Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1930, Page 28

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY 18 1930—PART ONE. THE HOME GARDENER Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying Surroundings of the Home. | With rose buds swelling rapidly and breaking into flower in warm locations, attention of the gardener will be focused | on this beautiful habitant of the garden for several weeks, if not for the re- mainder of the growing season, since | the monthly blooming hybrid teas and | teas remain on duty until heavy | Autumn frosts come. Careful exam tion of the young buds and shoots will be quite apt to reveal small. green in- | gects congregated on the soft succulent | tissue. These are plant aphids placed there by enterprising ants and which | are busily engaged in sucking up the | Juices of the plant. Nicotine sulphate, gold by all seed stores and many hard- ware and drug stores, is the generally accepted remedy for aphids. Diluted according to directions on the package | d sprayed on the plants, nicotine sul- | phate will quickly rid roses and other flowers of these harmful insects. Ac- cording to one writer on rose culture, | the house wren is an effective enemy | of the rose aphid but, in the final analysis, the control will rest on the use of tobacco extracts. | Roses have three conspicuous disease | troubles, namely, black spot, mildew | and canker. Black spot is the most | serious of the three because of its wide distribution and universal occurrence. Bordeaux mixture, applied with an up- turned nozzle to reach the under sur- face of the leaf, is a very effective | remedy if used before the disease has gained much headway. Presumably, | the fungus gains entrance to the inner tissues of the leaf through the stomata or breathing pores which are on the lower surface. Massey dust, nine parts | of very finely divided sulphur and one | part of powdered arsenate of lead, is also effective if applied to the under- side of the leaf. Lately, a spray manu- facturing firm has devised a green-col- ored massey dust which does not dis- color the foliage and which should have wider appeal. Black spot is & tough problem at the best and the gardener that is completely successful in com- batting this pest is rare. Early and persistent treatment is the key to suc- cess. The home gardener usually plants somewhat resistant varieties such as the two radiances and does not realize the difficulty of controlling black spot until he branches out into some of the newer, less common and more suscep- tible varieties. Mildew is not generally serious except on a few varieties, such as pink and white Dorothy climbers. Treatment of the plants with dusting sulphur will do much to check mildew. Canker is a serious pest which ac- counts for many dead branches and entire stems. It kills by girdling the stem and may be seen as dark, dis- colored areas. Winter killing and canker have much the same result and probably are often mistaken one for the other. Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1547, written by Miss Alma M. Waterman, presents a_thorotgh discussion of the nature and control of this and other troubles of the rose. One must not conclude that roses have so many ‘troubles that it does not pay to grow them. for this is not true. There are undoubtedly thousands of rose plants in the city and suburbs that are never sprayed but return a good crop of flowers. This is not ad- mitting, however, that they would not Tespond to better care, GRAPE BERRY MOTH A large percentage of home gardeners have a grape arbor or at least a vine or two or a trellis, and it is safe to say that all of these grape growers have had trouble at one time or another with the grape berry moth whose progeny find their way into the berries and be- came the disagreeable fruit worm of mature grapes. The subject is brought up at this time because it will soon be the moment to strike a blow at this pest. Its eggs are now laid on the new shoots and young clusters of buds and will soon hatch into tiny worms which will enter the grapes when they have formed. A spray of lead arsenate, 8] plied three or four days after the blos- soms fall, will poison the worms before they enter the berries, after which en- trance, of course, there is nothing to be_done. Farmers' Bulletin No. 1720, entitled “Insect and Fungous Enemies of the Grape,” written by Dr. A. L. Quaintance and Dr, C. L. Shear, discusses this pest very thoroughly and tells how to control it. The lead arsenate is usually applied in Bordeaux mixture I‘i;{'l the id!fi of controlling fungous troubles as well. used a]on: wm‘e 1lime must be added to Jessen the danger of foliage burning. The ingredients for five gallons of lead arsenate spray consist of 2.4 ounces of arsenate of lead