Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1928, Page 18

REAL ESTATE. ''HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U. SATURDAY, AUGUST %, 1928.' RTAL ESTATE. 3 5 ’ used very dilute solutions of potassium | They remain in this stage about seven | called blue quince have a distinct value as < i . . permanganate, which appear o burn | days and then emerge as adult beetles. | canthus, of malic acid in frult praurvl.n;wr %i| MovisgMay Indicate Growth. f,:"“’h ')':w :hzn .:‘]’,;;" M( ex / arae, imn as on out all infected matter. If the plants|The Bureau of Entomology in the last|the home of J. A. H the Horticultural Fleld Station at ation of business and residential | of mlm or decadence of a cit; 4 can be kept growing in full sunlight | eight years has tested mmg materials | the forticultural Club. This | Glendale, ks . Darrow has de- | population from one section to another | according to Hugh Herndon, \?we‘ oo for at least one season after the at-|as a control for this pest and has found | hardy perennial, in addition to ifs de- | vel Some ‘hew varieties that bear | within city limits and to readily ac- | dent of & bond corporation, |- P PE MYRTLE. THE A glimpse of crape myrtle shrubs po¥ coming into bloom reminds one that Washington ga sider themselves fortunate that this AND ITS ENVIRONS —_—— Conducted by J. W. Wellington, Garden Editor, The Star. of as the Southern lilac. For this locality, erape myrtle's outstanding use- fulness is in supplying color at a sea- son when there is little except annual flowers in bloom. As Pespects hardi- ness in this locality, the garden editor rdeners should con- | has in mind several plants of crape myrtle growing on an exposed corner hapdsome Summer flowering plant can | site in Takoma Park, Md, anc which e grown outdoors here. In cities north of Washington crape myrtle is handled #s & greenhouse plant or in tubs which may be brougnt under cover in Winter. rape myrtle has a rather unique habit of flowering on the ends of new growth formed the same season. Hence the plants may be pruned in early Spring without endangering bloomin: @s would be the case with spiraeas, lilgcs and many others. The crape myrtle is about the last plant to leaf out in the Spring and often causes one to wonder whether it has survived the Winter Not only the flowers but also the | during the past eight years have suf- | of | | fered no apparent Winter injury, al- though the temperature has dropped below zero more than once in that period IRIS ROOT ROT. l There is quite a lot of trouble from this disease this year, especially in | iris plantings located in rather poorly foliage is distinctly beautiful, the glossy | feaves giving an impression of vigor and | health. No insect or disease seems to affect the crape myrtie, & commendable fact in this present day of constant spraying. The colors range from white to reddish purple, but, fortunately, the plants blossom very young so that or selection is possible very early the plant’s life The crape myrtie is supposed to be a native of India, where it occurs in the wild in many species, some of which Atfin the size of large forest trees. In fag, the crape myrtle of our gardens will form a sizable tree if allowed to go unpruned many ornamer crape myrtle and made worthy gifts. In the Southern States, crape myrtle al plants, but in the Deodar cedar has 1- | India has not given us | drained or shaded spots 1n the garden B. Y. Morrison, well known iris breeder and grower of Takoma Park, Md., and author of Farmers Bulletin No. 1406, | j5 gppearance to some of the beneficial | “Garden Irises” says of this disease:|jady beetles, being hemispherical, one- | “Iris root rot, which is the result of a bacterium (Pseudomonas iridis Van Hall), is a serious difficulty in some gardens. ‘This makes itself known l\)" the falling of the fans of foliage at the crown. Upon examination they will be found soft and coming off the plant easily. : “The rhizome (fleshy root) itself is commonly decayed, leaving a custard- | like mass which gives off an offensive | and unmistakable odor. The plant should be lifted, all the soft portions cut away into firm tissue and the thizome treated with some disinfectant. | to complete their growth ing maturity they attach themselves to | The writer prefers to leave the rhizome | exposed to the sunlight for a day or| two and to replant in a fresh location, | tack, there is not much chance of a renprnnnee of the discase unless by a reinfecting from without. The dis- ease seems most