Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1927, Page 22

REAL Gardening in Washington AND ITS ENVIRONS Conducted by J. W. \\'elllnzlon, Garden Editor, The Star. I RODENT PROTECTION I Of the various injuries, wind, ice and freezing. that beset fruit trees in the Winter son, none quite equ in e speration to the owner that incurred from the inroads of ro- | dents such as woodchucks, mice and rablits. Of course, this type of injury | does not occur to o tent in the city proper. but often erfous men- &ce in the suburban fruit garden. In this region of little snow, rabbits Nt as serious_enemies of fruit cylinder of clo<(‘l meshed wire fencing about each tree. The wire also helps in the case of | mice, but is not altozether in pro- tection as some species of mice do not confifie their activities to above ground | but feed aiso upon the root bark. Clearing up rubbish, old limbs, | woeds and grass from about the trees | helps to discourage the mice. The ar immediately about the trunk | showd be scraped free of weeds and mounded slightly with freshly worked soil or sifted ash For some un Jknown reason the mice dislike to cross the cleared as. Where mice are very numerous, poisoned grain may be used as a bait, takin; cave to place the bait in hollow tiles or under boards in such a way that birds will not find it. Various are recommended for repel- ainting the trunks of eeable mixtures, but are usually only ily effective and cannot be relied upon. Cleaning up the orchard is the first and most jmportant step in protecting trees from rodent injury. FALL SPRAYING l e i) Any time after the leaves drop in | the Autumn until the buds begin to \ in -the Spring trees and shrubs be safely spraved with concen- trated materials strong enough to pen- etrate the protective covering of vari- ous scale insects. Theoretically at Jeast or so-called dormant spray _until Spring so that scales may be partly Joosened by the rains and snows of Winter. However, in the case of fruit and ornamental plants heavily infest- ed with scale, it is a wise plan to spray at this season and again in the Spring if possible, as it is difficult to Eet complete eradication with a single placing . Japanese quinces, plums particularly the orna- mm\t.’xl forms, are apparently pecul- usceptible to n - Jose scale % and may be found in severe s to be literally encrusted with scales, beneath which the minute but ructive sucking insects pass the| Winter. Many different species, dog- | woods, hawthorns, poplars, roses, wil- lows, lilacs, ete., are nlso attacked, so t it is ally impossible to de- stroy all the insects in any given | area. making reinfestation of sprayed | plants comparatively easy. Concentrated lime sulphur diluted with seven parts of water is an effec- tive ¢ for dormant plants. Various provrietary oil emulsions are also ef- fective, but as lime sulphur is more »eadily available and better known to the home gardener it is still to be recommended as first choice. Lime sulphur has an added advan- tage in that it is also a destroyer of fungus disease spores and on the peach, for example, destroys not only any scale insects but also the over- wintering spores of leaf curl and other diseases. Late Fall spraying is, in case of h infestation of scales, a mnec y and in any case a valuable treatment as a general cleansing treat- ment for disease. Another point in favor of spraying at this season is that the gardener usually has more time for such work. ‘Too often if put off until Spring, spray- ing is laid aside until too late in the general rush of Spring work. PEDIGREED FRUIT TREE: Pedigreed fruit trees are a myth and the home gardener who pays ex- tra in response to some nicely worded statement in the catalogue is simply losing the additional cost above that of other trees. A premium for well grown, good sized trees from a reliable nursery would be justified, but such nurseries do not claim to sell pedi- greed trees. The myth in regard to | HERE You Will Find the Chevy Chase Home Buy You Have Long Sought 203 SHEPHERD ST. Nine Rooms, Two Baths Open fireplace in large living room. builbin | bookcases. . farge c detached " garage. “Kleen Heet” hrubbery, automatic Ruud stor- age heater. etc. House metal weather- etripped and screened throughout. Price, $16,250.00 14 E. Thornapple St. Eight Rooms, Two Tile Baths and One Tile Lavatory Large colonial home i req