Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1937, Page 27

REAL ESTATE. _—_— St RED SPIDER PERIL T0 TREES IS TOLD 0il Sprays Usually Found Effective in Destroying Insects’ Eggs. The red spiders which infest shade frees constitute an insect-like pest eapable of doing much harm. and nformation about them should be helpful to the home owner in pro- tecting his trees from their ravages, according to Paul Davey, well-known tree expert. He continues: “The red spider, or spider mite, is ona of the tinlest creatures which live # frews F.. sther forms of plant life. Full grown, they are from less than one-sixteenth of an inch long down to a sixty-fourth of an inch, and they do not have to be full grown to do damage to plant life. There are many different species, most of which will thriye on any sort of plant host, although some are more limited In their tastes, as indicated by such €ommon names as spruce mite, dog- wood mite, etc. They may be red, gTeen, brown, orange or almost black, although 20 many of them are of some #hade of red or brown that they are eommonly called red spiders or red mites, “Because they are so tiny it is not always easy (o distinguish their pres- ence on trees unless the infestation Is quite serious. One way to find out whether there are any red spiders there is to hold & piece of white paper under A branch and rap it sharply. Flecks of dust and bark will drop on the paper and if any of the flecks of dust start walking around, you will know thev are spider mites. Put a magnifving glass on one and you will | discover an exceedingly active little eizht-legged spider. Similar to Aphids. “Red spiders are similar to aphids in fheir feeding habits. They suck the Juices from the leaves. But, unlike the aphid, the spider mite seems to get some of the chlorophyll, or green coloring matter of the leaf, with the | provement result that mite pierces a leaf there will be a little grayish spot where the color- ine matter has been removed. This apot will later turn brown, and a leaf which has had a number of the mites will present a mottled appearance. It Co. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, New Zebulon Apartments Purchased The new Zebulon Apartment House at 6420 Fourteenth street, which has been purchased by a local investor for $125,000 from Harry H. Brodie through the office of the Robert L. McKeever Co. was stated inadvertently in The Star last week that the sale was made by the J. A. McKeever —Star Stafl Photo. . W NGTON. ¥ / ARGE masses of the orangé day lily may be seen along the I suburban highways at this | season. In many cases, | plants are escapes from cultivation and appear able to compete with grass and weeds. The day lily belongs to the genus Hemerocallis and is not really & lily at all despite its popular name. There has been & great im- in varieties in recent for each time a spider | years so that it is altogether possible to have flowers from early May until September. B. Y. Morrison, in circular No. 42, Department of Agriculture, entitied “The Yellow Day Lilies,” dis- cussed these new developments in | some detail and states that the colors The spider mite spends the entire | Now cover a range from the palest year on one host tree. Eggs over | sulphur yellows through intense Winter in the crevices of the twigs | lemons to orange and rusty reds. This and hatch with the first warm weather, More eggs will be laid dur- Ing the Summer and a number of | generations will be produced in one | &eason many as 100 eggs the rate of in- | ecrease s likely to be nsmundmkl}'i raptd. “Inasmuch as both eggs and living mites are present at the same time, the problem of control is not so sim- ple ac in the case of sucking insects | which produce living young. A con- tact sprav ix needed to kill the living mites, but the nicotine mixtures us- ually effective as contact sprays will not destroy the eggs. The most ef- fective control measures for Summer use consist of repeated spraying with Eummer oil mixtures, the Summer ail being obtainable in good supply houses under several trade names. For dormant spraying the oils usually used will destroy the eggs. “Another method which has been found effective on small trees is to Problem of Control. | heaved out of the soil by frost. in itself indicates & great advance over the simple yellow and orange forms of two decades ago. Once a variety is established it may As each female may lay as | be increased by division of the clumps. | Mr. Morrison states that division may be practiced either in Spring or Mid- summer, but that in Midsummer the foliage should be cut off to half its