Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1929, Page 19

REAL ESTATE. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. . €. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1929. THE HOME GARDENER Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying Surroundings of the Home. As fllustrated in the accompanying figures, the construction of a hotbed is or clement, usually ho covering of soil. The frame is ordi- narily built six feet wide to outside dimensions and as many times three a relati simple operation. The ning consists at this season prima- | it is doing. The magazine of the so- principal elements are the frame, the in a warning to leave the shrubs| ciety, “The National Horticultural € glass windows the heating ne until after they have completed | Magazine, published quarterly, brings Lumsden als shash, manure, and its '{15;;;1]; h;’u‘;ilhnr?v?,“‘i‘:r:\;:n(,?‘ Eg?&; grows this Spring. However, the great | siastic and able writer, well known for will be fillustrated with sash is 6x3 feet, hence two sashes would majority of our better known and com- | his breeding work with the iris, daffodil, ¢ The public is cordially o ~digbiigl o e lie onsio used flowering ornamentals | day lily and other plants. The edifor- | invited to attend. cover a frame 6x6 feet in dimension The frame ftself may be made of 1. Wood is com- because of cheapness, ease | construction and_insulating quali- | One-inch boards suffice if banked iside with manure or straw 1 the pictures. Horse ma- s where straw is used long been considered the eiement t, unfortu- It to obtain and is being replaced by small hot-water heaters and by heaters in certain ricity is cheap. beds are usually pre- all to the extent of dig- erecting the frame and rds to keep out Snow ¥ the bed should of brick, concrete or wo moniy use of | amabilis, is well named because of its profusive delicate blooms. It is a | member of the Weigen family, but is considered even more beautiful than the | well known varieties. ! One is not advised to dig out old| | favorites to make way for the new, but | it is advisable to enlarge one's outlook | by adding some of the newer varieties | when replacement is needed or when | BY J. B. WELLINGTON. Information in regard to shrub | blooming. There are certain excep- | tions such as the butterfly bush (Budd- leia), hydrangea, crepe myrtle (Lager- stroemia) and any Summer flowering type that blooms on new wood that <hould not be pruned at this season. For example, the lilac, weigela, deutzia, virea. mock orange, forsythia, flower- | ing crab, flowering almond, snowball, | . would lose their beauty if pruned These plants need regular prun- ing at the proper time just as much as any other plants. After blooming, old flowering shoots should be removed and | ecach vear a few of the oldest canes or | stems removed from bushy species such | as the deutzias and mock oranges in | order to encourage the development of | strong, new wood. Snowdrops and crocuses are now flower or vegetable beds. Lime is no longer considered a good fertilizer for the lawn as it favors some of the un- desirable weeds and grasses. Cotton seed meal at the rate of one pound per 40 or 45 square feet of surface is a | gnod lawn fertilizer, THE GARDEN CLUBS l gardeners, first because its headquar- ters and home are in Washington and, second, because of the fine work {hat to the gardener the latest information about attractive new plants accom- panled by articles on the care and bes use. This magazine is edited by B. Y | Morrison of Takoma Park, an enthu- ship alone is assurance of the value of the magazine. = Meetings of the socief: are held monthly at the New National Museum and are cpen to the public free of charge. The speakers are horticul- sts of note from various parts of the r are F. L. Atkins of Rutherford, N. J. president; F. L. Mulford of the United States Department of Agriculture, first vice president and local chairman, and D. Victor Lumsden of 1629 Columbia | road northwest, secretary. The secre- tary will welcome inquiries in regard to | the magazine, membership, etc. Another worthy society meriting the consideration of local people is the Na- tional Capital Dahlia and Iris Society, a BUILDING GF HOMES GAINS [N BALTIMORE | Permits for 420 Dwellings, t Cost $1,443,560, BALTIMORE, home building Park Branch of the Pub- sitors are always wel- residents of the community ited to enroll as mem- v T H W ing scason is abou' e ] waking new plantings. tr open in is manifested in CONSTRUCTION OF making plantings. ‘ reased ac among_ gardening HOTBEDS The American Horticultural Socicty David den, widely known e PRUNING SHRUBS | deserves the support of Washingto of Batter) Last Month. Special Dispatch to The Star a5 were March 16.