Diyuched garage. wide lot. floored attic, large covered porches. immaculate model kitchen. delightful breakfast room. and all rooms large and airy. A real home at the right price. Price, $17,500.00 ] near, Corm, | srowth characte specialists of tural Experiment Station suggest that it might well pay the home gardener and the young plants growers. are best for planting and if the gar- it is better to delay the Winter | dener has raised a quantity of seedlings and needs only a comparatively few for his permanent beds. opportunity to select sible condition for planting. | ration according to sexes was quickly the first year to dig the plants, sepa- of the male plants being strong enough ESTATE. THT, EVENING the preferred varieties may be propa- gated and the other rejected. As soon as the old stems have finished blooming they should be cut oft near the ground and burned. It will be noticed at this time that next year's plants are already showing. Many beautiful varieties outdoor chrysanthemums hibited in the Department of culture show. an idsal place for selecting choice, varieties for one’s garden, as a cholce among living plants is much more effective and satisfactory than from catalogues. Undoubtedly many local | gardeners took advantage of the op- portunity afforded. It is not to be expected that one can equal out-of- doors the wonderful results that Mr. Byrnes and his corps of skilled gar- deners obtain in the greenhouse. The displ: gave, however, a fine chance to judge the comparative merits of the many varieties. Old canes should have been removed from the raspberr; and blackberry rows long ago, but if not done should be attended to promptly. The dead r insects and fungi and of hardy were ex- Agt pedigreed trees obviously arose from comparisons with animals, but it must be recollected that each animal is a distinct individual while the fruit tree or plant is a bud or part of another tree. 1¢ is true that once in a great while there arises a bud bearing fruits of altogether different color. In the ap- ple, for example, there is the Red Gravenstein from the original vellow d red Gravenstein, Red Northern y from the original striped These are distinct new varieties Certified fruit trees are, on the other hand, a reliable product, the “certi- fled” simply being a guarantee that the tree is correctly named. Cer. tain scientific horticulturists, following s h the leadership of Dr. J. K. Shaw of [serve to ¢ | Massachusetts, have actually trained [living canes. themselves to recognize young nurs-|be tied to X cry fruit trees by certain leaf and |they may not be broken down during Remarkable accu- | Winter. racy is attained so that in walking up | Try out the method recommended in and down the ufsery rows, misnamed s pecent article in this' column o O e dabeped. treating old leaves with ammonium ® Is justified in paying a small | syiphate, lime and leaf mold or a little premium for a certified tree because | nanure as a source of future manur- the assurance of getting the iety | ing material. that one wants is worth the price. But [, 0" The long frostfrce Autumn gave another difficulty enters here. scrupulous nurseries are advertising | 1ate tomatoes and lima beans an extra long season, much to the benefit of certified stock which never has been really checked by competent workers, | the gardener who had made late plant- About the only safe plan for the home |ings of these vegetable: ovember 7 gardener is to deal with large estab- | Was, even for this vicinity, a very late lished nurseries or with nearby nurs.|date for the Kkilling frost. eries where he can actually see the |hardy and semi-hardy plants like cab- stock growing and have confidence in | bage, chard, beets, carrots and the nurseryman. | nips remain. Celery, if not already | banked with earth or boards, should be attended to as soon as possible. Kale will continue to make growth for some time vet, and if not making progress will be helped by cultivation and a small application of complete fertilizer or nitrate of soda. CLUB NOTES | The National Capital Federation of Garden Clubs met last evening at the home of the secretary, Aubrey B. Car- Results secured by the vegetable | the California Agricul- | who has the time and inclination to grow his own asparagus plants. In the first place, asapargus s a very satisfactory crop to handle; the seeds are large, germinate