then it produces spectacular clumps of its delicate

pastel “lilies.” Deep rich soll, good drainage, full sun or light shade is their preference. n n n GOURDS should ripen thor- | oughly on the vine before pick- | ing if you want to keep them | for winter. Hard shell.. slight shrinkage of stem are gigns of maturity. ” n ” . CRABGRASS ia rapidly approaching the seed - forming stage. Once it seeds you've got | a crop ready for next year. | So immediate spraying is a | most important garden chore.

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By MARGUERITE SMITH Times Garden Editor :

EV ER ‘underestimate the power of a green thumb.

On her last birthday, Mar. 11, Janice Nihiser, 1905 8. High B8chool Rd. received a romantic dozen red roses. The

blooms and foliage stayed attractive go long “they inspired her mother, Mrs. Arland Nihiser, to put her green thumb to a real test,

When the flowers were gone, she stuck the 12 stems into a big flower pot full of “just ordinary: garden soil.” They con-

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inclosed back porch.

After the weather warmed up, Mrs. Nihiser set them out in open ground. Now she has two blooming rose bushes and daughter Janice is still wearing roses produced from the original dozen. The first roses hlosgsomed in _mid-July, a little over 4 months “after the florist's hox arrived.

Watch That Crabgrass

l.ast call for killing crabgrass. If you wait too long your lawn will be completely reseeded with the pest.

Tiny Carrot Seeds

Because of the minuteness of carrot seed, it takes 257,000 grains to weigh a pound.

Transplant Iris Now

Transplant iris now, cutting back the foliage to a 4-inch fan of leaves. -

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UGUST is the month to sow pansy seed. Pointers’ for. success: ONE—Buy really good fresh seed. low when you raise your own $0 you can afford it.

TWO-—-If you want to raise only a couple dozen plants, sow

seed in a wide, squat flower pot.

It's easily moved around.

THREE— Protect the tender |

young plants from hot sun and drying winds. A single layer

of coarse.cheesecloth or a ‘athe |

cover over the seed bed is good. ” » - FOUR — Pansy seed germinates better at lower tempera-

tures so choose a cool spell for |

seed sowing. | FIVE — Consider what oxperienced gardeners do. A

favorite trick-of-the-trade is to | set pansy scedlings out in tulip :

beds.

SIX--Mulch these open bor- |

der plants lightly with straw, evergreen branches or other airy material not before mid-December or when ground is frozen. SEVEN—OTr carry your seedlings over winter in a cold- |

frame. This system often produces flowers as early as February.

EIGHT-—For really easy-to-raise plants, sow seed of violas, the little cousin of the pansy, smaller flowered but longer blooming.

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Were Waiters’ Tips Hore de'Oeuvre in French means “outside of the work.” The first hors de'oeuvre. was created in Paris just before the

French Revolution. Restaurants were being established and waiters - réceived no salaries. They lived on tips. To augment their pay they were allowed to cadge a bit:of bread, ham and other foods.

Soon each waiter had his own special hors de’oeuvre.

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N; i. This is last call for crabgrass control, says

seeded, it will A give you a bigger crop next year, so spray before it’s too late, Hoosier Gardener handles two controls he believes are the best. Get Crab-Not P. C. plus 2, 4-D if you want to control broad-leaved weeds as well as crabgrass. Get — Weedone Crabgrass Killer ‘if you want to kill crabgrass without injuring

clover. Both at Hoosier Gardener’s, 741 E. Broad Ripple Ave. (rear). BR. 9121. * '%

This is the time to set out iris, advises H. J. Schnitzius of New Augusta Nursery. Midsummer planting lets plants get established so you're more likely to have bloom next year. Iris roots are how ready at New Augusta Nursery for customers who ordered them at bloomtime. Or let the nursery advise you now in selection of top varieties. Also a fine line of sedums to use in those "dry spots around the yard or borders. New Augusta Nursery, 5000 W. 59th. CO. 2658.

trees loaded with fiaming orange berries ‘are a show piece at Stonybrook week. Drive out and see them, While you're at Stonybrook, choose your shade trees and” tag them for fall delivery. Shade tree shortage is likely to be worse rather than better. Stonybrook pow has Sycamores, hard and soft maples up to 215” diameter, and tulip trees and birches (both white and yellow) in smaller sizes. Order Stonybrook's pink dogwood now for spring planting. will build your rock garden, wall, patio or pool. Or you may buy the stone by piece or ton if you prefer to do the work. Also at Stonybrook, peat moss both domestic (50c a bushel) and imported (bales only). Stonybrook Nursery, Ind 100, 3; mile east of Ind. 37. BRB. 0162. Visitors welcome.

* * Controlling garden troubles is simply a matter of selecting and using a good remedy, says

Floral Gardens. Wayside stocks a wide selection of materials for pest controls. For roses, Wayside has Phygon rose dust, .'also Pomogreen (doesn’t 'discolor foliage). from Wayside controls aphids apd other sucking insects. Way-

sects: Fermate which is useful mite to- kil red spider.

grasshoppers’ and beetles, get Wayside's chlordane. Take your

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Give your roses some care now and you'll have bloom in Septem-

flowers, advises Alex Tuschinsky of Hillsdale Nursery. Water and mulch are the rose’s biggest needs in hot weather, says Mr. Tuschinsky. Do not sprinkle foliage. But water soil deep down by soaking with gentle flow from the hose or with a soil soaker. Cover the rose bed (after soil is thoroughly soaked) with a moisture holding blanket of peat moss or other mulching material. Then continue regular spraying or dusting with a nursery-tested

‘triple threat preparation. Hills-

dale stocks all these needs for your rose garden. Call BR. 5495 or write Hillsdale Nursery, RR 13, Box 185, Indianapolis 44, Ind. Drive out to Hillsdale for a pleasant summer evening’'s flower show. Hillsdale Nursery, 8000. north on Ind. 100 (Shadeland). BR. 5495.

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11, miles north of Traders Point. CO. 2381. * *

The many new iris ready now at Stark's include such lovelies as the Carolina Burpy k:Sm=es : iris, which Mrs. Stark could not get for her customers last year at all. It is ivory white with a splash of green—most ususual. Plant it now to be sure of bloom next year. Also at Stark's, new daylilies. One, Confucius, is a bright red. Potted roses, too.

All at Stark's, 511 S. Tibbs Ave. BE. 1351. * *

Add the ‘wonderfully beautiful pastel “lilies” of the hardy amaryllis to your garden. Bulbs of ’ this often named “mystery lily” are ready now at Bash’s Seed Plant them now. Also peat moss for moisture saving mulches and loosening hard

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