Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-06-25
WORK WITH THE FLOWERS



DO not neglect the winter garden.
even though the plants are at their
best. Turn the plants once a week;
stir the surface soil; wash the pots
With strong s~oapsuds; give plenty Of
fresh air daily; shower the plants
once a week; watch for pests; see
that the warm sunshine does not
scorch your plants ON warm after
Moons.
Plants that are intended for bedding
should be shifted as they fill their
pots with roots. and give plenty Of
sunshine and air. Otherwise they
will be leggy and weak.
n you wish to get specimen cannas
and dahlias. start a few in the house
early. Remove roots, stalks. and un-
necessary FIBER and cut into single
eyes. Then pot in four-inch pots in
rich soil; SHIFT when the pots fill with
roots. The Gamma, like corn. needs
moisture and heat to develop properly.
Let the hedge take the place OF the
fence where possible about the house
grounds. II the fence is imperative.
let 1t be hidden by a drapery Of vines,
Ho~neysuckle is the best permanent
vine.
California priyet leads the hedge
plants in popularity; then comes bar
berry, Japanese ounce, althea, buck
thorn and some varieties Of roses.
For utility the Usage.
A flower friend says she rid her lemon
tree OF scale by applying a strong
lather of soap suds with a stir brush
to both sides OF the leaves, stems and
trunks. This was allowed to remain
for half a day and then washed OF
with clear water. The scale was then
easy to brush OF. Sslaaa csFTrzrs prnr
II you got a gloxinia bulb this spring,
when a. blooms save the seeds, and
next spring experiment growing these
gorgeous blooraers. FIJI a we'll
drained. shallow pot or box with fine,
light soil; even It carefully and scat
ter the seeds on It. Press the seeds
into the soil with a fat block OF wood.
Put a pane OF glass on the pot and
water from the bottom. They will
bloom the first year. but the second
year win greatly improve them.
Don't transplant into the garden any
sort OF tender plant, OF hardy one that
has been tenderIy coddled. until Jack
Frost Is gone.
Don't forget that rotation In the
flower bends and borders is as neces.
sary as in the fields and gardens.
Such hardy flowers as pansies, for
get-me-nots and phlox, and the like
that have been grown IN a cold frame
and hardened. may be planted out
six weeks before tender or hot house
plants,
Go over the lawn and II you ind
moss, rake 1t out. Cut well below
the crowns of dandelions and plan
tains. II possible. ~top-dress the lawr
with leaf-mold or thoroughly rotter
straw or manure.
II you have a tree about the place
that Is dying. and you wish to renew
its youth, plant woodbine at its bass
and In a very few years the tree viii
be covered with foliage n hav.
waving banners more beautiful thar
10 its prime OF life. F,
Dig deeply and thoroughly IL earl,
crops Of flowers or vegetables ar,
wanted No matter what the textur,
Of the soil. light or heavy. it is Away
improved by spading deeply.
When planting trees in clay or othe
heavy soils not well drained, follow
this method. Dig holes 3 feet wild,
and 20 inches deep; place in them
or 10 inches of drainage. rocks, brick
or cinders well packed. Upon this pu
3 or 4 inches Of sod, grass side dowr
then plant the tree as usual.
Early in April is the time to trir
the early roses; that Is. If the winter
cold has not cut down the stalks 8
that further pruning is necessar,
Cut out all the dead wood and wea
shoots Keep the center of the plar
open. Leave four to six eyes on eac
shoot.
The generation of seed require
three essentials; heat, moisture an
air. Therefore It is folly to put seed
into the ground until 1t has bee
warmed by the sun. Corn plantir