ongly | are vigorous Large one-year-old plan: he has the the very best. Home-grown stock has the added ad- vantage of being in the very best pos- An_even greater advantage of growing asparagus plants in the home garden would be the opportunity af- forded for selecting the male plants for the permanent beds. Male plants in third season’ outyielded female plants over 50 per cent at the California station, and+ somewhat comparable results have been secured in the East in Ohio and Massachu- setts. In California asparagus seedlings bloomed the first season, so that sepa { accomplished. In this locality flowers cannot be expected umtil the second season, so that it would be necessar) to leave the plants in the original row for two vears, or at the end of rating them on a basis of size, and replant in a second nursery bed to await flowering. This latter practice is followed out in Germany on a com- mercial scale, faith in the superiority | = = = floor. to stimulate the extra labor and ex- pense. Seed of Mary Washington and other fine varieties of asparagus is offered for sale in certain seed catalogues. If any trouble is found in locating sources of seed, the Department of Agriculture should be able to furnish names of reliable growers. l TIMELY SUGGESTIONS | 1t is well to mark the clumps of hardy chrysanthemums while the | =} flowers remain. so that in the spring Always Open WINFIELD 1010 Vermont Ave. This would have been | Only the | TAR. WASHINGTON, ter, 411 Davidson drive, Chevy Chase, Md., to conduct regular business and nominate officers for the coming year. This was the last meeting in 1927 and marks the close of a successful year. Like many other enterprises in civic improvement, getting started has been |I|ph|l| work, but there are now 16-odd clubs actively participating, giving Ppromise that the federation will be in a much better position for rendering service the coming vear. The pro- coedings of last evening's meeting will be given in next week's column. | the annual election of officers Mondily evening, in connection with a social entertainment designed to bring to a happy close a season of much activity. Dr. R. J. Haskell, 1802 Lawrence street northeast, was re-elected president in recognition of the able service he has vendered. Under his guidance the | Woodridge club has in its first year of existence increased its membership from 8 charter members to 137 ac tive members at the close of the vea and put on two of the finest horticul- tural shows ever held in the vicinity e, 2440 Monroe street, wa vice president: Ro; l)uuzlas street, A H Gontral i J. T. Boul, Monroe street, sreas and Mr: P, Wiltian Lambert 8 Monroe street, libi . ect the expenses of the varied es, it was voted to raise annual dues to $1. The American Horticultural Society. rd, president, and D. V retary, i3 to be con- tulated and thanked Tor bringing o peaker of the ability of Montague Free, horticulturist of the Brookiyn Botanic Gardens, to our city. It was | unfortunate that Tuesday = evening | proved so wet and cold and unfavor- | able. Mr. Montague Free, horticulturist of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, N. Y. ill be the speaker conducted by this society. This lecture will be on the subject of Rock Gardens and will he illustrated with a series of The meeting will be held in w National Museum. Tenth and B streets northwest, on Tuesday, at 8 p.m. Mr. nected Free, with in addition to being con- the Brooklyn Botanic ‘él.l||IllIlIIIIflIIIII!IIIIlllIlIIfllI||||I||IllllIIIIIIIItlll|||IIIlIJI||II|IIIIIII|||IIIlIII|||II||IlIII||IIIlI||II|llIl|Il|l||l|l|l||||||lllIIIL $5,990 INCLUDING BUILT-IN GARAGE The Best Buy Offered on the Market Today Your Rent Money Will Buy This Home Concrete Streets, Sidewalks and Curbing 1600 to 1636 Eames Place N. (At Sixteenth and E Streets N.E.) Be Sure and Inspect Today or Sundny These homes contain living room, dining room, complete kitchen and coat closet on first floor, and two bath, linen closet and large closets in bedrooms on second Large front and double rear porches, laundry trays in cellar, BUILT-IN GARAGE. Exhibit Home, 1602 Eames Place N.E. (At Sixteenth and E Streets N.E.) bedrooms, for Inspection PRESTON Main 6307 Two Chevy Chase, D. C., Homes —Each can be bought at an advantage price— A4 comfort. Fixtures and finish are of artistic effect. Lot 90x75—profusely planted. Inspection by permit only. Phone our office, Main 4352—or our 5311 38th Street At Jocelyn St. Miller-Built Home English motif, stucco and timber —with rambling lines that invite to 10 rooms—3 baths 2-car garage and finished third floor wiet $28,500 A real buy—Convenient terms, r. Leigh, Wisc 3799, for appointment. 