Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1931, Page 38

. " THE Practi;‘nl and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying BY J. W. WELLINGTON. SHRUBS PRODUCING SUMMER BLOOMS * Although roses and other flowers of | ;. . @pring ate no longer with us, there is | b’ 5 W no reason why the home owner should | / ‘*, Hot have blooms throughout the Sum- ' B mer, mot only in tte form of cnnuels : Bt ‘also in the shrubbery. Abelia, but- terfly bush, crape myrtle. Rose of | f Sharon and the garden maliows all prg- B ent w strong bid for the gardener’s favor and are well worthy of it. Abelia, ; now'in full bloom, eannot be described | s 'a conspicuous plant, but it is never- Mhcless very beautiful with its reddish- | green follage and multitude of small, | Gainty blooms. The abelia does not| grow much more than 3 or 4 feet tall| hd can find & satisfactory place in | font of the taller foundation piant ma- | ferial. Abslia is used quite freely in the | city parks, especially where a low-grow- {ng srrub is required, such as in the center plantings along Maryland avenae northeast. ‘Butterfiy Bush, or buddleia, is quite well known to home gardeners and is | easily Tecognized by the long spikes of Teht blue blooms borne at the ends of the new shoots. This plant requires hard pruning, Almost to the ground. erch Spring in order to obiain nice | flowering shoots. And. incidentally, | plenty of fertilizer to support the stron | Srowih, The name butterfly busn is derived from the fact that quite fre- sently large numbers of butterfiles may s observed fluttering about its blooms on a bright Summer day. [ Tomatoes being grown on a frellis. in the home garden. lowed to grow naturally on the ground, but now even the large truck gardens are adopting the upright systems. Trained plants are easier to care for, yield earlier and finer tomatoes and occupy less space, —Photo by courtesy THE SUNDAY § 1 HOME: GARDENER Surroundings of the Home. A fews years ago all tomatoes were al- which in itself is no small advantage of the Department of Agriculture Crape myrtle has received consider- | able attention in these columns in the | past, but perhaps no more than it de- | serves because of its striking beauty | and long-continued bloom. It, lke| buddlela, seems to require hard annual | pruning in order to promote effective blooming. The flowers of the crape myrtle are, as with the butterfly bush, | borne on the terminals of the new growth, hence the desirabllity of the, reeular pruning. /i Rose of Sharon, or Althea, is widely grown in this locality and is even| used as plant material for hedges. One | silks when a minute creature, but fairly l riddles the kernels as they grow larger. Dusting the silk as it first appears with | a mixture of powdered arsenate of lead and of hydrated lime is suggested as a means of protecting the ears from this | worm. No plant is distinctly a sun-loving | plant more than is the sweet com. It/ revels in full exposure to the Summer | sun and grows very rapidly if the soil | is moist. Corn docs not endure crowd- ing and should be planted mdmus" . ther than solid rows. Planted too reason for the rose of Sharon's popu- | (iiaCT > | larity is its easy propagation, either by ;}g;flfié;clrc::; ny ears lr:et!?l:o::ctel‘d': seed or cuttings, making it possible for 21 i y dl | same plant, the ears being the female'| less pinched, and as a result require staking to keep them erect and off of the sofl. The last few weeks have been almost ideal, ylelding plenty of warmth, mois~ ture and sunlight. As a result plants have made abundant growth. Weeds, too, have enjoyed the favorable environ- ment, but withal one would rather have weeds, than such a Summer as 1930, when ‘even weeds couldn’t grow. It s & mistake to cut the young growth of grapes unless the shoots are in the way. Each leaf is doing its share of food making, and cutting off the leaves is not good practice. The petunia is a wonderful Summer the home owner to create a large sup- ply of plants. The trouble with sced ation is that seedlings always vary from the parent in form and color and the only way that varleties can be maintained is by cuttings or budding. Because of the simplicity of seed propa- | portion and the tassels at the top of the |annual, creating a_mass of color from |plant the male. Quantities of yellow | June to October. Strong Summer suns | pollen are exuded from the tassels. sift- | do not seem to harm this species, being ing down over the silks and effecting | at its best in the hottest of weather. | fertilization. Corn is one of the easiest| The petunia is a close relative of the plants for the plant breeder to work |tobacco. which it resembles rather TAR, WASHINGTON, MOON of DELIGHT by Marganet Bell Houslon Y NOP! ita Basara ystery at the New Grleans eambling . operated by J Divitt £nd his wite Molly. Umberto, hencl man_of Divitt. has brought her thére in chest which he thought contained Jewels. taken from . the Dolores. Diyitt concludes t stows ffom-the Argentine. L relense her for fear that the police. discovering her. might. <hrous her story. connect him With the chest theft. 