Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1935, Page 18

‘B—4 REA TAX HELD BLOW 10 REALTY VALUE Inheritance Levy Believed Likely to Clog Up Sale Channels. Attacking the inheritance tax pro- visions of the pending administration tax bill, Walter S. Schmidt, Cincin- nati, president of the National Asso- ciation of Real Estate Boards, charged that the measure would cause heavy realty losses and market clogging through forced liquidations. In a statement this week, he pointed out that real estate, by its very nature, 15 susceptible of huge losses under a forced liquidation program. The pend- ing bill, he said, fails to make any regular or dependable provision for the orderly liquidation of estates com- posed largely of realty where holdings must be sold to meet the levies. Delay Held Impracticable. “Payment of the taxes is due within 18 months of death of decedent, he continued. The commissioner of in- ternal revenue at his discretion may extend the payment time for as much as 10 years from the due date where hardship would otherwise be entailed. ‘The public interest demands, how- ever, that orderly liquidation be as- | sured, rather than be obtainable on! at commissioner's consent, Wwhere large estates may be made up chiefly of real etsate and where the real estate must be sold to pay the levy. “Provision should be made in the | law itself whereby owners and mort- | gage lenders may be assured that no sudden dumping of a great estate, coming at @ depression period, will clog the local real estate market. While details of such a regular time- extension for real estate liquidation might well be left to administrative regulation, a specific provision re- quiring the commissioner to set up such regulations should be written into | the law itself. LEESTATE, Chevy Chase Residence Purchased Mr, and Mrs. Thomas L. Colonial style. Interest Costs Cited. “The bill already provides that in- | terest be paid on extended pa,\'menu.} thus conserving the public interest | with respect to tax returns. Interest is set at 3 per cent a year for the first three years from the expiration of six months after the due date of the tax, and at the rate of 6 per cent & year thereafter to the date of ex- | piration of the period of extension. | “The association, which has pro- | tested against haste in the enactment | of any major Federal tax measure, has consistently held that Federal and | State tax policy should be worked | out in co-operation, and has twice formally petitioned for a national tax | canference to include representation | not only of national, State and local | tax officials (tax-spenders) but of | principal tax-paying groups also, to | work out suggestions to this end.” | s . Stadium _¢Continued From First Page.) would be quoted directly, it was indi- | cated that the gymnasia each would be of sufficient size for complete in- door track meets, including 220 and | 440 sprints and hurdle races, dis- | tance races, ice events and water sports. The whole plant would include a foot ball field, a base ball diamond, a quarter or half mile cinder track and the usual facilities for track and | field games. In a wholly separate building an| suditorium would be erected, while the same reticent parks office | officials declined to be definite as to | size, there was assurance that the building would have a seating capacity | “larger than anything now in Wash- ington.” The largest auditorium in the city at present is the Washington Audi- torium, which has a seating capacity of 6,500 individuals. The proposed | municipal structure would be even | larger than that and would have | the usual additional halls and rooms | of sufficient size for expositions and | exhibitions. Parks office officials have definitely eclected the tract of land that will | be made the site of the stadium, | armory and auditorium, but have de- clined to point it out, for the obvious | reason that property owners may ad- vance their prices. It was made known, however, that between 300 and 500 acres would be | required, and that the portions that | cannot be purchased through direct | negotiations with the present owners would be sought through legal con- demnation proceedings. Financing of the plan has not yet been made public, but it is expecmhI that Secretary of the Interior Ickes, | head of the National Parks Service, | and also public works administrator, may be prevailed upon as Interior chief to requisition the necessary funds from the Public Works Ad- ministration. 5 Although definite architectural plans are being made, no approximate date for the project has been an- nounced. LN = Landscapes on Blinds. Decorators are painting landscapes on Venetian blinds—floral motifs, or scenes of mandarins and pagodas, Usually they are done in monotone, that is, different tones of one color. The background may match the walls and the decoration be in soft tones of & contrasting hue. Light green or gray on a cream background or dull reds and pinks on warm buff are favorite effects. 