4104 Harrison‘St At 41st Street Beautiful brick—center hall type. A lot 60x150 feet, with most attractive planting. House nearly new, but its owner, an Army offi- cer,was ordered to another station. 113 E. Underwood St. Large Center-Hall Plan In excellent location near Conn. v unique design, ery appomiment. - with and latest fixtures, hot-water heat. am, 1 wide lot, landscaped. detached garage. Price, $13,250.00 6508 Ridgewood Ave. On Wooded Home Site €1y et on a very attrac- 4 home site and sur- atural growth of fine home it is comforts. tile bath with (hot-water beat, ete. well m roommn, “Tull builtin fixtures, Bardwood ‘Boore: Price, $12,850.00 e TR Inspect Sunday J. E. Douglass Co. 1621 K St. Fr. 5678 8 rooms, 2 baths 2 porches Built-in garage Completely screened, hardwood floors, and in the very best of condition. Radically Reduced —and terms will be satisfactorily adjusted Open for inspection Sunday—from 1 p.m. to dark 1415 K Street EEVER:MGOS REALTORS Deal With a Realtor The Woodridge Garden Club hnldl The American Horticultural Society. | series of lectures | D. €, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1927. ACTRESS SEEKS DIVORCE. Helen Menken Says Husband, Also of Stage, Shuns Domesticity. CHICAGO, November 12 (#).—Helen fenken, the actress, is seeking to di- orce Humphrey Bogart, also of the stage, in an action which her attor- ney, Benjamin H. Ehrlich, said he would file today. Bogart, appearing here in “Satur- day’s Children,” regarded his carecr as of more importance than marital happiness, Miss Menken avers in the bill signed yesterday in the lawyer's office. Neglect and abus2 also are charged. The couple were married May 1926. Garden, 18 widely known as a lecturer and writer. 1In the latter capacity he has contributed to many of the popu- lar garden periodicals. He is a gradu- ate of the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, England, and has had a_wide perience both in the United States and abroad. You are invited to be present and bring your friends to this lecture, which sure to be of great interest ~Mr. D. Victor Lumsden, secretal informs us that this promises to be one of the very best garden lectures ever presented in Washington and that the society hopes for a large at- tendance to show appreciation to Mr. Free for coming to Washington. There will be no charges of any kind. The Woodridge Garden Club. For ihe first time this year the| program of the monthly meeting of | the Woodrid, Clab, to be held in ihe Sherwool s s Menken, who was in “The Cap- tive.” which was closed by New York | authorities. sald in the bill that she of- ferod to relinquish her own career, but Hall, ‘Twenty-socon] and Rhode Is- | that her hushand would not consent land evening, | to enter into the domestic relationship. will not contain special speakers on R topics related ever, tho A Clean Sweep. i o v‘:;}i‘n',]‘l on: ted | From the Boston Transcript. Election of ear will also . J ., headed by H. I. Goddard. will present recom- mendations, but other nominations can be made from the floor. Social ‘eatures will bs prominent | at this meeting A committee con- sisting of Mrs. chumacher, Mrs. ambert anl Mrs. Kissinger, is « ranging (he dotails; but it is known that several sonzs and readings wil be on the program. Refreshments will be serced. Autobiographical Fibs. From the Amer Magazine. Literature by man on the subject of women is the most interesting and | liable in the world. It is unre- ble because it is .Jntohin;.trunhir;ll' and all autobiography is fiction. | ol———]a]———|o]c——=o]———2]u| IF SOLD BY SUNDAY PRICE $9 950 terms ONE BLOCK FROM FOURTEENTH STREET Near Schools, Markets, Stores, Churches, Theater and Cars LARGE MODERN BRICK HOME With Two-Car Detached Brick Garage MANY FEATURES Covered concrete front nnrrh. double rear sereen hardwood floors, hot-water heat. full tlle bath, bulilt| with latest equibment, screened throughont. paved street. ment completely euulum room. there ‘belng receplion ball. six large rooms” asd screened b sleeping porches. 