Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27
MORE THAN 5000 PUPILS
CULTIvAT|NC GARDENS
ing With Unexpected
Success.
SPRAYING NOW NECESSARY
Suburban Citizens Arrange to Guilt
waite Gardens by Electric Light.
Peas Appear Most Popular Vcge-
table Grown.

More than 1000 boys and girls in
Richmond have backyard Enrdcns,
says j. ii. Binford. As iistant Supcrin-
tendent of Schools. we have found
II necessary to have several thousand
additional blanks printed for tho chill
dren to make their garden reports on.
The per cent of those WHO have car
ricd out their promise To plant "a gar
den is very much larger than was at
first anticipated. More arc coming in
than have dropped out. The garden
movement is gaining mcmcntum daily.
Born of necessity, II must need sue
cccd
Among the latest groupa 10 Join
tho forces for Increased production
are the Gintcr Park and Barton
Heights Schools. The former has one
acre on it's own ground. while the lat
ter has taken the plaza At tho inter
section Of Bacon Road and Fcndali
Avenue. These plots arc being plant
cd by different grades under the drcc-
ton Of their respective teachers. II IL
rather striking that these pupils arc
combining their planting largely TO
peas and beans. the two great staple
food crops to he'll, out in the present
emergency.
Blu: TO my mind tho ono group tina
deserves special mention for tho work
II has done so far is the garden club
formci among the patrons OF the
Baker School. This club numbers
forty-two members, all Of whom, with
the exception of only three, were 90
hand for their plantinr. day. They
arc greatly cnthused over tho work
and arc going 70 it in dead earnest"
GOOD SPRAY PUMP rs
ESSENTIAL TO GARDENING
VIII you not please tell me what
is the matter with my beans. rose
bush or apple trcc?' ask; the woman
=: III" phone. or the man who has
hrou an affected plant TO the Office
OF J Frank F'ooshc. director of garden
clubs for the American National Bank.
The leaves are all covered on tho
under side with little green insects or
have holes eaten through them
To these anxious inquiries one and
all goes back tho answer: Your
trouble is YOUR plants or trees have
aphids or plant lice on them. \ little
Black leaf 40 will kill them in quick
order. Immediate action is required.
OF course, YOU can apply this spray
through watering pot, but for the
best results you should have a good
spray pump, which is most essential
for successful gardening
But for that electric light. there
wouldn't be much garden here said
L. r. Stansbury. 6i0 MontroSc Avenue,
as Mr.. Fooshe came upon him about {?
o'clock at might working in his gar
den Already the little investment /
made for the extension cord connection
with the lights on my back porch has
brought fine returns. have been able
TO do much work in IN? garden AT night
that would have otherwise been neg
iected. Now that hot weather is due
though the summer train seems 20 he
running a good bit behind time. |
will find it ever SO much more pleasant
TO do my garden work at night than
in the late afternoon. You can take
II from me that the electric light is one
of the greatest aids Of all TO the city
gardener. II il is good for tennis and
other outdoor sports. why should il
not be used for that hes; OF all cX-
crcises-working the soil:"
please note that peas rank FIRST
among vegetables III food value" said
Mrs NJ. c. Patterson. vice chairman Q