Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1929, Page 19

REAL ESTATE. AND ITS Foreword. N starting this column for the fourth successive gardening season we nat- urally desire to increase its useful- ness, and by bringing new thoughts and suggestions to our readers pre- vent it from becoming merely a repeti- tion. Suggestions from the readers in regard to the type of material that proves of greatest interest and service in their various gardening enterprises would be very welcome and useful in/ carrying forward this policy of greater service, The garden clubs deserve particular consideration because of the unselfish, public-spirited work that they are try- ing to do and actually are doing. This column has been of direct service to several of the clubs in helping them to announce their meetings to a gerater number of people. Judging by the ex: pressions of appreciation received, it is apparent that some of the clubs have recognized the value of this service. It iz our desire to make this feature more complete the coming year, but this is possible only through assistance from the clubs. At this time we would ap- preciate receiving lists of officers for the current year, notices of coming meetings and items concerning proposed Gardening in Washington Conducted by J. W. Wellington, Garden Editor, The Star. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., SATURDAY. MARCH 2, 1929.° "REAL ESTATE. 19 ENVIRONS | information in addition to the price of | seeds and plants. For cxample, the | quantity of sceds needed to plant a | given length of row, the time of plant- |ing, the approximate height of mature | plants, the elements of successful cul- | ture, etc. Planting plans often are sug- gardens. | The reliability of a firm cannot be | gauged safely by the size or embellish- | ments of its catalogue. For example, | there are certain nursery or tree deal- |ers who actually have no nurseries, but | simply buy stock from the real growers. One is unfortunate if he makes his purchases from such a firm, since the | chance of obtaining second grade and | badly handled stock is increased. Price is no criterion of value, because ob- viously the poorest seed may be offered |at a high price by an unscrupulous dealer. Most of our present-day seed | dealers are reliable. Some of the older establishments have rounded out over a century of service, which is satis- factory evidence that they have made go0od with the gardeners. Improvements in growing and handling of seeds and plants have been adopted by the sced dealer so that the gardener of today gested for home grounds and home | ‘ is & dangerous period for plants in this | latitude. yet use of this condition may be made to have some early blooms in | the home. 5 Every one knows that the pussy wil- | low buds will expand rapidly in tke house. Forsythia or golden bell, the cornelian cherry, the Japanese ' bar- berry, silverbell, bladder nut, fringe | tree, wild plum, flowering almond and Japanese quince arc some of the cul- | | tivated shrubs worth handling in this | way A note in “Horticulture,” sug- | gests soaking the branches in warm | water for 15 minutes to stimulate bud- ding. A little charcoal in the vase will aid in keeping the water sweet. | Of course no one would recommend stripping the shrubs of all their flower- | ing wood for indoor forcing. but a spray | | taken here and there will not be missed | | in the profusion of Spring bloom. THE GARDEN | The National Capital Federation of | Garden Clubs at the January meeting held at the residence of Mrs J(‘l\n‘ Ihlder, 2811 P street, Georgetown, re- | elected the full slate of officers for the | current calendar year. These include | Miss Margaret C. Lancaster, 6615 Har- lan place, Takoma Park, D. C., presi- dent; Mrs. John Ihlder, 2811 P street, | Georgetown, first vice president; Dr.| Royal J. Haskell, 180: Lavrence street, Woodridge, D. C., second vice president: Miss Laura A. Wadsworth, Tilden street, construction of which sixth building, to be constructed later, will complete the is to be started shortly. Washington Grove, Md., secretar Clara Mace, 1905 Thirty-scventh street | northwest, treasurer. east, secretary. ‘The officers of the Hyattsville Horti {of The fifth building in the co-operative apartment development of M. & R. B. Warren at Connecticut avenue and i It will be known as the Tilden Gardens Club Building. 00,000 project. T violating the Sherman anti-trust sct: August J. Caron, president of the Chi- cago Plan and Estimating Co., an al- leged racket organization; Edward Andreas, secretary of the company; John Hribal, estimator for the com- | pany; Charles Pfeiffer, president of the | local union: Prank Harris, treasurer of tort in connection with the alleged levy- | the local, and Timothy Rice, a miner ing of tribute on glass contractors op- | ©fficial of the local. erating in this territory. | The estimating company, the grand They were George H. Meyers, busi- [ jury was told. collected approximately ness agent of the union, who recently | $500,000 a year as tribute from glass was fined $5,000 in Federal court for contractors. 