powder or 4.8 ounces of arsenate of lead paste to five gallons of water, with 3 to 4 ounces of lime added as a measure of safety. ‘With all that is written about insect control, the sum and essence of the matter is to get the right spray ‘material and put it on at as nearly the right time as possible. The time to combat the grape berry moth is right at hand. By combatting the pest at its least pro- tected stage the chances for success are greatly enhanced. | THE SNOWBALL | Today's picture shows a native Amer- {can species of the snowball, commonly known as the high bush cranberry on BY J. W. WELLINGTON. A specimen plant of the American high bush cranberry, Viburnum Ameri- canum, closely related to the old-fashioned snowball of the garden, and although not so showy In the Spring, surpasses the snowball in Autumf because of its bril- liant red fruits. —Photo by courtesy Department of Agriculture. account of its red acid fruits which ripen in the late Autumn and have some use for making preserves. The plant quite evidently has some use as an orhamental but is so far surpassed in Spring showiness by the European species Viburnum opulus, variety sterile, and the Japanese Viburnum tomento- sum, variety plenum, that it may be a b"l’l-n”me in attaining popularity. e old-fashioned snowball that our lancestors brought over from Europe at early times and which is still to be found abundant in the older commun- ities loses desirability on account of susceptibility of the foliage to aphids or plant lice. So numerous do the insects become as to distort the shape of the leaves and give the plant an unsightly appearance. Spraying with tobacco extracts would control the aphids, but the average gardener gets about all the spraying he wants in the fruit and vegetable garden and prefers more self-reliant shrubs. ‘The Japanese snowball, now in full bloom, answers all needs. The plant is symmetrical, the leaves are thick and rugose and are not bothered by insects. ‘The flowers are so numerous as to com- pletely convert the plant into & white mass, and make & beautiful show. Neither the European nor Japanese snowballs here mentioned set any seed. The flowers are in fact completely sterile and lack altogether in fragrance, but make up for all these defects by making a wonderful display every year. For an individual specimen plant it is difficult to consider a more satisfactory species than the Japanese snowball. Crowded into mass plantings, it does not show to any such advantage. USE OF FERTILIZER I Probably vastly more plants are in- jured by a lack of fertilizer than by too much fertilizer, yet there is a great deal of hazard in the use of the present day concentrated materials. If one stops long enough to figure out the pro- portions, he will find that at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre, which is a fair- 1y heavy application, only one pound of fertilizer is applied to about every 44 square feet, and this worked into the soil to a dept.. Of several inches. Hence when & home gardener applies a large handful of fertilizer about the base of a shrub he is applying much more than the normal requirements of the plant. By splitting the application into smaller divisions and putting the material on at successive times the larger amounts can be safely used. The gardener is apt to think of fertilizer in equivalents of well rotted manure and not in terms of its actual content of strong elements. In applying fertilizer to the lawn the danger of burning the grass can be greatly lessened by applying during rains or by watering thoroughly with the hose just after the fertilizer is ap- plied. When using highly concentrated materials such as nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, and the even more powerful new nitrogen materials great care must be used, especially with newly set plants whose root systems have not fully developed. A little of this kind of material goes a long way. One pound of nitrate to 200 square feet i8 a reasonable initial application for the garden, followed by light side dressings along the rows later on. To adequately handle such small amounts they should be first finely crushed and mixed with considerable sand or dry so0il and then broadcast as evenly as possible. Animal manures when dry and redded, such as sheep manure, may also do injury if used too heavily at one time. The old fashioned well rotted stable manure combined safety and value, qualities that are not to Decoration Day Comes Friday. Come Thursday! Make it a three-day wife event...bring your bring your family...bring your clubs...bring your bathing suit...bring your troubles, if you have any, and the sea will bring you peace! Relaxation for the tense. Relief for the tormented. Rest for the tired. N IS NN ATLANTIC CITY S Aukeamm I A/ Selected Group of the Finest and Most Representative Hotels SHELBURNE.E ST.CHARLES- SEASIDE-A-E STRAND-A-E DENNIS-A CHALFONTE-HADDON HALL-A-E [A==American Plan TRAYMORE-A-E WILTSHIRE-A-E BRIGHTON-A E—European Plan GLASLYN-CHATHAM-A KNICKERBOCKER-A-E. LAFAYETTE-A MORTON-A MARLBOROUGH-BLENHEIM-A-E A-E—Both Plans | Kindly Write for Rates and Reservations © corveicnres, 7. 