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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
SET OUT THE PORTULACA
AND ALL OTHER ANIMALS
Everything Should Be Transp1anted From the
Window Box, Cold Frame or Hot
house Before June Comes In.

plant begins to wilt or loses the bound
up portion.
The tops Of bushy plants like the small
hardy chrysanthemums dahlias. saliva,
cosmos and zinnias must be pinched off
now If the plant really is to attain the
fullness of it's true bushy growth.
Shrubs that have finished blooming
should be pruned very carefully and spar
ingly during the month. cutting away
only the parts OF the shrub that have
played their part in upholdins the bloom
and now begin to show signs Of being ex-
hausted.
II a shrub has developed poorly, with
the result for instance, of having leaves
only at the top. prune 1t back more
thoroughly in order to relieve the leaf
system and the roots Of as much work as
possible. Remove especially the crowd
ing branches and such branches as look
sick. Cut back branches that have grown
too long, making spindly. thin end shoots
without Ipuch vitality. Take away all the
tiny suckers" as twigs are called when
they start out from the main trunk or
the big branches. They merely sap the
plants.
Summer pruning Of healthy plants is a
DELICATE process It Is better TO cut too
little than too much. But it is always
perfectly safe and proper at any time of
wood should always be taken away as
close to the healthy stems as possible. so
that it will not leave little "nub" stick
ing out Such "nubs'' will rot inwardly
and the rot will eat into the stem.
Dig wood ashes around asters and
hardy chrysanthemums now. BY the end
of next week the young plants Of perunia.
candytuft portulaca, etc. should be
thinned, keeping the most stocky plants
and taking out the spindling ones, even
though they are higher.
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lious temperament. One of the most cele-
brated strawberry cures was that of the
botanist Linnaeus from gout while 1t is
stated that the free use OF strawberries
cured Wilson. the ornithologist. of chronic
malarial fever after the doctors had
failed. A noted Swiss physician restricts
patients with pulmonary diseases to an
almost exclusive diet of strawberries. the
wild berries gathered in their native
haunts being possessed OF the highest
va lue of all
There Is no better way OF serving ber-
ries than au naturel. Select the large
perfect berries. rinse quickly under the
faucet shake dry and arrange in a circle
about little mound OF powdered sugar
on dainty plate: slice Of orange under
the sugar Is a decided improvement II
hulled before serving a little orange or
pineapple Juice is deemed an addition b.,
many.
Strawberry Shortcake.
The sponge or cup layer cake flied with
berries and topped by an extravaganza
Of whipped cream or white of egg
meringue looks pretty to be sure. as os-
tentatiously displayed IN the French res
taurant window: but 1t is not the real
American shortcake. which is creation
sui generis To make II according to ira
dition. put four cupfuls sfted -four into
a mixing bowl add half teaspoonful
salt and mix we'll Chop in three large
teaspoonful soda in a little lukewarm
water and add to large cupful Of sour
cream or rich milk. Add also a we'll
beaten egg and a tablespoonful sugar
Mix well with a flexible knife-not hand
ling moro than Is necessary. The dough
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
SOME TIMELY REMEDIES
FOR IMPERFECT LAWNS
How to Do Away With Irregu1arity of Grade.
Benefits That Come From Use
of Prosaic Roller.