length as is done with the iris. In planting the root should be planted in such A manner that the base of the leaves is about 2 inches under the soil Some of our local gardeners produce | new varieties from seed which is rarely produced in nature. but may be ob- tained by cross-pollination by hand. | The young plants need some Winter protection to prevent their being Some of the seedlings will flower in their third growing season. All in all. the day lily is a good garden plant. gen- erally free from insects and disease and very tolerant to unfavorable con- ditions such as drought, partial shade the | -deeply and breaking the clods | ing in late Autumn. Cuthbert is, per- | haps, supreme as to flavor, although | | some of the newer varieties are good. ' Mosaic diseases of a virus nature | have caused much injury to red rasp- | | berries in the past two or three dec- | ades and have been the principal | | cause of the loss of plantings in local | | home gardens. Fortunately, the na- ture of spread of these troubles is now | | fairly well known and it is possible to obtain disease-free stock. In ad- dition, some of the new varieties, such as Latham, have been carefully chosen for their disease-resistant qualities as well as edibility. | Culture of the red raspberry is rela- | tively simple. The plants are usually | set in rows about 6 feet apart and piants 4 feet in the row. Little or | no fruit will be obtained the first sea- son and beans or other low-growing vegetables may be grown between the rows. In the second year, A wire | | not pay plants this season. A foot' apart in | the row may be considered satisfac- tory. Naturally the soil should be well prepared. which includes spading into workable condition. The fertilizer should be a complete mixture, that is, containing nitrogen, phosphorous and potash, applied at the rate of one pound to 40 square feet of surface and worked into the upper 3 inches of soil. These plants will with good moisture conditions grow into fine large indi- viduals, capable of bearing abundant fruit next Spring. It probably will to encourage many young runners from the new plants until next June and July. A bed set in August may very well be carried into a sec- ond season. Mowing Lawns. LTHOUGH mowing is necessary to keep the lawn attractive and to help maintain a dense turf, it can easily be overdone. It must be re- membered that the food which sup- plies the plant is all manufactured in the leaves, and if too closely clipped there is not adequate leaf surface to carry on these functions. This is especially true in blue grass, more 20 than in crab grass or bent grass. both | trellis will be needed to keep the canes | of which grow closer to the soil. Right erect during the fruiting season.| At this season blue grass is almost at Aside from catbirds and robins there | rest and close clipping simply injures | are few enemies and altogether the the blue grass and favors the crab | red raspberry is not a difficult plant grass. | to grow. | Investigations have shown that the | Strawberry Beds. root system of blue grass cut 3 inches GTRAWBERRY beds may be esiab- | high is two to four times as extensive lished in late July and August if | 38 that of grass cut to 1 inch. It is v S | difficult to set the mower %0 as to leave one is willing to go to a little more | trouble and expense. Various of the | 3 NChes of grass, but it is usually pos- nurserymen offer potted plants for | sible to adfust the bar so that 2 inches August setting. ‘These are strong | are apared. There are some makes of runner plants fthat developed in MOWerS that can be set at 3 inches, | May or early June and are the finest | AN it is conceivable that ax the gitua- possible material for forming new beds | 1N 15 more clearly recognized all as they possess good rooting systems | | and leafage enough to insure good | | growth and fruiting. In August plant- | | ing, one must set the plants rather ! D. C, mowers will be built with such adjust- ments possible. Crab grass is beginning to send up its seed heads, and, where possible, these should not only be cut off but raked and taken off the lawn. By the middie of September or the first of October crab grass will be dying and blue grass growing vigorously again. This is now the critical period in the care of the lawn. Those lawns that have been clipped closely should per- hape be continued so this season, but another season it would be well to con- sider the higber clipping if one wishes to encourage the desirable blue grass. ‘The Coleus. MANY home gardeners think of the coleus only as a house plant. Others have