Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1928, Page 20

20 & ARCHITECT GROLP UPHOLDS HARRIS Favoritism Charge Preferred by Brick Manufacturer Called Unfounded. REAL ESTATE. (Continued from Seventeenth Page.) the handicap of inferlor seed. Of course, price is not an invariable index to_quality, as oftentimes poor sced i sold at high prices, but it is true that high-grade seed is not sold at bargain rates because of the greater cost of production. As much as we would like to indorse the neighborhood grocer or hardware merchant, neither can be recommended as a_source of seeds for the home garden. It is true indeed that plenty of fine gardens have been pro- cuced from such seed, but an element |of chance is brought in greater than one should incur. Cheap seed is often old and low in | percentage of germination or has been ring concern, growing out of speci- | produced with little or no care as to fications by Harsis for types of brick | trueness to type or name. Fortunately harges favoritism preferred against \ al Architect A. L. Har- by the head of a local brick manu=- of | there are many reliable American seed used in the construction of school build- | 41, 21 of whom are only too glad h without foundation i f ¢ "calq a catalogue upon request. These old established firms make sm‘d‘ . | srowing their special business and take ia pride in keeping their stocks thorized | AnA healthy. Once the home N odings be- | dener has learncd to trade with % the | houses he will wonder how he e = .~ |managed his garden enterprise with eeds purchased here and there. | Proved Varieties. | Varieties always raise a question in the prospective purchaser's mind un- | less he has gardened for many years - | in one locality. One enterprising voge- € | table seed house with offices in Phila- hia has hit upon the rather novel t sound plan of limiting themsclves 1001 110 a short list of old established va- the 200 rieties. With few exceptions, weil tried 00 | varieties are best. Novelties are worth ing 1 a limited way, but it is a scrious mistake to give over the garden to them and a costly mistake, too, for s are priced high. Another se- ult in novelties is that many nes they are simply old varieties = | brought out under a new name. Honey per Thurs- | ample os Club. a|yaricty known as Whi grown for y - | ern France. " | Both the United States Department j of Agriculture and the University of Maryland have for free distribution home garden circulars containing lists of reliable varieties for this region. The sooner the seed order is now O | made up the better. Market gardeners | | have already begun to prepare their hot beds for sowing tomatoes. ! cauliflowers and ot plants. Antibes and ars in Algeria and south- T 1 her slow growin, The Correlation of g g‘ d the purpose | B. | tn peppers, | 1 g to increase. the Pruning Demonstrations. | The Woodridge Garden Club will con- | | duct a pruning demonstration in the | | garden of M. C. Wilson, 3006 South | Dakota avenue northeast, on February | 22, Washington's birthday, at 10 am. W. R. Beattie, extension horticulturist | ! of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, will show how to prune fruit tree: grape vines, roses and other plants. | At the same hour and on the same | day the Takoma Horticultural Club will | hold a comparable demonstration for the benefit of gardeners in that part of | daries of the southeastern | the city. The Takoma demonstration | ct. by the Lincoln | Will be held in the garden of Z. LaPelle, | al Cemetery Corporation now is | 7419 Blair road northwest. The dem- | The land was purchased | onstraturs g;fl be Edwlgo & P’ov:;ll P he corporation from | Dr. D. oemaker, of the De- 7 T artment of Agriculture. Don't miss attending one of these e Rers 5% work &nd hear. thm explaim npl: and contracts have been | Pruners at work and hear explain | B e etruetion of & lodge. | ihe principles. Pruning is one of those | other units of the | arts which cannot be mastered from land was purchased for | books. One needs the actual plant ma- | rough the office of | terials at hand to gain full appreciation. | The sale price was|Don't be afraid of being one of a small | | crowd, for the pruning demonstrations | 168 ACRES PURCHASED. elopment of a tract of land con- 165 acres lyi | | | | a new wind ble us to make money. Cail Factory prices. TONTINE 18 Waterors and Fadeless | Main 4874-8552 I STOKES SAMMONS, Proprietor $6,950 Small Cash Payment and $59.50 Monthly JUST 3 LEFT See Them Sunday 3615 18th St. N.E. Open Till 9 P.M. l 830 13th St. N.W. . Will buy an ideal brick home Six rooms, tile bath with showers, oak floors, built- in