1347 Montague St. N.W. DETACHED $14,500.00 9 ROOMS ?"II‘OOMNEE Lot 50x132!; 2 BATHS Open Wonderfully construeted with hea warmth in the Winter and cooiness in . one bath and bic sleeping orches, SEVEN HELD IN PLOT. CHICAGO, March 2.—Seven men, most of them officials of Glaziers' Union, Local No. 27, were indicted yes- terday on a charge of conspiracy to ex- feet "of ground it mal concrete front porch, Ii A IT IS THE LAST OF THIS ESTATE OF 11 HOMES EASY TERMS Engelbrecht, 3212 Central avenue north- | was conducted by Dr. D. N, Shnemakl‘r" School at Langley Ficld, Va., and a re- the Department of Agriculture. | fresher course at the Infantry School PAUL MAGOFFIN Exclusive Agent Having been held for several successive | af, Fort Benning, Ga., for & similar easons at the same location, the|period. He is now on duty with the Ballard of the University of Maryland, | Takoma demonstration affords the local | Infantry board af, Fort Benning president; John Harland of Riverdale, | gardeners not only an opportunity of Md.. vice president, and Miss Isabel observing methods, but also of seeing Harland, secretary - treasurer. The | the after effects of careful pruning. Hyattsville Club is one of the oldest in this vicinity, having been established in 1911, is getting much cleaner and more vigorous stock than ever before. Definite Need Filled. The seed and nursery catalogues fill a definite need. Certainly it is more logical to sit down and. in conjunctio) with a crude plan of some kind, selec activities, As programs are developed we would appreciate receiving this in- formation regularly. Communications for any given Saturday should reach The Star by Wednesday of the week | that such should appear, and to insure proper location should be addressed to the garden editor. With such co-opera- tion we can realize our aim of added usefulness to the gardeners of Wash- ington and vicinity. ‘-‘S{!“&fl‘fié";‘fifi’&‘;‘k‘;fifl“&:‘}?‘&f@.‘l‘é 10| cultural Society for this year are W. R. | the organization during the past year. From a humble beginning the federa- | tion has succeeded in gaining the respect and support of a majority of the local garden clubs. The federation has | a big task on hand for this year, that of a list of vegetable and flower seeds and | entertaining the delegates to a conven- nursery stock than it is to rush into a | tion of garden clubs to be held in seed store at a late hour and try and | Washington this Spring. | gather up a quota of seeds. And it is certainly vastly more efficient and com- | mf'gpr‘f’n‘?:'fl‘fffin (;':arg:: fl"";’n‘l‘r’fi'&?* 317 Woodward Bldg. Phone Main 3023 8,950 | Gen. Roberts to Rule Fort Eustis. Brig. Gen. Charles D. Roberts has The pruning demonstration, spon- | been assigned to the command of Fort sored by the Takoma Horticultural Club, | Eustis, Va., but prior to assuming that and held February 22 at the home of [ duty he will pursue a month's course nf{ Z. La Pelle, 7419 Blair road northwest, ' instruction at the Air Corps Tactical they have no equal at . . . fortable. | HE. SO1 I ‘The basis of success in gardening, | whether it is only a plant in a pot or plot of 100 acres or more, is the nature and condition of the soil. One cannot expect successful culture of ordinary garden plants in wet locations where rain water stands for a long while. It is true that certain plants would thrive in such a spot. for the bogs and swamps are full of rank vegetation. But fruit trees, vegetables and flowers require well drained soil. On the farm wet acres'are often improved by laying tile underground, carefully graded so that water will drain. Such a practice not often is feasible in the city or suburbs, where one 1s surrounded by neighbors. In such locations about the only w: to improve drainage is to fill in de- pressions with soil, using top soil if available. In such a way water may be made to run off promptly following storms, Fertility of the soil is no less im- portant than drainage. Maintenance of | fertility in the garden is a serious prob- lem. In the woods the leaves and stalks fall to the ground and decay, adding a little more fertility, except when fires burn through the forest and destroy the all-important humus. In the garden it is different: one con- stantly is gathering vegetables or flow- ers and burning the stalks and waste materials. In constantly turning the soil the gardener greatly stimulates the nitrifying processes and the action of bacteria that feed upon the organic material. Manure long was used to offset this loss, and even in poor soil, when applied in sufficient quantities, Increased the organic content sufficient to maintatin a high grade of fertility. Loss of Organic Matter Cited. ‘With