lawn, cut it very close indeed. SO that 10
looks as If 1t had been cropped. You
may have to NOW 1t twice to do this
moving in one direction first and then In
the opposite direction. Rake of the cut
grass thoroughly and sprinkle seed broad.
cast. Roll Immediately or pound It down.
Do this on a calm day SO that the seed
will not be blown away by the wind.
A very useful lawn implement Is easily
made by getting round or square iron
plate. 10 inches or so in diameter or
length. and fastening 1t to a round up
right that is just thick enough to serve
as a handle. With this a lawn can BE-
pounded into excellent shape and all I'm.
Dandelons in a lawn may be kept 0Swn
and finally killed of. by constant now
ing; but the really effective way to get
rid of them is to run long-bladed nipple.
can be imagined) downward alongside Of
the root to loosen the soil SO that It can
be pulled out whole. Never content your
self with pulling out part OF a dandeljon
root. Every root that is broken in the
ground Immediately forks and sends up
two plants.
Most other weeds will succumb to con.
slant cutting with the mower. Plantain.
however. is hard to cut. because II grows
SO close to the ground. 1t will have to
be dug out-not a difficult matter. as the
roots are not deep. though they are very
tenacious and spreading. Whenever .
weed IS pulled out. sprinkle grass seed In
Immediately.
4 sprinkiing of lime once every year
will be found to work wonders for the
grass. Sprinkle 1t SO that It will barely
whiten the lawn. If too much is used, 4
will burn the grass roots.
Do not let your grass 60 to seed A
lawn wants grass with strong root sys-
TENS and the more 1t is cut the more Will
the strength go there. A good mating OF
roots underground means a thick. sprfngy.
velvety turf above ground It means, too.
that the lawn will survive drought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
HOME GARDEN ROSES.

- WING to the efforts of plant hy-
bridizers it has In the last few
- years become possible for any
flower lover to have rose garden which
will be almost constantly in bloom, equal
ing in masses of bloom and constant color
a bed of geraniums.
To obtain satisfaction from such rose
garden a judicious selection of varieties
grown and proper treatment of the plants
rich. but the manure must be well de-
cayed and thoroughly mixed with the dirt.
The plants must be set in the soil and not
In the manure, as is sometimes done.
The plants should be set out to be most
effective in masses Of from 20 to 100
planted together all of one kind in a bed.
They should be set about eighteen inches
apart, making about thirteen plants In a
bed six feet in diameter and thirty-seven
plants in bed ten feet in diameter The
hybrid tea and polyantha roses should be
planted In the spring in the north. and the
hybrid perpetuals in either spring or fall.
Each spring the plants should be pruned,
the dead wood being cut out and the re-
naming shoots cut back four or six eyes.
When planting cut back the shoots to two
or three eyes.
A liberal supply of water is needed ev-
cry day for roses planted in a we'll
drained bed.
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or ability to give the lawn. It's mighty
hard. extremely slow and wholly unpleas-
ant and uninteresting labor. Without
rolling, however. a lawn is bound to get
lumpy and rough.
To correct this, get the finest loan that
1t Is as fine and friable as dust. Into
each hollow spot in the lawn dump enough
to fill the cavity and leave little above
the surrounding sod. The lawn should
previously have been moved as closely
as possible so that all the irregularities
will be plain to the eye.
After the depression is filled roll the
earth into 1t with a heavy roller. If you
have no roller. beat it down with the back
of the spade. swinging il with all your
might again and again till the new earth
Is packed in solid.
Now take a thin light board with a per-
fectly true edge and long enough to reach
across the depression SO that its ends will
forth over the filled-in place. SO that it
will scrape away all the new earth that
is higher than the general contour of the
lawn. Thus you will insure Il perfect
level in a very simple way.
After the depressions have been thus
filled, drop grass seed on thickly. beat it
down thoroughly sprinkle some very fine
dirt over it and drench with water, being
careful. however. not to flood il so that
the seed will wash out.
If there are little tussocks and humps
cut them off true with sharp spade or
a big knife Sprinkle grass seed there
too, though the roots that remain will
generally grow new grass.
If the growth of grass is poor over a
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.HE last ANIMALS to be sown out
of doors will have to go In
now. They are portulaca and