21230 QUINCY ST. N. W INSPECT TODAY OR SUNDAY J. E. DOUGLASS CO. 1621 K St. N.W, Fr. 5678 EE [o]———|o[c——[a[c—] everything you raise on the farm? Farmer—Gawsh, yes! And that in- cludes the boys and girls we raise Offices Saul Bujlding 925 15th St. N.W. | Several desirable rooms at Il very reasonable rents. Inspec- Il tion invited. B. F. SAUL CO. Main 2100 take. pla o} = | Cut This Ad Out and Inspect New Homes Jameson-Built Model Homes in Seven Choice Locations 913 to 933 Quincy Street N.W. Convenient to 14th Street Cars 647 to 659 Girard Street N. E Only One Left 1500 to 1522 D Street N.E.‘ 1801 to 1843 Mass. Ave. S.E. 1820 D Street S.E. Semi-Detached With Built-in Garage—Only One Left 19 Adams Street N.W. The above houses have six and seven large rooms, extra large porches, with or without built-in garages, built-in tubs with shower. Full tiled bath. Inspect these new homes and you will be convinced that they are the best buys in Washington. Open for Inspection »Repreunhfive on Premises Built, Owned and For Sale by THOMAS A. JAMESON CO. 906 New York Ave. N.W. Phone Main 5526 for Free Auto Service Spacious Detached Home Just Off 14th Street 1l shaded street in Saul's Addition, one:half block from L O e e "o the West Public School, this desirable home with southern exposure merits your immediate consideration. 1313 Emerson Street An unusually roomy, modern home of pre-war construction that has been Ihfi);'onghly renovated throughout. Center-hall plan— having on the first floor a living room, music room, dining room, pantry and kitchen. The second floor has one large bedroom with fireplace, three other bedrooms and two tiled baths. Two finished rooms and storage room complete the third floor. Servant’s bath in cellar. The grounds are .;0\]42. beautifully improved with all kinds of flowers, shrubs, several fruit trees, grape arbor and garage. Open Sunday Until Dark Hedges & Middleton, Inc. Realtors 1412 Eye St. Franklin 9503 REAL ESTATE. Exceptional Values. Remarkable Terms! In New Semi-Detached Homes 7 fine rooms; open fireplace: big screened dining and sleeping porches; Tiled baths with built-in showers; all weather-stripped and screened; big 145-t. lot; fine garage Small Cash Payment 559.50 Per Month Exhibit Home 1829 Otis St. N.E. Open Till 9 P.M. Furnished b Furniture Co.. 8 Sha 1416 Eye fll Main 891 "BEYOND COMPARISON” SN w ivo Drive out Rhode Island Ave. to 18th St. N.E. turn left to Otis, or take Brookland Bus fo 18th Monroe, and walk h. or phone Main 8919 o il T e Miller-Built Home in a beautiful near-town community 415 Cumberland Avenue Somerset, Md. OMERSET is the nearest and prettiest of the Maryland suburbs —and this most attrac- tive Home offers every comfort and convenience of atown house—with the charm of this pretty “vil- lage.” The lot is unusually large—70x150 feet; and every tree was carefully conserved. Stucco and dipped shin- gle construction — and built the Miller way. $11,250 —and the terms adjusted conveniently Miller-Built Features: 6 rooms of exceptional size and arrangement. Fireplace in living room, with built-in book shelves on each side. Very large porch, with French doors. gem of a breakfast nuok—lnrnlshed Splendid kitchen large pantry. Tiled bath, with built-in fixtures. 3 bedrooms, all light and airy. Famous Miller closets. Hot-water heat and Wels- bach heater for service wa- ter. Electricity and gas. and Open Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Out Wisconsin Ave- nue, turning into Somerset at Dorsett Avenue, to Surry Avenue, one square right to Cumberland Avenue, W. C. & A, N! Miller Ouwners and Developers 1119 17th St. OUTSTANDIN Main 1790 VALUESina COMMUNITY One BEI::lk Si:uth of Mau.‘ll"lrek Exhibit Home. 2410 37th St. N.W. PRICE 19,1502 TERMS Pembroke Tub Cedar Closets OPEN DAILY BUILT BY COOLEY BROS. LARGE living room and dining room with French doors to screened breakfast porch, reception hall, model kitchen, three ple bedrooms, full tile bath, sleeping porch, and full-length cellar. Situated on a large delightfully landscaped lot which is bounded by beautiful Chevy Chase stone wall. INSPECT TODAY OR SUNDAY Drive or take cars out Wisconsin .\ve. to gas station at 37th St., then South one-half block on 37th St. to exhibit home. 3 €. Bou~iags Co. or Your I ker Successors to Douglass & Phillips, Inc. 1621 K St. N.W. Franklin 5678 LY Frigidaire Built-in Garage 3 Covered Porches Extra Toilet Full Tiled Bath