1. ¥., 1930 be found in modern fertilizer unless used with discretion. Yet modern fertilizer, if wisely used and supple- mented with cover crops, will maintain an excellent garden much more cheaply than with stable manure at present prices, GARDEN ITEMS ‘The hot, dry weather spoiled the beauty of many plants, both by greatly | cutting down the length of the flower- ing period and also by preventing the satisfactory development of color. Wiegelia, for instance, has rarely shown such a washed-out pink, and the irls that started blooming in the heat are not up to par by any means. Iris, by the way, is a wonderful plant from the cultural viewpoint. It can be moved at any time during the growing season, although the few weeks follow- ing blooming are generally conceded most favorable. One can actually throw a plece of iris root on top of the sod and it will root, displaying a tenacity of life that is equaled by few garden plants. However, one would not recom- mend such & careless method of plant- ing. It pays to work up the soil where the iris is to be set, using bone meal or other fertilizer in' moderate quantity. Old clumps should be torn apart and reset every three or four years. One will find that the roots of the old clumps will almost fall apart. Iris blooms are most beautiful in the subdued light of early morning or eve- ning. This is especially true of the light blue shages such as offered by the old favorite,” Pallida Dalmatica. Some- how or other, intense sunlight seems to drown their delicate beauty. Gladiolus bulbs may be planted at intervals up ‘'to the first:of July, thus providing & succession of bloom. Now that the ‘early spiraeas and deutzias have finished blooming, it is time to cut out the old flowering shoots in order to give next season's flowering wod a proper chance to develop. The wood that has borne flowers this Spring will not bloom again and has no further service to render the plant or the plant’s owner. The deutzias, lemoinei and gracilis tend to become very dense without the annual thinning out and in time will fail to blossom satisfac- torlly. For a week or two after this clean-up pruning, some of the shrub- bery will look a bit scraggly, but the new shoots quickly develop and restore the symmetry of the plants. Annual pruning of this type is much better than neglect followed by a drastic cutting from which the plants may not ever fully recover. Just how late in the Spring it pays to cut asparagus is a question that can- not be positively answered, since much depends on other factors such as fer- tility of the soil and general care that the gardener gives the beds. It is well to remember that the asparagus plant has to store up all the food for the Spring crop of stalks or spears the pre- ceding year. This means that the plant needs plenty of foliage during the Summer season. " Lack of follage can- not be made up by any amount of fer- tilizer. 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Unien Stoek Yards- CHICAGO to destroy the bean crop unless com- bated with magnesium arsenate or pyrethrum oil soap sprays. These ma- terials are offered for sale here and are very effective if applied thoroughly. The pyrethrum material is non-poison- ous and is therefore safer to use on j beans, the pods of which are eaten. l THE GARDEN CLUBS I The Woodridge Garden Club will hold its annual Spring flower show on Monday and Tuesday, May 26 and 27, in the auditorium of the Sherwood Presbyterian Church, Twenty-second street and Rhode Island avenue north- east. This date should, according to President L. M. Clarke, coincide quite closely with the height of the. rose and peony season and has been set with this fact in mind. The Takoma Horticultural Club held its annual iris show Wednesday and Thursday at the Takoma Park Branch of the Public Library. The hot weather has rushed along the various Spring flowers 80 that shows occur in rather rapid succession as compared with nor- mal seasons when cool weather holds blooms in check. A census of garden accessories and plant material is belng conducted by the American University Park Citizens Association with a view to determining the present status of gardening in the community and establishing a basis for future comparisons. It is a rather novel idea and is carried out by sub- mitting a form sheet to each home own- er. Most owners have & general idea of their gardening enterprise, but