Evening Star Newspaper, October 25, 1931, Page 26

THE SUNDAY_ STAR, WASHINGTON, THE HOME GARDENER Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying Surrcundings of the Home. PLANT PROTECTIO! ' ‘huumelmnmfl-m; plants that Winter here with compara- | tive safety either are taken into cellars for protesticn or covered with straw or sofl. As examples the crape mmle.‘ the forcing hydrangea and the tea | roses may be mentioned. The ideal | plants for the home garden are, how- | ever, those that can endure the | Winter's cold and ravages with their | ©wn resistance. Yet sometimes the most | desirable les are the least hardy. : : 1::4- may be badly damaged without this protection. Strawberry beds and pansy beds are | lghtly covered in this vicinity not be- | cause of direct freezing nasard to the plants, but to prevent the soil alter- | chaniges and Beaving the pants odt of | «l an out of the soll or at least their roots hadly. For the same reason an inch of bulbs from being | B out of the soil. Such mulching | especially 2dvisable with tulips that | were not dug last Spring, for in the old | beds the buibs are nearer the surface than were the original bulbs end are | therefore much more easily up- ward by the frost's action on the soil. A light mulch arcund newly planted | perennials, larkspurs, pyrethrums and the like will be heipful in the sime | manner that it helps pansies. Actually | covering the plants themselves may, on i the other hand, easily do more harm than good. | Frosts have reached many gardens about the city, and mma first plants to succumb is the which, ite its preference for cool weat 3 fact, growers roots in the soil for after the firsi roots an opportunity to ) dlhr is particularly beneficial in this locality, where are planted late and have no more time than necessery to develop tubers. For those gardeners who have named warieties, it is essentinl to earefull label the boxes or basl:ets into whicl the tubers are placed. X the old top should be cut away two or three inches above the soll. In stiff clay soll some care must be exercised in ng the root clump lest the tubers be broken off. It must be recalled th: the dahlia tubers have no eyes, as the white potato, but that the buds on the base of the ola siem. Some ex- perienced old root shortly after fim. sections of the stem attacl tuber. But for the strict! is safer to store the root intact until early Bm when the buds will have hed In & cool, moist root cellar, such as used for storing white potatoes, carrots, turnips and the like, there would be no need of cover the Toots. However, in the cellar, particu- cellars which contain a The | deed, any one capable of wil y variation in environment. time, this fact is no reason for putting the tubers to a severe test. Once in a while roots that are left out in the \ garden over Winter are safe, but such practice certainly cousrd not be advo- eated. Sometimes one hears the complaint that lr les fail to keep as well now as they did years ago, but given the same varieties of apples and the same cellar or storage place it is highly able that there is any material diffe; ence in the fruit itself. But there is a difference in the condition of the fruit before it is stored. Insects and dis- ease are undoubtedly more prevalent now than they were in the past, and insect-ridden or diseased fruit keeps TARM_AND_GARDEN._ 1s | be sprayed sufficlently to kceg e T8 proceed to cut up the | gTo .| of e | recollect their dried reasonable BY J. W. WELLINGTON. A scene frcm a nearby Maryland farm yard showing a fine crop of pump- king assembled near the haystack so that they may be easily covered on a frosty night. The pumpkin, because of its rampant growth, can scarcely be classed at ome garden crop. Photo by courtesy much less satisfactorily than clean lrult! grown on a tree that held its leaves throughout their normal period. One could easily place as the first es- | sential in apple storage that the trees| insects out of the fruit and to keep the leaves | on during their normal life. When the | apples are picked they should be handled with care and not thrown roughly into the baskets or containers. The sooner the apples are put in the cool cellar after picking the better, because fruit s very rapidly upon removal from the tree. Wrapping apples in tissue pa- per or, better yet, in mpgers made ex- | for_the purpose helps to keep | fruits firm and prevents rots from | lg:umm if they do occur. Workers in | t] lmnanent of Agriculture have found that ofled paper wraps or pieces | ?’f’ mmg:d olled h;;-per ks“"f""? rough the package helps to keep fruif free from surface biemishes. These Iat- | ter