—Activity in is getting under way, ac. 'mits granted in Februar of construction. Permit issued la: 00. Th one n; pen street north- | two addr 3 12 and 18, re- ‘The Dahlia,” be scheduled to ard I Capital Dahlia a their March 20 meetin arlton Hotel Care of Hous Issued nth since ‘Warner k st month e total is REAL - ESTATE. B, RENT PAYING IS JUST "TRAVELIN ALONG™HORPING FOR BETTER DAYS. YOU'LL FIND YOU CAN BUY AHOME IF YOU TALK WITH WARDMAN Your Rent Money Will Buy a e be located on a well drained | | blooming in many of our home gardens | purely local organization devoted. as its i “total for 1928 being or easterly slope where water despite the variable weather with its| name implies, to furthering the cul ch of year when permits nd and should be so con-| | frequent flarebacks to Winter. These | of the dahlia and the iris, flowers wh ated for 339 houses. The erec- {he sash will drain. In | | small harbingers of Spring are very do exceedingly well in this region, homes is indicated by per- Or evens when needed for use, the | welcome now, but would be hardly no- | officers of this society for 1929 are Mrs. mi ited this red by putting in the ’Hrvd a little later, when flowers are |Edna M. Reinohl of Hyattsville, Md..| New buildit iditions and altera- ng it with a thin | numerous and more showy. Snowdrops | president: Dr. J. B. §. Norton of Mary- | tlons permitted during February totaled % i VERY one is semi-detached— and putting on the glass | are slow to become established. It |land University, first vice president; W. | g2 00, total for Pebruary, | ; i sarh ghi the bets are often | sems fo take the small bulbs o fev | T. S Curtis second vice: president, | 19 3,060 and for January, $350 ~constructed of brick—six light, urther ected by covering wi | vears to become fully naturalized, but and Mrs. Leola V. Clever, secretary- | 193 Home construction 1s | iry ile-i straw ma / | once at home, they become a perma- | treasurer. > te vt by the Bureau | siry rooms, large bath, buile-in o 2 /y | nent rra«.\|r|» of lhcfhnme place and | Tl\;* 'r‘aokr;)ma rgurulcuumal Club offi- |of Bull No large building projects Cash garage and many other attractive QA Y] { require a minimum of care. cers for 1929 are Cecil C. Thomas, pres- | were included in the report for last tures. vt y i 5’,7; / /// 1) [/} | “Ihe delayed Spring, if we may call | ident: F. Joy Hopkins, viee presiden:: | month. b featires=Si Oversis (08 alceatyi ol I’//// i b | it such. is not without its advantages. Monthly 1 he seed or seedlings. ted to meet | without soaking | n ling the manure. is no age of ma creasing .su plants an . the ever ine the difficulty of caring for . this once highly prized | is losing favor | Plants are grown in South and shipped local needs. Commercial plant grow sh_hous It heating simple rrowing °n | planting seedlings. Lower of commercially grown ! early Spring use. i /W//’/”", /i i) % /, y // 1l 7 )¢ P g g (1 il 7 /'/// /f/r’ When ihe flowers do come forth thelr | W I L /////////,'/f ! / hances of not being cut down by late I reezes will be vastly improved over Tty s when the weather is un- scasonably warm. One cannot help but 'pper: View of a large commercial hot hed and the operation of trans- | 2dmire the resistance of the daflodils Note the straw available as protection during cold weather.| 8nd tulips, whose leaves, though shn\\: nal drawing showing the construction of a hot bed designed for D% above ground, are not injured by rresiead Je f Foulture, | froezes through courtesy Department of Agriculture. | ™y ome gardeners, especially, those in 7 s i / ’l,///’/ / / 7 / Wl Se gardens. Better yet are the regular s pans, half-tall flower pots which mav ntities in the | be set in saucers of water and thereby h in time for | kept automatically moist. Soil for seed- ing may ers utilize hot water as a means of | warm day. but better yet is a prepared | for plant | mixture of leaf mold and sand. Garden | soil is very apt to be well supplied with | | the outlying suburbs, who possess fruit | ed |lings of many species, such as petunia | trees, should examine the trunks of nd snapdragon, are very small and | the trecs for possible injury from mice have to be lifted from the soil with the | or rabbits. Such injury, if completely blade of a knife or a flat stick and