virulent in the v ties with large rhizomes, sspecially the trojana and mesopotamica derivatives.” MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE The following timely information appeared in the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture “Official Record” July 18, 1028: | “The Mexican bean bettle, a serlous | pest of garden beans, has made fits | appearance in destructive numbers for the first time in the District of Colum- bia and vicinity, says the Bureau of Entomology. Both the beetle and the young destroy the foliage of the bean plant; they feed from the under sides skeletonize them | process practically of the bettle is The young, or la { yellow, about a third of an inch long |and its body is covered short spines which give it a ‘fuzzy’ appear- n | “The adult form, or beetle, is similar fourth of an inch long and about one- | Afth of an inch wide and bearing 16 | black spots on its back. The beetles Winter in woodlands among leaves antl other debris and fly to the {bean fields at about the time the earliest planted beans are a few inches high “After feeding for a short time the females lay small yellow eggs in masses, attaching them on_the under sides of | the bean leaves. From these eggs in about 10 days the destructive larvae hatch. They require about three weeks After reach- the leaves of the bean plant or nearby weeds or other garden plants {of the leaves and during the feeding | fallen | and | that for general purposes spraying or dusting with either magnesium arsenate or calelum arsenate is the most satis- factory treatment.” GARDEN ITEMS Roses have curious habits of bloom= ing. Prau Karl Druschkl, the excellent white hybrid perpetual, is now blossom- ing again in many gardens despite the fact that it is supposed to be a Spring bloomer. Just what causes certain varieties to be monthly blooming and others annual blooming is unknown, It is a curious fact that certain straw- berries - which fruit only in the Spring {in this vicinity flower and frult all | Summer on the Pacific Coast. One often sees voung orange and grapefruit trees coming up in the gar- | den, but to the garden editor at least young date palms sprouting in great numbers were a distinet novelty; in fact, so much so that they were con- | sidered a new type of weed until in- | advertently some of the date seeds, or stones as they are commonly known, came up with the roots. The perennial phlox s certainly a wonderful Summer flower. Beginning with the admirable white variety, Miss Lingard, the gardener may have a suc- cession of bloom until October. There is a wonderful variety of colors in the phlox, but to keep the colors true one must separate the clumps rather than rely on scedlings. The seedlings may be almost any color except that of the parent and more often than not in- ferior to the parent. The phlox has & wonderful adaptability to soil and clim- ate but responds to good care Last Aufffmn something was said about the charming qualities of the so- sirable habit of blooming in September and October, seeds itself freely so that one may have ample plants to distrib- ute among his friends. Midsummer catalogs are now com- ing in with their attractive lists of bulbs. Home gardeners should be mak- ing up their orders at this time, so that when é;mmng time arrives in Beg; tember and October the bulbs will be on hand. It is well to remember how much one enjoyed the early flowers of the past Spring and make room for a few new varieties at least. One of the recent interesting de- velopments in horticulture is the dis- covery that the fruits of the Japanese frulls comparable in size to apples and are at the same time Hitherto the Japanese qui has been considered of value only as an ornamental, but may now enter the | ductive, class of useful fruits. ‘The heliotro] of the main worthy of a visit. ers in charge. tractive green follage. beds in the foreground 1 gricultural Building are Just reaching perfection and are well The remarkably large trusses of bloom speak well for the variety grown and for the garden- There are other inter- esting plants in this area, including the | shrub Abelia grandifiora, vith its at- ale pink blooms and reddish | ordinary ro- WAVERLY TAYLOR formerly Vice President of SHANNON & LUCHS, INCORPORATED 3600 Porter S On a Beautifully ~ Landscaped Corner Cleveland Park e Appointments §* ‘} | spouting and two-car built-in garage. | 927 15th St. Evening Phone designed to appeal to discriminating buyer. 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