troubles, however, are more fre- | quent in cold storage than in home stor- age, and offer little concern to the home wer. The crux of keeping apples is really to have good clean stock to store and to keep it in as cool a place as pos- | sible during the warm days of late | Autumn. |VEGF ABLE GARDEN. | ‘With the heavy frosts already here or e very shortly, the vegetable garden of 1931 is about through. Cer- tain hardy crops, such as cabbage, kale, turnips and celery, will continue to grcw for several weeks, but at a slow Tate. Just what makes some species able o withstand frost and light freezes and others to go down with the first frost is a question Lhtn has troubled gardeners for many years. It is well known that the killing plant cells by frost is due to out of water and the failure of the water to re-enter the cells. In- who has observed frosted hours after sunrise will ce. A very theory is plants, like have water-holding substances in cells which do not release the water on light freesing and frosts. Ap- parently as ccol weather comes on f‘d ually, the content of these water-hold- ing inces increases. That is why tshn hardening of hot bed leaves a few plants in the fits them better to survive cool Spring weather. But be this as it may, no amount of hardening can toughen the tomato or squ: These plants of sul al in stimply don't . sess the capacity for hardening their tissues and go down with the first frost. Cabbage and kale, from cold nortbern | Europe. Go, on the other hand, adapt themselves to the environment to a m: gree. For the most of the vegetable garden the season is over. All vines and stalks | should be gathered together and placed | in the compost heap or destroyed. The | soll may very well be spaded deeply FARM AND GARDEN. NOW IS THE IDEAL TIME FOR | PLANTING FALL BULBS AND LAWN GRASS SEED Single Hyacinth Bulbs, all colors, $1.25 doz., $9.00 per 100 Darwin Tulip Bulbs, all colors, 60c doz., $4.25 per 100 Keiserkroon Tulip Bulbs, 75¢ doz., $5.50 per 100 i NARCISSU S BULBS: Emperor, Single Yellow, $1.25 dox., $7.00 per 100. Von Sion, Double Yellow, $1.50 doz., $8.00 per 100. Sir Watkins, $1.00 d $6.00 per 100. Paper White Narcissus Bulbs, 60c doz., $4.50 per 100 Crocus Bulbs, all colors, 30c doz., $2.25 per 100 Snowdrops, 40c doz., $3.00 per 100 . Freesias, Purity, 50c doz. Jonquils, Campernelle, $1.00 doz. Peony Roots, pink and white, 30c each, 4 for $1.00 Chinese Sacred Lily Bulbs, 15c each Regale Lily Bulbs, 30c each Mann's Evergreen and Sha 1 Ib., 35¢; 3 Ibs., $1.00; § dy Nook Lawn Grass Seed Ibs., $1.50; 10 Ibs., $2.75. RAW GROUND BONE MEAL 25¢; 10 Ibs, 50c; 25 Ibs., $1.00; 100 Ibs., $3.00. Baughgro—the Ideal Plant Food for Lawns and Flowers— 5 lbs., 50c; 10 Ibs., 90c; 25 Ibs., $1.75; 50 lbs., $3; 100 lbs., $5 of the Department of Agriculture. and left lying in a rough condition so that Winter may get m its work of freezing and thawing and softening the lurgps. The idle portion of the vegetable garden should have been spaded some time ago and planted to Winter rye or wheat. In fact, it may not be too late now to secure some kind of stand of rye, but it is quite dcubtful. Lime may very well be put on the soil at this season, giving it time to neutralize acidity before next Spring. Although flowers vary sharply. in their lime Tequirements, vegetables are ost- ly lime loving, or, at least, lime tol- erant. Hydrated lime is the form generally used on gardens. Not neces- sarily because it is the best form, but because it is easily obtained from hard- ware stores and building supply com- panies. One pound per 20 square feet of space is a reasonable applica- tion of hydrated lime. In closing up the vegetable enter- prise for the season it is well that poles and stakes, whether metal or wood, be collected and placed under shelter. It is the mark of a good gardener to put away the equipment in good shape FARM AND GARDEN. Foare o 1 to T3 oot Trehe L1 te i Immediate Delivery King of Conifers, Each Heavy Trees. 12 to 15 inches. Belected, Kin to the Biblical Ced Eebanon. 115 to £ 1t & tres of Hegsl Beauts. RHODODENDRO colors. 