Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1937, Page 44

Naturejs Children Virginia Cowslip (Mertensia virginica). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. ROM March until May this this Spring flower may be found from Southern Canada to Souta Carolina and Kansas, west to It is most abundant in the Some know this flower blue-bell, others | Nebraska Middle West. by the name of Smooth Lungwort It is a co o the heliotrope and the forget-me t. Unlike these mod- | est little flowers, the Virginia cowslip is not willing to hide itself, but rather to let its beautiful blue flowers and | foliage attract your attention so that it may find a place in your garden There are not many blue flowers. ‘This is all the more reason we should cultivate this one. Few are so grace- ful in form and foliage as the Virginia cowslip, and once you have seen whole meadows capeted with this dainty flower, you long to have all the splashes | of blue you can get in your garden hio Valley, where the alluvail soil brir e best in these Spring flowers, you may sce whole fields of them. | Think of having such displays in- gtead of the weeds we permit to take possession of our roadsides, fields, | meadows and gardens! At first the buds are of a deep pinkish hue, then purplish, mml;-[ blue. They are about | length form. They hang on slender stems | in showy loose clust of the plant being from 1 to 2 feet | high. The entire leaves are quite large, growing alternately alon, stem. The upper ones the stem. In the begir leaves are a deep dark pu fading 1o bluish-gray. Both flower and leaves | blend in color harmony that is very beautiful The seeds are interesting, too. When they are ripe, they are very wrinkled; t e are four little r Gather a few of these lea ry-look- ing little seed children, plant them in some low, moist spot in your gar- den, and watch for their coming next | Spring Blue the favorite color of bees, You d many species feasting at the banquet, for which they must pay an er 3 fact they cannot hall until | d (pollen) brought y r hostess. | the stout | cated on these | Brain Twizzlers D. FLINT. BY PROF. TOD:\\'s prob time-honored prob- | lems of the world. So many re have come in for this problem that Wwe now present it A farmer was returning from the market on a very wet and stormy day. He had with him a fox, a duck and a basket of corn. As the farmer approached the left THERE'S NO SENSE WN MAKING SO MANY TRIPS the little creek which he had to cross he found that the bridge had washed out. A little, leaky boat was at hand which would allow him to take one of his three burdens at a time across, but he had to be careful not to have the wrong two together for fear the fox might eat the duck or the duck eat the corn. How can he work it out? (Copyright, 1937.) fork of (Answer on Page D-5.) Sonny;;yil%s Cope. 1907, King Pesmarms Sy, b, Word s rsered 430 This paper it was did up in just say, “Male this letter,” and the let- ter seems t' be 'dressed t' the Presi- dent! Governor Limits Work. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (#).—Gov. Gordon Browning said emphatically that he does not practice a 24-hour work day. “Somebody called me at 3 o’clock in the morning,” he explained, “and said he wanted me to get a friend out of jail” Avoid Intestinal Fatigue Many people suffering from Intestinal Fatigue, commonly called Constipation, do not know what it is to feel good. One or two E-Z Tablets for a day or two are just what these people need. They have more “pep” and step livelier than in years. Dizziness, tired feeling, headaches, when due to constipation, disappear. Surely makes a difference. See for yourself. You get 60 little E-Z Tablets for 25¢c. At all good drug stores. they pass into the tubular room, they deposit the “gold” on the stigma. This you can watch for hours and such a diversity of guests! You can also see the “gate crashers” those insects who have learned how to perforate the silken walls and drain the cup of its nectar. These flowers will set no seeds. I must tell you, the housebreakers in this case are the “female of the species” for they are usually the bumblebee queens, who perform this act. Butterflies are also guilty of poaching. They stand at the entrance to the cowslip’s home and unleash their zipper tongues. | These threadlike, hollow tubes are in- serted deftly into the four glands of the flower where the nectar is se- creted and drained to the last drop. Even the Virginia cowclip, is at the mercy of characters much like our own. But they are in the minority, S0 we watch the merry rounds and wonder why we have deprived our- selves of the knowledge that even flowers have much to contend with, vet go on with courage and undaunted zest for living. (Copyright, 1937.) | S with a funnel-like | ¢ rs, the main stem | | B THE EVENING TARZAN’S QUEST. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, APRIL. 30, 1937. As the jungle lord set Naika down, he turned and disappeared into the forest, but not before he had been spotted by a pair of sharp little eyes. And now Nkima swung through the trees, screaming at the top of his voice as he pursued his friend Tarzan . . . « « o Naika raced into the village and told her story to a circle of spellbound listeners. She stressed that Tarzan had saved her, and urged her people never to harm him or his Waziri. Gupingu was troubled. So . . . Tarzan, after all, was not the kidnaper! Udalo was troubled, too. Plans had been made for the barbaric orgy at which the 10 Wazri were to die. 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