HE last ANIMALS to be sown out
of doors will have to go in
now. They are portulaca and
III saliva. Everything that Is TO
s. be transpianted from the win
dow box. cold frame or hothQuse should
be moved in the next few days. prefer
ably toward afternoon and when the sky
is overcast, if possible, though the great
est Importance in moving is not so much
the state of the upper air, but the state
OF the soil See that 1t is very finely
powdered deep down to make good res
ervoir. After packing the roots OF the
moved plants well in by pressing the
earth into and around the roots with the
fingers pour water on plentifully, till 1t
remains standing around the plant.
Be on your guard now against insects.
Begin spraying when the first one ap-
pears Be especially careful to destroy
the green lice that cluster along the rose
stems Put on pair of gardening gloves
and squeeze the infested stems between
the fingers till you have killed them all.
Then spray.
See that your sHeetpeas have album
dant treliis work or netting TO climb on.
Vines that have to struggle for hold
will not blossom nearly so we'll as those
that are supplied with great abundance
Of places TO cling to.
In tying up vines and plants be careful
not to tie strings very tightly around
them. Binding a stem or branch has the
same effect that tight binding of limb
has on human being or an animal. The
flow of sap is impeded or stopped and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30

that the knife or wire will do.
BY withdrawing the prodding wire care.
fully at intervals YOU can easily see
whether II has reached the borer as parts
of him are sure to adhere If he has been
pierced.
After killing the pest plug up all the
holes in the tree with tree wax. or. in the
absence of this prepared compound, use
tar thick paint. shellac. putty or even
wet clayey mud. well plastered into the
wounds and covered with a wrapping Of
cloth well dashed. so that it will form a
woatherproof bandage. Wherever the
PARK pa has been merely lifted and not cut
off. press it back tightly to the trunk.
cover thoroughly with one Of the mate.
rails mentioned. bind with bandages and
the bark often will grow fast again,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
CULTIvATINa sQUAsHEs.
An Ideal Early Grower for the
Home Garden.

