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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10
OVERSEAS TROOPS ARE
GOING TO CAMP MEADE
Two Sections Of Cantonment
Being Vacated for Them.
Naturalization Tomorrow

Camp Meade. Nd. Jan. 10.-Two Sec
tions Of Camp Meade will be vacated by
February first and made ready for &C.
cupancy by overseas troops and men
from other camps who are to be sent
here for rehabilitation. The Sixty-third
Infantry will be one TO go out and the
other section to be nearly cleared Will
be Franklin c%antonn,ent. adjoining
Meade, where all but the Fourteenth.
Fifteenth, and Thirty-nrst service bat
tallons will be discharged. About 5000
men will be affected by the movements.
Plans have been perfected for the
naturalization here tomorrow of approx
mately 400 soldiers, most of whom are
about to be discharged from the serv-
ice. A large number of these aliens are
from overseas. They belonged to Ma
tional Guard units or were selected Tor
service when the nation went to war.
Unlike many of their blood they did not
"s~queal" to get out of the service be-
cause they were citizens or another
country. They went to war for the
stars and Stripes-the emblem of the
land of their adoption-and they fought
and bled for the principles Of right and
justice. Now that they are going back
to civil life they are to be returned
as citizens of the land for which they
stood ready to die.
The First and Second Casual Com
panies arrived here today from a point
OF d~ebarkation. The 330th Casual Com
PAN arrived yesterday with sixteen
more officers of the advance school de-
tachment of the Lafayette Division. Ten
men also arrived from Camp Joseph +"
Johnston, Jacksonville. Fla. to be mus
tered out Of the service.
Private w. r. Evans, Company J.,
Seventeenth Infantry. was discharged
this morning to enable him to accept a
position as the principal teacher in the
public school at Mauricetown, y. J.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
FORMED AT CAMP DIX
Crippled Soldiers Will Be
Given Opportunity to Learn
New Trades

Camp Dix. wrishtstown. n. j., Jan.
10.-A Government trade school for
soldiers crippled in battle has been or
gained in connection with the overseas
convalescent center at Camp Dix, COM
manded by Major Harry L. Twaddell.
Plans have been announced at camp
headquarters to greatly increase the
size of the convalescent center in the
camp to relieve congestion among con-
valescent patients at the base hospital,
where a thousand overseas men. mostly
from New York, New Jersey and Eastern
Pennsylvania. are now under treatment.
The trade school will be an experiment
in development work for wounded men.
War Department officials will inspect it
early Re week. and If satisfied with
its prnc liability will extend the system
to other c"nvalescent stations. Many
of The methods that nave proved most
successful in the Canadian reconstruc-
ton work will be incorporated in the
system here.
The aim Of the school will be TO pro-
vide wounded n crippled men with
new occupations II war has untitled them
for their old work. The War Depart
ment has announced that a soldier may
return after he Is actually discharged
from the service and complete his train
ing course at the school. Lieutenant
Carl Lellmaker, Of Buffalo. n. Y, in
charge of the school organization, an
nounced that the initial course will in
clude s~tenography, typewriting, auto
mobile repairing. shoe repairing. tailor
ing. printing. biography and wireless.
The army Y. NJ. c.. A. and the quarter
masters department will furnish
teachers.
After leaving his chum here as a
corporal. saddened because he could not
go to France with Company B of the
311th Regiment. Private Israel Goldberg,
Of Brooklyn, y. Y, has returned here
wounded in his arm and a veteran OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-10
ADVERTISEMENT
Advertisement

Every patriotic American should think and talk prosperity, and
we will have it. In times of depression, when hundreds in every walk
of life are out of work and incomes are curtailed, there is little money
to spend. but the country is not passing through any such crisis. The
demand for labor is still great, and as prosperity depends largely upon
the amount utilized, the future lies in the hands of the consumer. All
goods purchased require others to replace them, and this means
employment for untold numbers, for the crude product passes through
many hands before it reaches yours as a finished article in the Chest
nut Street Shops.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23

cially where the soil is heavy and well
Lecayed fertilizer cannot be procured
Fresh material of this kind may then
bc added without danger and the soil
will he in prime condition by spring,
especially If IL is allowed to remain
rough just as the plough or the spade
turns il up in big clods. These clods
will be broken by frost action during
the winter and will readily break down
into fine powdery mass by spring.
If II is necessary ever to plant gladi-
olus in sod the ground should always
be ploughed the previous autumn.
When spring prepared the ground
should always be given a liberal dress
ing OF the fertilizer mentioned prior to
digging or plouglIing. or one of the
commercial fertilizers, either applying
before ploughing or before narrowing
OF raking. If possible the beds should
be dug a foot or more deep, but not
unless the subsoil is deeper than that.
1t is never good practice to bring up
more than an inch Of the subsoil
| The gladiolus does its very best when
| exposed to full sunshine all day long
and 1t is poorest in the shade. Most
gardens are shady during some part
Of the day. therefore the sunniest place
should be chosen for this plant. With
well prepared beds in sunny places the
success of the plants will depend al
! most entirely on the quality OF the
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23