relatively few could make a complete enumera- tion without an actual check. The Montgomery Suburban Garden Club plans to hold its Spring flower, fruit and vegetable show June 6 and 7 at the Somerset School. Competitive ex- hibits will be staged by the five com- munities of Friendship Heights, Somer- set, Drummond, Chevy Chase Gardens and Chevy Chase Terrace, comprising the garden club territory, and also by various women’s clubs and school class- es. The outstanding feature of the show will be the competition for the silver and bronze medals of the American Peony Soclety, which has designated the Montgomery Suburban Garden Club as its representative in this region this year, THREE SHOT DEAD; HUSBAND ARRESTED Woman Declares 0il Worker Slew Estranged Wife and Parents. By the Associated Press. BROWNWOOD, Tex., May 17.—Mrs. Opal May Shield, 33, and her father and mother, were shot to death late yesterday at Brookesmith, 15 miles southwest of here. Mrs. Shield’s hus- band, Joe Shield, 35, an oil field work- er, from whom she had been estranged for three months, was arrested and held on_three charges of murder. Joe Shield last night was taken to a jail in a nearby county, Sheriff M. H. Denman explaining he had received Teports that a mob was gathering near Brookesmith. Mrs. A. L. Dunn, sister of Mrs. Shield, testified at an inquest that the younger woman was sitting on the front porch of her parents’ home when her hus- band drove up in his automobile and asked if their two children were going with him on a trip. She testified that her sister re- plied: “I don't know.” Shield then got out of his car, Mrs. Dunn said, and fired two shots from a rifie, killing his wife. The father was killed as he ran out of his store across the street and his wife was slain as she hastened from the house, calling for help. Hoover’s Town Losing. WEST BRANCH, lowa, May 17 (#).— President Hoover's home town lost 37 persons during the decade ending this ear. lts 1930 population was given today as 651, compared with 688 in 1020. QUALITY CHICKS 5 Baby Chjcks PULLETS. 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BERLIN, May 17.—The step toward temperance taken by the German Reichstag placing a few mild restric- tions on the sale of hard liquor will go_into effect July 1. The new saloons act rings the cur- few for the sale of liquor at 1 am. and forbids the sale of intoxicants on pay days and election days, but en- forcement thereof is left to the discre- tion of the local authorities. One defi- nite provision is that alcohol is barred from juvenile sports meets and similar gatherings. |, Debate prior to the adoption of the bill was furious. Rabert Hampe, Na- tionalist Deputy, vehemently denied that alcoholism was a German national vice. He sald less beer was drunk now than before the war and held that mod- eration in liquor consumption was a matter of education rather than of compulsion, ‘To that Wilhelm Sollmann, Socialist, retorted that there are today in Ger- many 390,000 persons known as habit- ual “soaks.” Saint Gaudens Tip Refused. MADRID, May 17 (#).—Homer Saint Gaudens, artist, has had an experience which he describes as novel and re- freshing. He offered a waiter a tip in a Madrid hotel where tips are Included in the bill. The waiter refused it. In Spain, ne has found, there are not two prices, one for Americans and one for residents. Prices are high, but high for visitors and Spaniards alike. Glamorgan, Wales, has ordered its police to not take part in public boxing matches. Maple Porch Rockers all of rial and with seats. $375 to $0.95 strong A large assortment of sizes and styles—but “Furniture of Merit” quality in mate- construction. Strongly made frames rattan CHINESE SEIZE RED DOCUMENTS IN RAID Civil War and Banditry Ex- pected to Bar Wide Drive, However. By the Associated Press. AMOY, China, May 17.—Chinese and that & raid on the Communist head- native officials in position to act against the Reds of China, but the strength of the radicals and the confusion of civil war and banditry involving the Nationalist regime may prevent an un- compromising campaign in that direc- tion. Local government forces are not strong enough to undertake a province- wide campaign against the Communists because of the strength of the latter. Red agents are working secretly in every community. It also was felt here that the Na- tionalist government would be unable to take up the matter because of the political confusion and its military cam- paign against the hostile Northern al- liance. Authorities today began an examina- tion of documents seized in the raid. Seized material, authorities said, thus far bas revealed further evidence of Russian participation in the Commun- ist_activities in China. 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