1. emplove of the hita. seem reau. resort. "and his mother. = Conchi triendiy to the girl. both concerned ov desire for her they see in Umbert . Attempting to sain Juanita's coni ce. 'Mrs. Divitt relates her checke! ast and Divit B red ness to the &irl only plead: elp me to et away!” CHAPTER 1IV. LOCKED GATES. N HE bright, hard surface that Molly seemed to have shed con- couldn't do thal orders from Divitt same everybody here. And what did I -tell you about gettin’ away? You couldn’t find a better place to hide in. ‘And no- body’ll hurt you here. They wouldn't dare. You'll like my husband when you know him. Course his business is shady, but most business is. Come down and see the parlors. It'll get your mind off yourself.” ‘The girl lay looking at Conchita, who had come back and was putting .the room to rights. Conchita ptcked up the stockings and Juanita thrust out a slim leg, another. Presently in the peacock kimono and the gold slippers she foljowed Molly down the slair, her eyes taking in the barred court. There was no escape by way of the great iron gates at the front. ‘They were locked and had, an inner door of wood, open now. In the inner door was what looked like a little win- dow or slide. Molly entered a large room on the court, switched on the lights. There were prism-hung chandeliers, Chinese rugs. marble-topped tables, huge brass cuspidors. In a corner was a roulette wheel, and at the opposite end of the room & gilt cage, with a cashier's desk and window. “You see” sald Molly, “this is no dive. No gang playing here Swells. Ladies in lovely clothes. says you can pass cigarettes. like to earn your keep, I know. nice job.” The girl's eyes moved from one sealed window to the next. “I do not call that she said after a pause. " Molly smiled like one who veils & secret for a while. “Leave it to me.” Juanita followed her across the court. Yonder was a little wooden gate in the rear wall. Through its cracks one could see flashes of a garden that must be Divitt You'd Its a now. | D, G JULY 12; “What did you tell Divitt your name was?” ‘Juanita Basara.” 1l call you Juanita. And you call me Molly. It means a lot to me to have you here—a woman of my own kind. ~ Divitt wants you for me, 8s much as anything else. Lie down now and rest &0 you'll be fresh tonight. “I got in mind how you're going to dress. There's a woman 'round the corner makes costumes for Mardi Gras. Here, give me that pink dress to meas- ure by. I'm going over tc Canal street and get ycu some other clothes, too. And let me get the rumber out of those little gold slippers.” When Molly had gone Juanjta looked down into the court. It Was never empty. Conchita outside the kitchen, Divitt entering or leaying by the fron gates, Gabreau carrying water. But tonight when Mrs. Divfit had Lrcught the clothes and all was dark, surely she could reckon with the little gate. The world? Had it any worse place? | She could find the docks. She kad her bracelet. It would take her some- where. Gabreau came that evening with the box. Strange that he repelled her less than any denizen of this house. He seemed her friend. ‘That warning he had flashed to her the right before. And now his eyes seemed begging to do_her some service. Heé seemed about to speak. A door opened down the balcony snd Umberto emerged. Gabreau dr2w back. Juanita, closing her door, heard the two men going down the stair, Then she lit her lamp, tore the strings from the box. There was no dress inside; | only & lot of black stuff—pajamas, it looked like. Juanita flung it upon the floor. She began to sob, striving t) quiet herself, pacing the room. “Pedro!” she sobbed. “Ay. Pedro!" Some one laughed in the court. The iron gates creaked open, creaked shut. There was stiliness. Juanita looked cut. The court was empiy. But she had not even the pink dress now. No mat- ter. She snatched up her cloak, wrap- ped it about her, opened her door soft- ly and stepped out. There was no light except in the parlors Lightly she flew to the little® gate | The crack was wide. Juanitz, putting her hand through the crack, found the gate locked. | At a sound she turned. Umberto | stood lighing the lamp beside the foun- | tain. Had he seen hor? She waited | till he had gone into the kitchen. Then | she slipped into her room. Again that caged pacing of her floor. She knew what she would do! Conchito came with her supper—a with, for he has merely to plant the two gation, there have arisen literally thou- | yorigtias side by side and cut all the sands of different rose of SArons |isscels from one variety. Nature does closely in the flower. Rosy Morn is an excellent pink variety, and Violet Queen ! & rich, deep violet blue. beneath her room, though she had no supper with which she had taken pains. window to look down upon it. A gate “You mus' eat! You will die!” Some of the selected double flowered | forms are really beautiful, while many | of the seedlings ar= rather indifferent in | quality. The mallows are relatives of the Rose of