Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1925, Page 18

rear of 272 difficult to find in the neighborhood of the Capiial Less than an acre in area, the plot 1s a treasure island of plants. shrubs and fruit trees arranged by an artist in gardening. It is the work of M Albert M. Read, owner of the prc | tion of a s such perenn william. S in their s brings this down just as the first flowers begin | to fade and before any of them have a | chance to go to seed | A Thornless Rose. | Mrs. Read is a native of England| cond blooming period for | Is as phlox and sweet | e of those already are| ond blossoming. She and an ot ize shrubs in her | garden B thor ros probably the only one of its kind in Washington, which bloss 3 I dant ol Mhen Gends vut ek i smaller blossoms of an indescribable shade of every month for the rest of the ner. She also is to secure monthly bloom hybrid perpetual ro: Nevron, which ordin only early in June ant attention- she | unusual results the rear of her| e of mellow blos. | soms, large rose pink blaoms on by plants, which she believes the ide flowers for a display in late July. Her | beds are arranged. however, so that | there is a considerable show of bloom every month, starting ghen the late | snow still is hanging @ the ground in patches First Blooms in March. The first flower is the arabis alpina, | tn March. This is a_low-growing, plant, covered with white blossoms which is practically uninjured by a late snowstorm and continues its blooming through the snow. This is followed by the vellow alyssum soon after the snow is off the ground. The Spice pinks come next and are suc- ceeded almost immediately by the anchusa, about 3 feet hizh and with cerulean blue blossoms. Then in su cession come Oriental poppies, c bine, larkspur in all shad bury bells and foxglove phlox and sweet willi summer the double . Shasta daisies and dozens of other| blooms make the garden a place of | brilliant colors She is able to keep a succession of | fris blossoms until Midsummer. start- | inz the last of April with oy | ellow dwarf flowers about 4 inches | h the mallows at present. A prom ix possible to tell approximately the | sun_dial about by cutting them | b aind then turning to the well| wn Spanish and G n varleties. | Read hus a ¢ erable collec | cut. contlnue fresh in vases four or!larze red berries which come in the of althea bushes in full bloom | five times longer if the stems are Fall on the rugosa roses, hundreds of viaced at once in hot water and after.| which have heen planted about the inent object is a single sunflower|Wward transferred to cold water. The |Speedway and which are becoming whose massive vellow blossom turns | hot water drives the sap into the &0 faithfully to face the sun that it | base of the blossom. time of day from it. It serves, she been able,to produce plums as as small apples, gooseberries nearly | tically unknown in this count Mrs. Read has spe-|as large as plums and sweet as low | is served in old French country homes carieties which are | blueberries, and in a single row to-|as one of the greatest of delicacies covered with berries in Winter so as|matoes which av to make the garden a constant gather- | From this row s h ket at very high pric THE EVENING ter. Besides, she was able to enjoy |f|e~hl\' ripened tomatoes all “Winter | DY 2 device of her own, which con: sisted of first wrapping the green vegetables in damp paper and taking 3 ‘(hom out from time to time as they showed signs of red. In this way the family enjoyed thelr last freshly ripened tomato of last year's crop just before Easter. Terrace Vine Covered. ’ A g the plants of special lnlnrent to Washington home pwners, and 1 ‘) Mrs. Albert M. Reads Hilltop Garden Treasure Island of Rare|!'s 8roWwn here because it is uinknown, which Mrs. Read has cultivated ex- Plants—Thornless Rose Blooms All Summer—Jap- tensively is the ground-trailing Jup- % = e - |anese spurge. This is especially val- anese Creeper Holds Terrace Soil. r uabie for high terraces. It has roots which penetrate and hold the sof % It is green every month of the vea No. VIL | thorn trees and harberry answer this A few plants will cover a large ares Almost at the summit of ene of [ Purpose well with dense foliage in a few years. Washington's highest hills, in the | In laying out her garden Mrs. Read | Al the bottom of the spurge-covered e Wi venue. i | has been: particular o keep ap|terrace which leads down to the side- zarden the like of which it would be |abundance of white flowers, which |Wwalk Mrs. Read has planted an abun- make a showy display at night one ‘of the great mistakes of W. inzton gardeners, she believes, that | Dl it they wish, and'thke home thev plant only for the davlight, and | With them. anae SR ton the HavEbE Mrs. Read has been able to make .| colors. se are invisible onee dark. | her, rose zarden something more than It fe|dance of daffodils and similar flowers. ch she sa re for passersby to , while the white hlos-|a pleace of beauty. Among her great- Sty ko “lai devoled SyentE soms «hvvva like stars from the zround, ' est treasures is a recipe, given her chinving ithe mresent especially on a moonlight night. | years ago by Mme. Jusserand, wife g e In the course of her experiments|of the former French Ambassador, for e At Mrs. Read has found that flowers. once rose berry jelly. For this purpose the ments, which seldom have cated in this ality, is the produc- A SHADED NOOK IN M more and more popular in Washington Eardens, are used. The result is a In her fruit garden Mrs. Read has jelly which ta: like honey with a slight touch of caramel. Thi; pound each occasionally is placed on the Paris Read explains, is of The Favorite of them all HE never-tiring deliciousness of NuGrape has made it the unani- mous favorite of millions of kiddies. Young America knows—after try- ing them all. Follow their lead and at the next thirst station, you too will find perfect refreshment. DRINK IMITATION GRAPE ~ NOT GRAPE JUIKE A FLAVOR YOU CANT FORGET SOLD EVERYWHERE—in this distinctive trade-marked bottle to prevent substitution. At all soft drink dealers c and soda founts . . . . Washington NuGrape Bottling Co., 10 Second Street N.W. i Phone Franklin 4514 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1925, |the same botantc family as the appie,|the resutting puilp -ada an” equal the quince, the pear, blackberries and |amount of sugar. Cook the mixture rasberries, and its fruit is even more |until it reaches the thickness of jelly. delicious than the best these species|It should then be poured into Jjelly [ d can produce, if it is properly handled. | glasses to cool and these afterward In a later article in this series a recipe | shovld be covered with paraffin. ln va will be given for making a jelly of | “Serve in a small silver jar,” reads rose petals. which was esteemed!the recipe, suggestive of the custom greatly by the Russian nobility before |in old French families. the Revolution and since its introduc-| QF e o tion in Washington by a Russian lady | . | Canada’s extensive building boom Tovited eircte who now of "6 " |has caused a rush among hardware | | dealers. Mme. Jusserand's recipe, as given to Mrs. Read, Is as follows: Take out all the inside seed and fiber of the berries with a sharp knife. Then! 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