The word tender" refers to the ma
turo of the bulb itself. Unlike mar
cissus, hyacinth. tulip and other well
known bulbs which give best results
when planted in the fall, the Gladlolus
cannot Withstand frost. II must there
fore he planted in the spring after
the ground has lost all trace of frost
and has become workable, and II must
be dug up in the fall after the bloom
ing season is over and the tops have
either died down or are commencing
10 lose their lustrous green. II al
lowed 10 stay in the ground after
freeing weather arrives the bulbs
will he more or less injured, and il
they remain in the ground over win
ter they viii almost surely die.
While the eladious may be counted
upon to return good for evil in the
way % bravery bossuming when neg
lected, 1t viii respond nobly TO care
and good feeding. It will give good
returns n heavy soil, but much bet
ter in lighter soils. even 70 almost
pure :and, Fest results are secured
in a sandy loan which l. we'll sup
piled with Gecaying vegetable matter
II the gardener is Obliged to use heavy
or stiff soil he should work In lib
eral quantity Of sand and well de
cayed natural fertilizer from the stable.
II the SOL is sandy this fertilizer
alone need be added.
1t is not absolutely necessary TO pre-
pare the beds the autumn before, al
though this is a good practice, cspe-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
AN ORNAMENTAL HUMIFIER,

Architects and engineers agree that
the dry. hot atmosphere Of our houses
in winter is accountable for the furni-
ture. becoming unglued and falling
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GLADIOLUS.
nv VI. G., kAINS

Every one VINO has ever grown Glad-
ioli has continued to grow this beau
tiful flower whenever an opportunity
has presented. The reasons for this
are doubtless that probably no other
plant requires 50 little care, thrives
in such a wide range and variety Of
soils, demands no "fussing" over, is
so free from attacks of insects and
other plant pests and Will stand the
lack of water when other plants are
dwindling and dying with thirst. In
fact no garden flower will stand so
much downright neglect and yet re-
turn such a splendid array OF bloom
as will this tender summer Towering
bulb. Its blossoms are magnificent in
the brilliancy and variety of their
hues.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23

Until few years ago sweet peas
were strictly a summer flower. 1t was
next to impossible to grow them under
glass, and 10 do SO cost more
than the flowers would bring at retail
prices. Now sweet pea flowers can he
had all winter long at prices that mako
them readily salable. One seed firm
hes done more than any other to i'm
prove and popularizc this beautiful
dover.
Years ago w. Atlee Burpee & Co. OF
Philadelphia took up tho sweet pea
and specialized OIL II. Soon after they
introduced the first dwarf sweet pea,
called Cupid. and now supply more
than forty different colors in the
dwarfs.
The next important introduction by
this firm was the Spencers or orchid
Towering variety.
For more than eight years the work
has been going on ut Fordhook farm.
The first crosses were made with the
winter towering grandiflora type and
the summer Towering Spencers. In
this way the carly towering character
istics of the old grandiforas and the
larger Spencer form were obtained.
The first plants did not come true or
reproduce plants similar 10 the parents
and years of patient work was re-
CURED to obtain fixed varieties.
George w. Kerr. the president OF the
American Sweet Pea Society, Is in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
EFT PEAS NOW TO BE HAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR

having them we prefer TO have them
purchase elsewhere.
There is some confusion between
these two types in tho minds of
novices. Tho word 'grandifora" sounds
grand. but 1t Is misleading. Some
amateurs not knowing the difference
buy the grandiiiora sweet pea seeds,
while their knowing neighbor pur-
chases the much better Spencer type.
Amateurs who plant the grandifiora
are likely to DO disappointed, and 1t Is
for this reason that we have discon-
tinued selling them.
II should DO remembered that there
are two classes OF Spencer sweet peas
the standard summer Towering and
the new Fordhook early Towering
photographs of which | send you. We
are still developing many new varieties
in the Fordhook early Towering type
in addition to the many new varieties
introduced this year
The illustrations on this page arc
made from the Photographic Mr.. Burpee
refers to.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23