Sharon and also of the hollyhock. | as an examination of the flowers will | easily show. The mallows may not| truly be considered sirubs, as tre top dies down each Autumn. However, the | new growth is strong and sturdy and resembles shrubbery closely. The flow- | ere are large and very attractive, 100k~ | o5 compared with crops such as beans, | ing like immense hollyhock blcoms and occur in about the same range of color. “There is no reason why the Summer garden should be devoid of color with the considerable range of plant material available. Unlike the Spring flowering shrubs, most of the Summer bloomers are not transitory, but stay in bloom for several weeks bz the simple expedi- | ent of developing the individual blooms | at successive stages and not all at once | 3 do most of the Spring bloomers. DAY LENGTH Some of those who may have chanced to see the illustration in last Sunday's garden column may have Leen surpris: that length of day ex ful. effect- on the flows: piants. - As a matter of fact. the aver age gardener would have little chance ! to observe the phenomenon simply be- cause all of his plants are subjected | to the same light cnvironment. And | even though he knew that he could | force dahlias, salvias and certain other plants into bloom in eéarly Summer by cutting down the length of day with | shade, what gardener would care to | carry on such a task? As a matter of fact. the proposition has little practical significence. Even for the greenhouse | growers the gains from modifying day | length are rarely profitable. Once in & while there might be something gained | from forcing a crop of flowers for a spe- cial holiday, such as, for example, ! Easter llies for Easter. For the experimental horticulturists, especially the plant breeder, light effect has much interest and alse much value By modifying the light, two related v rieties may be brought into bloom at | the same date, allowing for cross polli- nation and development of new hybrids. Dr. Darrow, of the Department of Agri- culture, believes that behavior of straw- berry seedlings in different day length is going to give him an important key to their climatic adaptability and save much tedious chance testing here and ihere about the country at large. Plant physiologists welcome the knowledge of light influence as a meauns of explain- ing the curious behavior of plants at different periods of the year. Why certain plants respond to light influ- ences in one way and others in a differ- ent way is not known, but the behavior seems tled up with the conditions under which they have lived for centuries. Tropical piants. for example, might be expected to enjoy equal day and night lengths, and they do. Practically every one looks forward to 1 the sweet corn season, but none with more anticipation than the home gar. dener. who knows by experience that | the finest grade of this satisfactory yegetable is that obtained directly from the garden. This fact is well substan- tiated by research. which has shown a | yery rapid loss in soluble sugars in sweet corn, starting directly after pick- ing and continuing until a certain mini- mum is reached. This loss of sugar is accompanied by an increase in insoluble constitues and.loss in attractive flavor. ‘The rate of change depends somewhat on 4he temperature and hence is very rapid in this vicinity in midsummer. | The home gardener who is able to step| out into his garden, harvest his corn| apd have it ready for cooking in & few | minutes has a great advantage over the majority of folks who rarely obtain corn less than a day removed from stalks. “Sweet corns are divided into groups according to color of the kernels. There are white, yellow, reddish and black yarietles. Just now the yellow kerneled kinds are in the ascendency of public Tavor and very justly so_on account of the admirable quality. There does seem 10 be an association between sweetness and yellow calor. Yet many local people never have seen yellow sweet corn be- gause the white varietles are sturdier growers and more productive as s rule. TField corn enters our local markets more or less frequently as a table corn and indeed makes a very fair product {fv harvested while in a tender stage ‘et one who has grown accustomed to the real sweet corns could scarcely call the field corn good enough for table use. Sweet corn has a bad enemy in the #ar worm which enters the 'S the Special —Regular $15.00 Permanent Wave, $5 Your particular style given by our' ex- Doty "Bhampoo & Finger Wave Inciude All branches of beauty tr ments by experienced operators . POLLY BEAUTY SHOP Southern Bldg. 15th & HN.W. Met. 6202 all the work of crossing. Sweet corn needs considerable fertil- izer to give good yields, especially on poor soils and much of our local soil is relatively poor. Corn is not a difficult plant to grow because once it shades the ground few weeds can compete with it. No plant better deserves a place in the large home garden, but for t-e small garden corn is a little out ot place be- cause it uses relatively a lot of space