refrigerators. Hot- water heat, automatic hot- water storage tanks. s s porches and fine TO INSPECT: Drive out_ Khode Saland Ave. Fath R MK and wewton mt e NNW, M) “BEYOND COMPARISON" R R RN a R 4 Tomorrow— Go out and see 115 Cumberland Avenue Somerset, Md, perfectiy beautiful Home, in a superb 1owering trees—6 rooms, tiled bath, porch with French doors, breakfast nook, hardwaocd ficors, hot-water hear, etc, ’5] Lz;‘, u'nln’ Agreeable Terms wY pm s o Bomerse Aveniue, e suare Out 3 Avenie A. N. Miller and Developers Main 1790 NG STAR. WASHINGTON. DL, SATURDAY, TEBRUARY 18, 1928. GARDENING IN WASHINGTON have always proved to be drawing at- tractions, so much so that they have become annual features on these two club’s programs. As many as 200 people attended Takoma's last year mecting, but there is plenty of room and every one will be welcome. Club Notes. If the first meeting, held January 13 at Mount Pleasant branch of the Wast ington Public Library, may be taker an index of the future, the National Capital of ‘Garden Clubs Twenty dele- Topr fous Garden Clubs nia, the District of Columbia nd, were pr rt in’ the va The following were ¢ for the calenda ster, Takoma_Hor Mrs. John . first vice preside 1.J. Haskell, Woodridge ccond vice president: M Dr. Ro; Club, T ents no chanee fr with the exception of the sec- liss Wadsworth, s dil er_of the ase T den Club, who declined to renomination’ on account of of other duti A fecling of optim meeting, appari t the fedos ion where it is reta ul n pervaded with the t P iand an importa get ir throu positi tion of pr tions, M Gi fe th el Mrs. Job W York rden Clubs, well know fore the 1 ty of these Jameson-Built ! food and habits. tant States, and Is giving the local federation the benefit of a stop-over on a return trip from Charleston, 8. C. It is expected that Mrs. Paris’ lecture will be given on Friday evening, March 9, in the auditorium of the Department of Interior Building. The subject, “Making the Most of the Little Gar- den,” should have popular appeal to Washington gardeners and garden lovers. There will be no charge, and the National Capital Federation of Garden Clubs, the host of the evening, urges every one intercsted in gardening to take advantage of this splendid op- portunity. The Georgetown Garden Club was entertained at its February 10 meeting by a very interesting lecture by Frances Benjamin Johnston of this city on “Old Garden Books.” The Department of Agriculture co-operated by sending over some of its treasured old copies, some of which date back into the fifteenth century. The Takoma Horticultural Club, with the new officers, President James A. Hyslop and Secretary E. L. Crandall in the chairs, held its first 1928 meeting on January 23. Dr. David Griffiths, bulb specialist, gave a very entertaining and instructive lantern talk on “Bulbs fc. the Spring Garden,” laying stress on the rare and unusual species, such a: glory-of-the-snow, squills, grape hya- cinths, erythroniums and the like, which deserve much more extended use in Washington garden: r. Arthur H. Howel! of the Blo- { logical Survey and a resident of the community spoke to the Woodridge Garden Club at its regular meet- ing night on the subject of birds, their Mr. Howell’s slides | and of more or less familiar | birds were most intcresting and gave club members many new and prac- cal ideas for attracting and encour- the birds remaining in this sec- of the country throughout the ; of the club members already | feeding shelve or ndow rds where food and water is replen- d every morning and where the members of the houschold 11ay become better acquainted with the Winter bird: One of the particularly noticeable things among the audience who listened Mr. Howell's talk was the large of children who took this mean: additional information on s for their school work. Hint on Use of Pitch. Insuficient pitch probably ore troublesome roofs than any other n especially in climates | whore there is considerable snow. It ult to build a tight roof of low ¥ localitie: Model Homes causes 31 Sold 913 to 937 Qui ncy Street N.W. Selling Fast Inspect at Once ctric_ lights, trim, ice box, heater and “Ask the man who owns one” For Sale by Thomas A. Jameson Co. Owners and Builders 9C6 N. Y. Ave. NW. Phone Main 5526 An Exceptional Home In a Superior Neighborhood is a sidera Neighborhood most important con- ion when investing in a home— and the location and environment of this attractive house wil 1 appeal to you. 1464 Spring Place N.W. Within a struction-—and finis} and with keen jud tributes to coinfort There’s a va the unusual p Enspeet crithcatty o from ng 1. tone's throw of Sixteenth S Very artistic design; substantial con- red in excellent taste gment of what con- and convenience. front ith fevaod tloors 3 lid reason for rice and terms fnto detaili—~Open Sunday Untit Dark L'TOR Maxiou CKEEY.EB.’