the practical passing of stable manure from the garden program, the gardener has been driven to the ut- most to find ways and means of main- taining fertility. Commercial fertilizers help for a while, but unless organic | well AN ATTRACTIVE LECTURE On March 12, at 8:15 p.m., there will be given in the auditorium of the In- terior Building, at Nineteenth and F streets northwest, an illustrated lec- ture, “French Gardens, Old and New,” by Mme. Marie de Mare of France, now on a lecture tour through the United States. This lecture, presented in English, is offered free to the gardening public of Washington and vicinity through the courtesy of the National Capital Federation of Garden Ciubs and the American Horticultural Society. The physiology of sleep is not yet understood in human beings, neither is it in plants. Practically all plants in the temperate and cold zones enter a period of rest or domancy with the onset of Winter. This is the rea- son why etems taken from a shrub in late Fall amd brought into a warm room or greenhouse will not bloom, but will remain inert. Just what changes take place in the plant during the Winter that cause this rest period to be broken are not understood, possibly complex cnemical changes involved with low temperature or temperature changes. A Canadian investigatdr working with the lilac found that cuttings would not bud out in early Winter, but in late Winter would do so. He divided the rest period for the lilac into two divisions: (1) the natural rest period and (2) the forced rest period. In the second case the plants were forced to remain quiet’ by low temperature. Many of our trees and shrubs now are in that condition, only waiting for a burst of continued warmth to force them into bloom and leaf. Obviously it ton’s Birthday, despite the thick blanket of snow which impeded progress and | cut down attendance. A combined pruning and spraying demonstration was held at the home of Mrs. Charles H. Otis, 1805 Lawrence street northeast | Prof. W. R. Beattie of the Department of Agriculture demonstrated at first hand the principles of pruning and spraying fruit trees, and Prof. F. L. Mulford of the same department showed how to handle bush and climb- ing roses. Prof. Beattie said that the grape suffers from insufficient and ill- advised pruning. No other fruit plant is so highly dependent on regular annual pruning treatment. The fruit is borne on new shoots putting forth from buds on last year's wood. And, since each | new shoot may carry three to five | bunches, each vine should be limited to a definite number of buds. Prof. Mul- ford stated that March was the best time to prune bush roses. just about the time the buds are swelling notice- ably. Winter freezes of the severe type usually are past at that time. ‘The Woodridge Garden Club will hold | its regular meeting at the Sherwood Presbyterian Church Hall, Twenty- second street and Rhode Island avenue | northeast, March 5. one day later than originally scheduled. There will.be an illustrated lecture on insect pests of the garden and orchard with suggestions as to the best methods of control. It is expected that one of the Department of Agriculture films will be shown. The presiding officers of the ‘current year | are L. M. Clarke, 2440 Monroe stree! northeast, president, and Mrs. A. H. FOR SALE Gentleman’s Country Place of unusual charm | Stone residence, garden. orchard, acreage. In Country Club district of nearby Maryland. | Delightful home and excellent investment. Brokers Protected. Address Box 441-D Star Off material such as manure is used, there is a continued loss of organic matter, | /| humus, leaving nothing but a tough, | unrelenting clay or barren sand that | cannot support vigorous plant growth. The growing of clovers, cow peas, | wvetches, rye and oats alds greatly in overcoming the loss of manure from the garden program. Even under such & plan, the gardener cannot expect to maintain the high production possible with manure because part of the crop year must be devoted to the soil im- provement crop. Spring crops may be followed by cow peas, Summer crops by crimson clover of vetch and late crops by Winter rye. Maintenance of fertility in the home garden is a problem, the failure in| which has forced many a home garden- er to become discouraged and give up & favored pastime. With a definite program of fertilizer and soil crops or green manures, as they commonly are called, continued success is possible. THE GARDEN CATALOGUES Readers who are thinking of planting gardens this Spring now should be studying the garden catalogues and making up lists of desired plants. Prac- tically all reliable seed houses rely on the catalogue to bring in orders for seed and plants. That competition is keen is manifested in the alluring pamphlets that now take the place of the printed seed and plant lists of years ago. 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