beets, cabbage, etc. BUD MUTATIC Once in a while a shoot on a plant or tree will produce fruit or flowers of a different color from that of the rest of the plant. Such a phenomenon Iis spoken of by horticulturists as sporting or mutating, and has always created a ! The many local gardeners who know | of Dr. L. H. Bailey, either through his | lectures or writings on garden subjects, | will be pleased to learn that he has| received further honors. | Dr. Bailey, compiler, with his daugh- ter, Ethel Zoe Bailey, of “Hortus: A Concise Dictionary of Gardening,” and editor of “The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture” and many other books. recently received the honorary award medal of the Garden Club of America. This award has been made previously but three times—to the late Prof. | Charles Sargent of Arnold Arboretum; | to Mrs. Prancis King, and to the Mas- | sachusetts Horticultural Soclety on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. It was presented to Dr. Balley “in recog- nition of his outstanding contributions with a simple catch, . . . grunted Conchita, picking up the black They were at her door agai garments from the floor. Was she the “Lie down now,” Molly was saying. ' dwarf’s mother, wondered the girl. THE HECHT CO. F Street at Seventh NAtional 5100 They’ve Been $1.95 Beach Sandals | l great deal of interest. partly bacause of its rarity and partly because no one has | | really been able to explain why such a | happening should occur. Take the well known Red Radiance. This variety arose in a Washington greenhouse as a red sport from the Pink Radiance. Now and then the red variety reverts to the pink. Such changes are not temporary, | for if buds are taken from the sporting | branch the buds will produce plants of | the off type. Just a few days ago the | writer had_his attention called to a| to horticulture.” This latest award to Dr. Bailey is one of many similar honors. His long service to horticulture and agriculture may be said to have started when he was assisiant to Asa Gray at Harvard in 1882. In 1898 he recelved the silver vietch Memorial Medal from the Royal Horticultural Society in London, and the gold medal of the society in 1927. The same year he was awarded the George Robert White Medal of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and branch of Pink Radiance blooms borne the next year the gold medal of the on a Red Radiance plant. Roses seem | National Institute of Social Sciences to be peculiarly apt to mutate, but other | and the Grande Medaille, Societe Na- plants do the same thing. In apples, | tionale d'Acclimatation de France. for example, we have the Red Delicious, | Dr. Bailey also has been honored which arose from the ordinary Delicious; | widely by ~various universities and Red Gravenstein, from the common |learned societies. He is an honorary Gravenstein, and dozens of more simi- | member of the Royal Horticultural So- lar variations. From the peach the ! ciety and the horticultural societies of nectarine arcse by & mutation, and con- | Norway and Japan. +inues to appear once in a while. It is| 1In 1926 he was president of the thus seen why horticulturists are inter- | American Association for the Advance-: ested in mutations. Really valuable | ment of Science and of the Botanical new varieties may be obtained by this|Society of America. He is ons of nine means. Take the Red Delicious, for ex- | prominent horticulturalists who com- ample, The owner of the first off-type | prise the advisory council to administer branch received a handsome price from | the new National Arboretum at Wash- a large nursery for the propagation | ington. rights to this variety. | But it must not be assumed that all } mutations are valuable. Like "lesser things of life, we hear but little of the undesirable mutations. Partial loss of color has often occurred, and a change from large ‘leaf to smaller leaf is not uncommon. - Such changes are not ben- eficial, and hence are soon eliminated. 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Costsonly a few cents. zs5r4 Neet: Cream Hair Remover 1931—PART THREE. “Gabreau,” she began cautiously. “Tre one they call Gabreau—-" Conchita smiled. “You like him?” So he was her son. “He hus bcen very kind,” Juanita answered, “bringing me _things.” Conchita dismissed these services with a brief nod. ““He ron errand for de nouse. will see him tonight in the parlor. You like my Gabreau, yes? He is not tall like Dmbreto, but he is strong. Fe brek 16ck cne time with hic hands. You will see my Guabreau iook fine tonight.” ‘The girl spoke casually. “I want to him. I have something for him.” 81, sencrita, I'll tell I must see him alone. Juanita felt danger in her words, but Conchita nodded. *“To be sure, senorita. Umberto will tek it away- what you have for my Gabreau—if he see. Umberto is bad—mal, malo, mal- vado. Perverso diablo.” (To be continued.) ARG You Oldest Clergyman Dies. Rev. Denham R. Norman, England's oldest clergyman, has died at his home in Warwick, aged 103. 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