found that it grows very nicely in the Summer garden and is capable of making a fine display of oolor from July to frost. The flowers are insignificant and, in fact, should be nipped out 80 as to keep the plants in a strong vegetative condition. Col- eus is a wonderful plant to work with, since cuttings placed in sand or even in water root readily and it is possible to greatly increase one's stock of a de- sirable variety very quickly. Coleus seed is offered in the seed catalogue, but would have to be sown indoors in early Spring. Many home gardeners exchange cuttings and in this way build up a stock of varieties. The range of colors and mixture and blends of colors is truly astounding. The foliage is almost as effective as flowers in bringing color into the Summer garden, Garden Notex. SOM!: studies conducted at the Uni- versity of Minnesota on the use of peat in developing new lawns showed it is possible to apply too much peat. was worked into the soil to advantage, . Chevy Chase, D. C. YHARMING new Co- 4 Jonial brick residence that “will appeal te the most exacting taste. Four hed rooms complete baths, arage and every m ment. Occupies s wooded site _in section he- | | c) v e terms. the price fo but $11.950! 6229 32nd Place J. WESLEY PI& 15th Street AR | closely. as they will form few daughter | SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1937. but 4 inches was definitely too much, resulting in a soft, spongy surface. Considerable difficulty was encoun- tered in wetting the peat-sofl mixture thoroughly, with the result that ger- mination was not at the best on the peat plots. However, subsequent growth was much better on the peat plots than where none was applied. Moles cause plenty of trouble in many suburban lawns, pushing up unsightly ridges, which, if pressed down, are up again the next day. There is a Farmers' Bulletin, No. 1247, devoted to the subject of moles and their control. Apparently the mole gets blame for many things that it does not do, such as the eating of bulbs. 1It-is generally conceded that fleld mice operating in the mole tun- nels do much of the mischief cred- ited to the mole. Materials, such as naphtha flakes, moth balls and para- dichlorobenzine. inserted in the moles’ runways will do much to deter them from injuring the lawn. Rose black spot is admirably dis- cussed in Farmers' Bulletin No. 1547, prepared by the Department of Ag- riculture. This malady has been rather difficult this Spring, due to high humidity and favorable tem- peratures. Conditions - which favor the rose plant also appear to favor the black spot organism. Mr. Winn T. Simmons of Takoma Park has a practical and unique way of com- bating black spot. Each time a flush of bloom is past, he sprays thoroughly with Bordeaux mixture. With three flushes to date. this means three sprayings, in addition to the dormant late Winter treatment. By spraying just after the blooms are cut, the next crop is not covered with the spray, but the plant itself is protected. Bordeaux mixture may be purchased A layer 2 inches in depth | Open Saturday, Sumday and Daily BUCHANAN, 2 REALTOR flo el L IR TR from any garden supply store. Hollyhock stalks should be cut off at the base now that blooming has RRRR RRRRRRERRE RRRERRRRRRR two TRULY GREAT values ) No. Cleveland Park J)FSIRABLY tacated in the high new seer- the Bureau of hetween automatic heat and op- tion of breakfast room ar finished third flaar. One is center snd ane side entrance plan. The prices and terms will amare von! 4313-19 Reno Road INC. MEtra. 1143 | AR 5731 DR, 700 S R R AT . REAL ESTATE, ceased, not only to make the garden more sightly, but also to prevent seed scattering with the result of seedlings as numerous as weeds. Perennial phlox is now making something of a show in many lacal gardens. It is truly a grand plant and able to thrive under conditions unfavorable for many other garden species. Varieties differ greatly, not only in color and height, but also in resistance to disease. It is not un- common to see one plant growing nicely and a neighbor of different variety looking rather wretched. Too often it is the newly purchased planis that suffer the most from disease. The Garden Clubs. 