A great advantage of the squash is
that a few hills will produce enough
for the average family. Therefore. they
can be planted in some spot that would
remain unused otherwise. or they can
be grown among the corn.
are necessary. Many ne varieties Of re-
cent Introduction have largely increased
the ''overblooming" class of roses which
give most satisfactory results.
The basis of successful rose cultivation
Is rich soil, we'll drained and thoroughly
and deeply spaded, treated with manure
or fertilizer. The soil can hardly be too
Give each hill of the bush variety a
clear space of four feet and clear space
of seven feet to each hill of the running
kinds. Put ten to twelve seeds into
each hill. planting about an inch deep.
AS squashes are great sufferers from
striped cucumber beetles in their early
stages. it Is best not to thin the plants
till the danger from these pests is over
When the squashes have attained sound
growth and it is clear which ones are
the best, thin down to three plants in a
hill
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with the wire for distances far greater
than the diameter of the tree
4 maple borer will bore an incredibly
deep and winding hole. and will girdle a
tree completely if he Is left alone long
enough. Once the tree is girdled it is
practically doomed.
No matter how deep you may have to
force the wire, do not be content till you
have reached the horer. Sometimes it
may be necessary even 10 cut away some
of the bark OF the maple 10 get at his
burrow. Do not hesitate. Cat carefully
and do not mutilate the tree more than
you can help. Above ALL do not cut away
bark enough to interfere with the nutri-
ton and feeding processes of the tree.
But remember, too, that if the borer is
left alive there it will do all the harm
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~N JUNE the enemies of the shade
trees will begin their most effective
work The trees that will suffer the
81 most will be the naples and pop
lars. The former will be attacked
nv the borer. The latter will suffer from
the tent caterpillar.
These pests often ruin fine trees COM
p.etely in a few days. but luckily they
are easily destroyed before they progress
YER far, ard If only minute or two is
given 10 inspection of the trees each day
they can be attacked on almost the mo-
ment of their arrival. In that case a
five-minute fight may defend the tree sue
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and drive it straight through or around
the tree as cleanly as a first-class gim-
let could.
The first sign Of the maple borer. If
the tree is not inspected daily. usually
will be a dead branch that breaks down
with the first windstorm.
Daily inspection will prevent such dam
age. Look carefully every morning or
evening around the tree, beginning at the
base Of the trunk and thence scrutiny
ing every bit of trunk and main stems
The borer rarely attacks the secondary
stems or smaller twigs first. The trunk
Is his main objective. After that the
bigger branches are selected.
If the bark of the tree everywhere is
clean and perfect. there Is no borer at
work. But II there Is q tiny pile Of
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fresh sawdust at the foot of the tree
you may be sure that somewhere on
trunk or branches you will find Won
derfully smooth. perfectly true. sharply
cut no e, generally barely large enough
to admit knitting needle.
Although the presence of sawdust at
the base of the maple is an unfailing in
dication of the presence of a borer. the
absence of sawdust is no proof that there
are none. Sometimes the saWdust re-
mains hanging to the hole
Having found the hole, take long piece
of very soft copper wire and force it in.
If you have caught the borer at the begin
an inch or even less of the aperture. But
If he has been there any length of time
1t may be necessary to follow his tunnel
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the caterpilars are completely destroyed.
or course. a lot of leaves will go. too.
but II it is remembered that horde of
these caterpillars can eat the entire foil
ag" from big poplar in twenty four
hours few leaves are a small price
to pay.
Be careful to stand from under" as
Iar as possible when applying the fire.
ne caterpillars will drop down like rain.
Inc maple is not attacked by cater
pillars to any great extent. 1t has a more
lhsld!ous enemy, not SO easily perceived
as the poplars foes. 1t is the maple
borer: fat white maggot or grub with
a shining black head about as big as
as soft as most maggots are it has laws
that enable it to bore a clean round hole
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cessfuly against damage that could not
be repaired in the whole season.
The first sign of the arrival of the cat
erpillar enemy OF the poplars usually is
a Wilted leaf, or perhaps, II the insects
have been at work for some time. en-
tire branches full Of dying leaves. BY
looking upward from underneath the tree
Their IL will be easy to see mass of
ilny black worm-like caterpillars cling
ing to the undersde of leaves here and
there
Fire is the quickest and most effective
destroyer Make bundle Of tow hay.
straw. excelsior or rags. tie it firmly to
a long pole Fastening it preferably with
wire. SO that the fastening won't burn
through. soak 1t with kerosene. light and
hold 1t against the affected leaves till all
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II you can't have our strawberries new
and. at the same time. put them up for
future reference. let the future go and
enjoy them fresh from the vine In their
own luscious perfection. When they
have ripened in your garden. says
Holmes. summer has begun. hardly till
then: and they mark pretty nearly the
true astronomical beginning of the sea-
son." 1t is true. unfortunately. that there
are some persons who find that the straw
berry acid does not agree with them. but
these are exceptions. and the addition OF
a little Cayenne pepper, not enough to
unpleasan;ly det-act from the favor o.
the fruit. will often prevent any difficulty
In digesting them. They have long been
recommended for persons Of equity or bill.
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FOR ARTISTIC HEDGES.
Thoroughly Prepared, Deep Soil and
Plenty of Water Is Needed.

Hedges are less used in this country
than in Europe because of our dry eli
mate and high-priced labor. Hedges re-
quire to be frequently trimmed and need
considerable moisture. but these things
can easily be supplied in home grounds Of
moderate size. and hedges are used with
excellent effect on such grounds.
For a good hedge you must have thor
oughly prepared deep soil Set the plants
close and shear them at least twice
year. For evergreen hedges the service
able plant In general is the arbor vitae.
The plants may be set at distances of one
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tina S
Of
essuchas
eand etan ireverge wordI ike eave
in anyk o
dfrv
of Mexian garden
They'll in July ndAugu retain Aowersver
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The till mot gardener land
wihu needn services O fnginees and
o
Sc Gem o make grove enn
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A Magazine Farmer.