6419 31st St. N.W. How many homes in Chevy Chase, D. C., have yards 50x 145 with beautiful oaks? Six rooms and two baths, screened-in porch overlooking back yard full of large trees, large fireplace in living room, daylight basement, rock-wool insulatiop in roof, restricted neighborhood, convenient to transportation and schools. Priced at $10,500 —and may be acquired on terms to responsible parties. ™IS 15 AR u EITCHEN HEALTH HOM J. Wesley Buchanan 916 15th St. N.W. established nurseries, consist of two parts, namely, a strong growing root- stock and a top of some known variety budded on to the rootstock. The two are united into one plant, yet there is no blending of characters, the plant being esesntially a combinatibn of two separate plants. The budding is done in July or August when the bark on the rootstock plant will slip, that is, will separate easily from the underly- ing wood. There is no peculiar secret to budding, yet it takes plenty of prac- tice to become a skillful and rapid worker. It is absolutely essential that the active growing tissues, known as cambium, of the stock angd bud be brought into contact, for it is the union of these tissues that makes pos- sible the new plant. In rose budding, no wax is used to seal the wound; it is simply wrapped with a single tie of | raffia to hold the bud in place. Buds placed at this season will not start to grow until next Spring, but one can tell in a few days whether the union has been successful by the plumpness and appearance of the bud. For the average home gardener, budding has no special interest be- cause it is more practical to purchase plants from the trained nurseryman. However, it is interesting to know one's material, and it is important in Winter protection to realize that the wood above the bud must be covered with soil or mulch because if the bud is killed the root can only send up in- ferior shoots of its own kind. There will always be a few enter- prising home gardeners who will wish |to try their hand at budding and grafting and these may be referred to and, | Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1567, “Propaga- | tion of Trees and Shrubs,” by Guy E. Yerkes, or to A. C. Hottes’ book, “Practical Plant Propagation.” The bulletin may be secured from the superintendent of public documents for a nominal charge. The Hydrangea Group. At least three different types of hydrangeas are well known to local home gardeners, namely, the hor- tensias with their pink or blue flowers, the arborescens or hills of snow and eautiful New English Normandie 4 N room, 2 real firepla An ideal home in every respect . . . at a price you can afford! VISIT OUR MODEL HOME 227 Jefferson St. N.W. Completely Furnished by Palais Royal Electric Kitchen Health Home Horning Realty Co. 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DL 6092 Rose plants, such as purchased from | paniculata grandifiora, the common | late Summer large-flowered form with | Site Is Not Revealed. s THE EVENING STAR, WASHIM Easterling have purchased this seven-room home, at 3913 Ingomar street, Chevy Chase, D. C. The transaction was negotiated by Edw. H. Jones & Co,, Inc. white blooms suffused with pink. There are many more species. For example, in L. H. Balley’s Hortus one finds listed 11 distinct species, one of which, H. petiolaris, is a vine reaching 50 feet in length when given adequate support. Of the three better known species, two, the hortensia and the paniculata, are natives of China and Japan, the third, arborescens, is a native of the Eastern United States The culture of hydrangeas is not difficult as may be indicated in their widespread” utilization. The plants grow best in a good porous garden soil well supplied with moisture. It is only in seasons of abundant rains that one sees the fine large flower heads that have made the family so popular. The hortensia group responds peculiarly to soil acidity and in highly acid soils the normally pink blooms become clear blue in color. The gardener may obviously influence this tendency by liming or acidifying the soil in which the plants are growing. The insect and fungus enemies are very few and one does not often hear of difficulties from these sources. The paniculata hydrangea, sometimes known simply as the P. G. hydrangea, requires severe pruning in the early Spring to force the vigorous shoots that later in the season will produce fine large blooms if the plants are watered freely and fertilized with stable manure or complete commercial | fertilizer. One rarely finds seeds in the cultivated hydrangeas for the ' flowers are usually sterile. Stem-Rooting in Lilies. The most vigorous species of the garden lilies are strongly stem-rooting, that is, send out roots from that por- tion of the flower stalk that is beneath the soil. Included in the group are auratum, Henryvi, speciosum, Hum- boldtii, regale, croceum, tigrinum, sul- phureum, superbum and canadense. As the mass of roots grow through the upper soil they naturally exhaust its fertility and it becomes important to work over the surface soil in late GTON, The house is of the center-hall ~—Star Staff Photo. | Autumn and replenish its fertility with | | bone meal or other nutrients, Red Cedar Rust. One of the most difficult fungus troubles that the suburban gardener has to confend with is cedar rust of | the apple and allied forms, such as flowering crabs. This strange organ- | ism spends about three months of its life on the apple, being brought hence by the wind from red cedar trees as far away as 1 to 2 miles. For- tunately enough, the red cedar is the only evergreen attacked by the fun- gus. The first appearace on apple leaves is in small light yellow spots which gradually enlarge and take on an orange hue. Beneath these spots on the under surface of the leaves there may be observed cup-like struc- tures in which are produced spores which about this season are carried back to the cedars where the life his- tory begins over again, On the apple, | when infecticn is general, the tree may become practically defoliated. Control by spraying is not practicable because of the great number of spores and the long