care- | girdling the tree, will Tesult in_killing fully separated. unless steps are promptly taken to bridge-graft the tree. Unfortunately | one type of mouse does his work un- | derground, eating the bark of the main | be taken from the garden on a Evergreens and Shrubbery SPECIAL 1,000 Rhododendrons $55 Price $7,850 Office at 8th and Tuckerman Sts. Open Until 9 P. M. TO GET THERE—Out Georgia Ave. to Tackerman St., then one square east to office, or telephone Georgia 394 and we will call for you. WARDMAN purposc: is dificult for § the heme gardener to grow }'annus‘mrmml organisms, such as damping-off | roots. Thits injury is usually ot dis- : Sizes Up to 6 Feet 143 the same bed, for ex- | fungi, which may kill the young seed- covered until the tree leaves out, 7 K St. N.W. Main 3830 o or lettuce plant lings. Where several varieties are sown) . Admittedly it is hard to break away | l o LNeVY, Main 8 than fomatoes | in one box or pan, the seed should be | from some of the old standby varieties | Early Spading Helpful. W R ( ;R AY o . § the amateus o curburban place | used, the seed may be our lawns for ycars—for exampie, | " the time £ e it Diidal wreath, the purple and. wiiic | be gained in spading the garden before ¢ - he time ana en Surface. Fine, small s DRl B | i ttuily viosed 1or olanting it QOakion, Fairfax Co., Va. s own early a lot of enjoy- the average gardener sown in rows. little co' smallest but simply pres: fof ‘ormamentals which have adorned | ot e g e e s, the ping weighel oned mock orange. The gardene just as the rest of.the world, is rath slow to adopt new things and it is good —in fact, some of the very are often not covered at all d into the surface soil vided. of course, that the soil is suffi- |clently dry to crumble when worked. Some of the stiffer clays in this locality FAIRFAX ROSES, Aristocrats of Rosedom; r ed; bea u- brcame an ‘uncom- | with a flat board. tiful; fragrant. mon feature of the garden. There Was| watering 15 difficult i that it f, so. There are, however, many |rarely rcach this desired condition. L | : sincere pleasure in W Sounigf o Il ng e ts gf‘_\’rvp‘;"gm“‘fiffi ’1‘ handsome new species of shrubs and | Manure, and plenty of it, will remedy s the time to | ere p Seulig orous flowe s 8| varieties - | this iniractable condition. Hard coal - : plants appear and grow and satisfac- | JUST® the harous fower ot SILURE 18 4 | varieties that deserve the home own- | thi plant flowers, trees, shrubbery. Our [ )rnamental | tion in beating the other fellow to an | Gbn Of Water Finietinat Kes | ex's attention. Some of these have come |ashes, 3 or 4 inches deep, will aid, but, 3 : 4 st \\Y O ow €a . up water by capillary action. Profes- | directly from their native lands and |of course, are & purely mechanical atd Trees are hardy j“‘“‘l' Jeudy fo b ! € €S sional gardeners cover the newly Sown | others are the result of the plant |and add no fertility. nursery is one of the oldest in this sect 35 years | [ boxes with paper to keep the surface | breeders art. The lilacs and the mock | There is no need of removing protec- ago. All stock delivered free in Washington. | damp, or if mice bother use a piece of glass as cover. But just as soon as germination commences the paper mu |be removed to allow air to circu- oranges have been vastly improved by |tive mulches from beds and borders the hybridizer. | quite yet. But where leaves have settled The mock oranges Philadelphus Vir- |in thick masses over plants they should ginale and P. Bouquet Blanc are much | be partly removed to allow air and light Send for Catalogue Landscape Planting a Specialty for Spring Occupancy * of the year has arrived | i Prevent decay and weak | more beautiful than the old type. The |to reach the plants. Otherwise the tom- of the slow-growing |of | leaves® of the seedlings ©af | [5Orean spirea descrves consideration. |plants will rot with the advent of m iy i Of| This shrub, found in the Orient by warmer da W. R. Gray, Oakton, Virginia most plants are simple in form and un- like the permanent leaves. The gar- dener usually delays transplanting until the first of the true leaves is formed. As this time roots also are developing Ernest H. Wilson, direcior of the Ar- nold Arboretum, ' blooms about two weeks later than Spirea Van Houtte, the bridal wreath, and is considered by many to be the finest of this beautiful Lawn grass seed - may be sown at any time, preferably between the rak- ing and rolling operations. 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