A Magazine Farmer.
I used to like the old place,
But now it amt no use;
It's laid out inartistic,
And it's tackey as the
deuce.
You see I've been a reading,
Till envy makes me green,
Of artistic agriculture
In a farming magazine.
It tells YOU how your pig pen
Should be on anesthetic
lines:
And your Looey Fourteen
henbouse
Should be draped iii ivy
vines.
I'm going to sell the old place
It's architecture's bum.
And I'll buy one of them
dream joints
In that magazine, by gum
I'll raise no crops plebeian,
But I'll put in plants and
shrubs;
I'll do no harvest sweatin'-
Leave that fer old-time
dubs!
l may not last season
Fore l meet the sheriff
man,
But I'm goin' to be farmer
On the magazinist plan.
Chicago Livestock World.
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SUNDAY MENU.
BREAKFAST.
Strawberries. Cereal.
Broiled Shad Watercrsss.
Rolls. Coffee.
DINNER.
Vegetable Soup.
RadishAs. Young Onions.
Rcast Breast Of Mutton with Tomato Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes Spinach.
Strawberry Short Cake with Cream.
Black Coffee.
SUPPER.
Baking Powder Biscuit. Honey.
Scrambled Eggs.
Custar6 Sponge Cake.
Tea.
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LAWN to be even fairly perfect
really must be rolled almost as
regularly as it is moved. I'm
fortunately. rolling is the last
thing that the amateur has time
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
IDENTIFIES HER ASSAILANT
Mrs. Welch Recognizes Negro Chase
as Purse-snateher.
Arrested as Drunk and DisOrderIy
snort Time After Attaek-Vietim
Uncertain on First Look.

Mrs Margaret A. Welch, Of 626 b
street southwest, whose pocketbook was
snatched from her hand Saturday night
by negro, as she was returning TO her
nome from the Center Market. yesterday
Identified James Chase. Of Railroad
avenue, Anacostia. as her assailant
Chase was arrested Saturday night
within few minutes after the time the
attack was made on Mrs Welcb. Police
man Hartman, on his way to the First
precinct station-house to report for duty,
met Chase near Tenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue northwest.
The negro was under the influence of
liquor at the time and was disorderly.
Policeman Hartman arrested him. and AT
the station house he was charged with
being drunk and disorderly.
When about TO lock the negro in one Of
the cells, policemen al the station noticed
that Chase answered the description OF
the assailant of Mrs. WEIGH. lie was
placed In the patrol wagon and taken
10 the woman's home for Identification
Al that time Mrs Welch was not sure.
She had another look at the man yester-
day morning. She is said to have been
positive then that he was the negro who
had snatched her pOCketbOOk
The police OF the Fourth precinct are
holding Clarence Butler. "a negro. twenty
two years old, on the suspicion OF being
the womsn's assailant.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-27
DECLARES BUDGET IN FORCE
President of Argentina So Notifies
Minister to Washington.
Failure of the Congress 20 Act I'm
periIed the Nation, and the Ac-
tiOn Was Necessary.

Minister Portela Of Argentina, yester-
day received a cablegram from his gov
ernment containing the decree issued by
Gen Roca, President of the republic.
proroguing the sessions Of the Congress
and declaring in force and effect the
financial budget OF 1907.
The decree then points out that without
the appropriation contained In the budget
the government cannot be maintained.
and that there are no funds available for
the support Of the army, for railways, for
the continuance of public works and the
maintenance Of public order.
The budget also contained the interest
from the public debt. the suspension Of
which. the decree says, will produce ruin
and public discredit. II also says the Sen
ate has failed to approve the various nom
nations which the President had submit
ted TO Il. including the nomination Of the
mayor of Buenos Ayres and the president
of the national board OF education, two
appointments which are regarded as ur-
gent.
The constitution gives power to the
President in the event of extraordinary
emergency, to approve the budget, and
this he has done, and will submit his
action to the next regular session Of the
Congress.
Minister Portela's dispatch adds that
the country is quiet and that his action
has received the Endorsement OF public
sentiment.