'HE newest of the horticultural so- cieties in the vicinity of A¥ash- ington, the National Capital Dahlia Society, is & healthy infant. It al- ready has 45 members and is actively making plans for its Fall show, which will be regional in character Burroughs School, where the highly successful regional dahlia show was #taged by the Woodridge Garden Club last Fall. The dates are September 25 and 26. Nationally known dahlia experts are being contacted to serve as judges. The place of the show will be John | Cc—7 terested in dahlias from any stand- point is invited to come and spend the comfortable trip chatting about “the queen of Autumn flowers,” Tickets may be obtained from Mrs. John L. Bishop, 1512 Lawrence street northe east. On Tuesday night, July 13, H. J. Quick of Baltimore, a well-known dahlia grower and breeder, gave an interesting talk to the society about dahlia planting and care, For information regarding the Na- tional Capital Dahlia Soclety see John L. Bishop, 1512 Lawrenre atreet north- east, president of the society, or Ste- phen James, Pan-American Building, secretary. Any lover of dahlias is invited to join. . Device Detects Fires. A novel fire-detecting device {s | wholly eontained in a vacuum tube which protects it. against, dust, air and tampering. Unusual sensitivity and | accurate calibration are also made possible, Outdoor Electric Plug. Electric power out. of doors for port- able machinery and lights in garden On Thursday night, July 22, the Dahlia Society will hold a moonlight boat trip on the City of Washington, & Wilson Line boat. one in |or lawn is now available, without stringing long eables, through a | weatherproof plug-in outlet. A flick !'of the finger raises the c New Sha IN CThe Forest Section OF Chevy Chase, Md. $15,950 ON CORNER LOT Between the Two Country Clubs FOUR BED ROOMS TWO BATHS CENTER-HALL PLAN WHITE BRICK 6514 Maple Ave. Feach: Drive onl Conn tn Eradley Lame tyrn Ieit three tounres to Maple Ave. ond turn right to the home. Are Both Homes Ope Wise. 5252 nnon & Luchs Homes [ ] Rollingtwood Chevy Chase, Md. $15,500 Beoutiful Wooded Lot FOUR BEDROOMS TWO BATHS CENTER- HALL PLAN RECREATION ROOM 612 Leland Street Tn Rench: Drie out Eeach Drive in Rock Creek Fock . tn Lelnnd St nmd turn lett nr ot Conn. Ave’ fn Wondbime turn right amd ol arrow to property, (] n to 8 P.M. Daily SHANNON & LUCHS Homes Since 1906 NA. 2345 WE PROUDLY PRESENT ANITA LOOS" GREATEST STORY! NEW BRICK HOMES Just Completed Semple Howse 1334 Rittenhouse St. N.W, $8.950 «+. ond a Sensible Poyment Plon $750 CASH monthly pavs everything! | and lack of regular cultivation. On the other hand, the plants reward the owner for good care. The Red Raspberries. NEXT to the strawberry, the red raspberry is, perhaps. the most satisfactory home garden fruit. The picking season, under favorable con- | ditions, continues for two or lhru‘r weeks, yielding a daily supply of de- licious fruits. Although this locality | is toward the southern limits of the red raspberry. the plants thrive fairly | well if the water supply is not a limiting factor. There are several fine ’ | varieties, inclding Cuthbert, Latham | Growing Acceptance of Houses A8 | and Taylor, as June bearers and St 'and curtajlments. fazes and Mortgage Risks Cited: | Regis and Indian Summer eni No extrar e any ard P. Vermilya, technical director of N of all time! “In appraising modern design in California, where conditions for pub- | as A temporary fad. Modern design | ater T } It's exactly like paving rent! Growing acceptance as good mort- Overlooki erlooking 16th St. and age risks of well planned houses of i EDMONDS ||, . bttt NO BUILDER has ever DARED make the Federal Housing Administration, in an article, “Houses of Modern De- ART STONE CO. #ign Do Receive Mortgage Loans,” ap- pearing in the July issue of Architec- || MEMBER CAST STONE INSTITUTE domestic architecture,” says Vermilya, it must be admitted that such design 12 in an initial stage. Much of it has been paper architecture; some has lic acceptance has been favorable, and | there are a few examples elsewhere. Buch evidence 8s does exist indicates | that modern design has a considerable | has reached a development deserving | serfous attention not only by archi- | feetx, but by mortgage lenders and ap- | praisers.” . Wash them down with a forceful stream of cold water. This kills many of the mites and those not actually killed do mot thrive in dampness. | But whatever method is used, it h’ | i What a trest for the readers of this newspaper as we proudly pre- sent the great, new story fram the pen of this celebrated Amert- can suthor. You remember her “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, “San Francisco™ and other hées. Here is her fmest story e dese— New, Thrilling Romance of Cel- ebrated Author to be Exclusive Daily Feature of this Newspaper! well to remember that the mites mul- tiply rapidly and that it is impossible 10 get. 100 per cent effectiveness with one treatment. 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