apart and that II encourages early
decay in frame buildings. Doctors
state that the dry, hot, superheated
winter is not good for human beings.
To overcome this difficulty a water
tank is constructed in hot air furnaces
for the purpose OF slightly moistening
the atmosphere. Water tanks are made
to hang on the backs of steam radi-
ators in dining rooms and accomplish
the same result.
=, good way to help keep the atmos-
phere of living rooms supplied with
moisture is by keeping few large
plants in the rooms. They will answer
the dual purpose of being ornamental
and at the same time liberating mois-
ture gradually, as it is needed, to keep
the air supplied with the right amount
OF moisture. Too much moisture in
the air at any one time may be quite
as objectionable as too little.
1t is remarkable how much water a
plant in nine or ten inch pot will re-
quire every day. A saucer should lie
placed under each pot Il the pots stand
on the floor, and sufficient water
poured carefully on the soil In the pot
so Il will just drain through to the
! saucer, dampening the saucer only
enough to show that the soil in the pot
! Is fully saturated. OF course all this
moisture must escape into the stmos-
| phere of the room, and thus it is that
It keeps the air In the house in good
! condition.
/ The plants, scattered about the
rooms, distribute the places from which
moisture is liberated, and ore there
fore better than tank or a can huns
only in one place.
Fun has been made OF, the rubber
plant by humorists, but It is useful
for ornamental purposes. Palms are
good. \ large araucaria. cyperius
sansveria or aspidistra makes an at
! trac-N pot pssx. and ali these - =
well as some others. are suitable for
the purpose. Those mentioned will
succeed under the most ordinary con-
| ditions and are suggested as good
plants for general use, for keeping the
air In the house moist and pleasant
during the cold season when the fur
naces are in full blast, making our
houses comfortably warm and uncom-
fortably dry. Too dry atmosphere Is
! indicated by a close, shut up sensation,
| causing those in the room to feel rest
less. nervous and as though they must
go out and walk In the open air.
The possibility OF ordinary plants
being scarce in the spring was the
reason for keeping over in pots in
the house many ordinary plants, such
as gcraniums, fuchsias and heliotrope,
and 1t is surprising how well they
have done. The lleliotropes are in
flower and the fuchsias and geraniums
are big. robust plants, from which
many cuttings can DO made before
| they are set out in the garden again.
| All these have helped keep the ut
! nosphere in the house comfortably
moist although during the warm
! weather of the past winter the tenn
/ pers;ure was often too high for com
: .crt.
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plan to remove the soil from the pros
pective bed about an inch deeper than
the bulbs are to be placed. then TO
spread a layer OF sand about an inch
deep, level it off ana place the bulbs
where desired, pressing them slightly
into the sand; then the soil may be
gently replaced so as not to move the
bulbs and pressed firmly down, finally
raked loosely on top. When planted
for mass color effect the best results
are secured from round oblong or
square beds. but for cutting it Is adj
visable to set them in rows about
twelve inches apart with the bulbs
four. inches asunder.
Sometimes they may be set in dou-
, bic rows eighteen inches apart. Where
a success sion is desired and where space
is at premium the first planting may
be set eight inches asunder and the
second planting placed between, then
by dih5ling the bulbs in after the
spikes OF the first set are above
ground. For tightening up heavy
masses OF shrubbery the lighter and
the brilliant scarlet varieties OF this
plant are very effective il placed In
groups Of half dozen to dozen. For
such work the bulbs should be four to
six inches apart each way.
Whenever possible it Is a good plan
10 water the pants abundantly when
the leaves first appear above ground
and again when the flower spikes be-
gin TO show color. Beyond keeping the
surface loose and open by occasional
cultivation and keeping the weeds
down tie gladioIus will require no fur
Their care. After the blooming season
Is past the bulbs should be allowed to
! ripen but il is not necessary to wait
until the tops die doNrbefore harvest
inS. The plants should be lifted, care
fully shaken free of the soil, allowed to
dry in the sun for a few days, after
which the tops may be cut off about
two inches above the bulbs and then
| placed In shallow baskets for storing
In cool, dry cellar. Care should be
taken to prevent them from becoming
very dry or moist: an occasional on
animation will show how they arc
keeping. At any time during the win
ter the dead leaves and worn out bulbs
may lie removed and the cleaned bulbs
returned to the baskets. There will
prcoably be seyera, smaller bulbs pro
ductd by each bulb planted. The
larger OF these may produce flowers
the following year, but the smaller
should either be allowed to remain al
tached or be removed ard planted sep
arately. They will probably not flower
until the second year.
! For cut flowers no other plant excels
the giadiolus The stalks should be
cut well down toward the base when
, the lowest bud begins TO show colo",
Tie stems should be as long as possi
BILE without injuring the contiguous
leaves. and the lower ends should bc
cut slantinR, 80 the wato- will have the
, freest possible access to the stems. /.
half an inch is removed from the
stems each day, II fresh water is giver
, daily and If the withered flowers are
removed. which Is easily done by a
slight pull, every bud should open from
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
Sweet Peas, the Poor Mans
Orchid, Should Be Planted Early