_"'{G_QS ervice [(rE=A Deul Wi 1415 K Street h a Realtor Main 4752 | i COVELL WON'T BAN [BUILDING REVIVAL | INCLOSED PORCHES SHOWN BY REPORTS Proposal to Amend Building|Straus Survey Reveals First REAL ESTATE. lose ground, with a loss of $5.000,000 “In keeping with the prospect of ine Newark’s loss was substantially the Lt same amount, while Milwaukee and | Tcised activities, the basic bullding Detrolt each lost approximately $2,- |Materlals during January strengthened 000,000. their market position and caused the “The granting of a $7,000,000 permit | various building cost indexes to rise to Duke University, in Durham, N. C. |about 1 per cen! Especially firm was gave that city fourth place for the|the structural steel rharket. Buying month, while Harrisburg, Pa., and for rallways, subways, implements and Hammond, Ind., made their appearance | large buildings was active and prices of in the list of leading cities due to the | bars, plates and shapes rose from $1.80 filing of some especially large permits. | to $1.85 Pittsburgh base. It should be moted that in this list| “The five-day week for bullding of selected citles every section of the | trades has loomed as a major problem Regulations Declared Abandoned. The proposal made to the zoning office recently that the building regu- lations of the District be amended so as to prohibit the inclosing of wooden rear porches has been dropped and the existing regulations affecting such additions will be continued in force, Ma;. W. E. R. Covell, assistant engi- neer commissioner in charg# of zoning, said today. At the same time Maj. Covell an- nounced that a careful check would be made in the future of all work of con- verting rear porches into inclosed rooms and that owners who violate regulations would be held strictly to account. While the suggestion that inclosed wooden porches be banned in the in- terest of safety from fires, an investi- gation of the question showed, Maj. Covell said, that such inclosed porches constructed according to present regu- lations do not constitute any bad fire hazard. and that the danger lay in ad- ditional rooms erected without permits and not according to existing tions. This finding led the zoning official to ssue a warning to owners of houses where the inclosing of porches is con- templated. Builders of row houses, who protested against the proposed amend- ment, declared that porches now in- closed according to present regula- tions are of the fireresistant t being constructed of 60 per cent glass. | with metal siding and sheet rock sides 'and ceiling on the interior. | | Thomas A. Jameson and other butlders In opposing the proposed change, i declared that should inclosed wooden orches be prohibited ny home. | owners probably would proceed to ercct them regariless of the law as their | need for additional rooms arose. | Definite Gains Through- out Nation. For the first time since the end of February, 1927, there now are definitc signs of a revival of building activities throughout the United States, accord- ing to a survey by S. W. Straus & Co. Reports from 517 citles in 48 States revealed an increase of 8 per cent in the value of new operations, as indi- cated by building permits issued in January, as compared with the corre- sponding month last year. In February of last year, according to the company's survey of building permit records, these 517 cities showed a gain of 5 per cent over the total of February. 1926, but during the re- mainder of the past year a decline was noted. Gains Seem General. “While the records of one month do not, of course, establish a definite trend,” states the Straus report, “there is signfficanec in the fact that the| gains are general throughout the United States. 'Although there were losses of some | magnitude in a few cities, such as New | York, Detroit, Newark, Milwaukee, Louisville and’ Pittsburgh, there were and_file of In view of the Iding _operations n for the last rank country. tual slow h reports here recorded mark the be- ginning of a cycle of increased | activities. | ‘The 517 comparable cities report| permits and plans filed of $26. .766 | in January. compared with $242817.653 | in January, 1927, and with $280,305.016 | { citles In which the| in December. “The 25 greatest volume of permits were issued | in January showed a gain for the| month of 12 per cent compared with | January, 1927. 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