1_to 1 Field-grown Plants, Heavy Stock Exhibition and_Pompom Types 'ink. Whits » ellow. X k. low, _Bronye, PLANT 1) ld’ Rose oW ing. Border. ottt sttt tvemttestoemts FREE! 1COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE ABSOLUTELY FREE! VALUE $1.50 With every order of $4 or over, Each Treo Selected. GET YOURS. Add 20¢ for Postage an ‘*“;New Market o TS 55 RANDOLPH KOAD NEW MARKET, orent 10 Perennials for the W JERSEX L. OPENING AND ANNIVERSARY AT BARC Dtvergreens We Ship During Oct. and N Turée-‘to Tve. T Btk o SALE GRE NIN 36, 3 Biota Fyramidal EVERGREENS, $ 1 .65 . LORADO B BPREC] B yours cld, o tress.. . { linseed oil, for another season's use and. to look at it more practically, it is & matter of good common sense. RD! NOTES Relative to the merits of disbudding outdoor flowers to secure single, indi- vidual blooms of large size, it is evi- | dent that many people would rather ral cluster of several specimen flower. { Perhaps, after all, these advocates of leaving ' the flowers alone may be | right, because certainly the half- opened buds add to the beauty of a displa; Disbudding has its piace in the greenhouse growing of carnations, roses and chrysanthemums and in out- door gardens for growing show blooms, but there are evidently definite limits to_its use. Dr. R. B. Harvey of the University of Minnesota made a study of several materials for repelling mice and rab- bits from eating the bark from young fruit trees. In the tests rabbits were actually inclosed with the trees and forced to eat the bark or starve. In the case of one treatment, a paint made from sulphur dipped in boiling the rabbits actually did starve rather than touch the bark. Apples packed in small cardboard boxes are now being offered for sale in many stores. Such fruit has to be ex- tra_fancy to sell readily in competition with the géneral run of fruit. Too often the carton apples do not measure up to the standard required to sell pack- aged fruit. One way of blanching late celery— that'is, the green types, such as Giant Pascal—is to lift the plants roots and all and ‘reset in a cool cel or other loci tion -where actual freezing may be pre- vented. Peat moss makes an excellent soll medium for resetting the plants, as it is free of ordinary soil organisms causing rot and at the same time holds molsture quite well without -bscoming too wet. For Thanksgiving use the celery may be trenched out of doors or protected by soil or boards or both. But for Christmas use or later the system of replanting in & cool cellar floor is ex- cellent. Some suburbanites are engaged in D. C, OCTOBER nnntthe crab grass out of their lawns. This is & practice if at the same time good lawn grass seed is sown over the raked area and fertilizer broadcast to stimulate the better grasses into growth. A mixture of 8 to 10 pounds of cottonseed meai and 2 to 3 pounds of ammonium sulphate applied evenly over each 1,000 square feet of lawn area will give factory results. It is too much %0 hope to get Tid of crab grass in one year, since the seed may live over sev- eral years, but distinct progress nmay be made if the better grasses are encour- aged by fertilizing. THE GARDEN CLUBS In holding its annual dahlia show October 15 and 16 the Takoma Horti- closing the dahlia season for 1931 in this locality. Yet, despite the late date the show was attractive, the quality of the exhibits offsetting the reduction in quantity. Winn T. Simmons of Aspen street, undoubtedly one of Takoma A non-competitive exhibit entered by Mrs. G. M. Wolfe of iden added greatly to the beauty of the show. Regarding the value of the garden club movement, one of the largest nursery of the country remarks in one of its advertisements that the gar- den club has been the greatest single factor in the promotion of gardening. especially in encouraging the growing of new and improved varieties of plants. One could confidently state that this is true in this vieinity, where practically every outlying eommunity is now served by & garden club. Rose enthusiasts of Washington and vicinity will be interested to learn that a movement is under way to form a rose society in Washington. 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T “mlme was selected to prepare plans | for a permanent organization which | would foster local rose interests, work- ing in conjunction with the large American Rose Society. Frankly. there is a place for such an organization. The rose is the leading garcen flower in this area, vet there is no organized effort to acquaint home owners with new varie- ties and improved cultural practices or to bring rose growers together for con- sideration of their mutual interests. | CLERIC FACES NEW TRIAL IN SLAYING OF HIS SON Jury Deliberating Since Thursday Stood 9 to 3 for Conviction. Mistrial Declared. By the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga., October 24 —A mis- trial was declared today in the case of Rev. J. M. Willlams of Rochelle, Ga., charged with slaying his son, Raford Grady Williams, a sailor, Jast August 7. The jury, which was reported to have stood at nine for conviction with a rec- | ommendation of mercy and three for acquittal, had been deliberating since Thursday. 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