period in which they are produced on the cedar. The only Open fon; Inspection 2:00t06:00 P.M. Sunday 8109 Fenton Street New detached BRICK home con- taininz five rooms, bath. floored attic and built-in garage: copper gutters; screens and Weather Strips; electric ice box; perfect kitchen nicely landscaped lot; gas: sewer no street assessment; PRICE only $7,150.00 To inspect: out Georgia Avenue to railroad underpass in Silver Spring to Sligo Avenne: then right on Slizo Avenue one block to Fenton Street: ieft on Fenton Street a very short distance to property. COMPANY Realtors 721 Tenth Street N.W. National 0765 ESTABLISHED SINCE 1915 D. C., SATURDAY, really effective treatment consists in cutting down the red cedars and this has actually been done in certain apple-growing districts, Bechtel's flowering crab is very susceptible to cedar rust and so are the Jonathan, York Imperial afid Rome Beauty apples. Weed Seed Vitality. Bometimes the home gardener is surprised ‘at the appearance in his garden of certain weeds that he had believed exterminated by diligent cul- ture. If no stable manure had been applied, the wonderment is all the greater. However, it is altogether possible that the seeds buried deeply in the soil have simply been brought up with the spading fork to a favor- able growing level. In 1902 the De- partment of Agriculture buried seeds of 107 different species in porus pots. At repeated intervals these pots were dug up and germination tests made. Twenty years later seed of 51 of the 107 species still gave some germina- tion, leading the author, W. L. Goss, to suggest that “any attempt to con- trol weeds' which have gone to seed by plowing them under is evidently futile.” The home gardener can ap- preciate the lesson conveyed, namely, that weeds should be destroyed before they go to seed and, even though seeds are brought up in the spading, it will be only a matter of time when complete weed freedom will obtain. Among the 51 specles that grew after 20 years were yellow nut grass, smartweed, curled dock, broad-leaved dock, lambs quarter, purslane, black mustard, evening primrose, broad and common plantains and ragweed. Very | few useful species survived, but Ken- tucky bluegrass, sugar beet, white clover and tobacco were exceptions. Garden Notes. Drought is again a problem in local | gardens, except those which are smali and have abundant facilities for wa- tering. Many home gardeners can- not afford to use metered water and 4872 Chevy AUGUST 10, 1935. the result is that the garden must suffer. For the average garden in this vicinity there are really two im- portant growing seasons each year, that is, Spring and Autumn, with| Summer often a period of more or less stagnation. Fortunately there are some species, such as the zinnia, petunia, portulaca and nicotiana or flowering tobacco, that are fairly well adapted to dry soils. For the home gardener with abundant water, dry, warm " periods are really helpful. Plant diseases are at a minimum and one has much better control of the environment than in rainy, cool pe- riods. American horticuiture is still relatively young as compared, for ex- ample, with Kuropesn, and it is only logical to believe that in time Ameri- cans will develop the use of more plants adapted to our Summers. ‘There is little use in applying ferti- lizer to dry soil and may, in fact, do some injury to the plants that one is trying to benefit. Fertilizers are taken into the plant in solution, and if there is only a little water the solution may be so concentrated as to cause Injury to the young roots. Theoretically, cne might expect that | a plant, for example, an apple tree, should grow a whole lot larger and faster in this region than farther north. Here the growing season is murh longer. However, the greater amount of heat here, particularly in| the nights, tends to speed up the| plant’s use of foods in respiration and | and this probahly offsets the benefits of the longer growing period. Last week's column told something | of ways and means of controlling | gladiolus thrips. That the problem | is critical is attested by the fact that | | one of the best local gladiolus grow- | ers admits that he was unable to fully check this pest this year even with consistent spraying. However, | with the several research men now working on the insect, there is likely to be developed really successful | means of control. Chase Blvd. AN OUTSTANDING VALUE $8,450 This artistic home is thoroughly mod- crn throughout. ing room, A well-proportioned liv- sunny dining room, modern electric kitchen and convenient garage. On second floor, 3 splendid bed rooms and a beautiful bath. Drive out squares sout yise. 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Glenbropk Aol Old Georgetown Road, ¥ Bethesda, Md. 37,450 NA. 1438 MEETING THE PUBLIC DEMAND 5 Built-3 Sold in One Week Northbrook Lane £ Five and Six Rooms Brick Construction Hot-water Heat Real Fireplaces Beautiful Tile Baths Door and Window Screens Metal Weather-stripped Built-in Kitchen Cabinets NEWBOLD-BUILT HOMES HAVE All-electric Health Ki Electric Refrigeration Garages (overhead doors) Concrete Paved Streets (All Assessments Paid) Beautiful Rolling Country Magnificent Trees Healthful Elevations (365 ft. above sea level) Direct Transportation by street car and bus lines to all Downtown Washington tchens cellent High and Elementary and Motion Picture Theater. Five to Fifteen Minutes by automobile to twelve Golf Clubs Twenty Minutes by automobile to “F* Street Shopping District. 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