charge of the work Of hybridizins
sweet peas at Fordhook. This is all
done in summer. and Mr.. Kerr says 1t
is essential 10 select young buds just
showing color for the seed bearing pod
before the pollen has developed or
Standardization will have taken place.
All other buds are removed from the
spray and all other sprays from the
branch so as to throw all tho strength
into the fertilized bud.
There are thousands OF young plants
ir. pots in the greenhouses, all under
numbers, which will go into cold
frames and finally be planted out in
the trial grounds. These will flower
about the first OF May.
Thirteen new varieties are offered
in tho Burpee catalogue this year, and
probably as many moro new varieties
will be offered next year.
Florists SOW these early Towering
varieties under glass in August for
Thanksgiving Day flowers and make
sowings in September for Christmas
flowers. Sown in the open ground
in spring, they begin to flower several
weeks ahead Of the regular summer
towering Spencers and IL no seed
pods are allowed to form will con-
tinue in bloom for q long time. In
California and the Southern States
toward the end Of September, they
will bloom from Christmas until April
or May.
a few OF the new varieties are
Early Favorite. rosy pink standard
and blush wings; Early Majestic,
very large flowers, purplish maroon
rosy purple wings; Blue Jacket, dark
navy blue: Early Cherry Ripe, glow
Ing cherry; Gypsy Maid, bright rose
pink; Early Lustre, deep rose pink,
suffused with coppery sheen: Fantasy,
striped and marbled with rich rosy
pink on creamy white ground; Splen-
| dor, deep rose; Da1ntiness, large pure
white flowers, edged rose; Orange
Beauty. orange scarlet; Glorious
royal purple.
Cultural directions for sweet peas
will be found In Top Soil, THE SuN
garden annual, price ten cents. which
every amateur gardener should have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
RASPBERRIES.

Fo. small raspberry beds manure
and spade the beds as for a vegetable
garden. In small gardens the plants
can be set close together, but there is
nothing gained by crowding
If the plants are trained to n
wire trellS they can be set two feet
apart with The treilis five feet apart.
Whore the plants are To he allowed
to develop ana thc branches spread.
five feet apart 10 as cius" ~ they
shog Il hc placed
When the plants ore received cut
them tarE 80 the cones viii be about
SIX mch's long, CT tie plants IN IA
early as possible
Make the holes large and deep.
spread the roots out to their fun
length at downward angle and tread
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
SPENCER SWEET PEAS.

Numerous inquiries regarding Spen-
GER Sweet Peas, as TO why they are
called Spencer, how they were origi-
rated, and so forth, were referred TO
David Burpee Of W. Alice Burpee &
Co, Philadelphia, for reply and this is
Mr.. Burpee's explanation:
The first Spencer Sweet Pea was dis
covered as a distinct mutation about
the beginning Of the twentieth GEN.
tury in the garden of Countess Spen-
Ger. 1t was found by her head gar
dener, who called this new sweet pea
! Countess Spencer in her honor. Coun-
tess Spencer is still one Of our best
standard varieties. 1t was secured by
our good friend Robert Sydenham OF
England. and was first brought to
America by my father, who was the
first to introduce the Spencer Sweet
Pea in the United States. We grew
the variety for Robert Sydenham be-
fore it was introduced.
This new Countess Spencer Sweet
Fea broke up very severely during the
first few years. It threw off a great
many different colors and we immedi-
ately began to make selections and to
develop the different varieties. We
have conducted that breeding and Sc
lection work continuously since the be-
ginning OF the new type. For the past
eight years we have been working on
the new early towering varieties.
Previously the early Towering type
existed among the grandif1oras. 1t
was a great advantage to get the big
wave form Of the Spencers combined
with the early Towering characters
tics so the Spencer Sweet Peas could
be grown probably under glass dur
Ing the winter.
1t Is merely to distinguish the new
Spencer type from the old grandinora
type that the name Spencer has been
given TO them. The old grandifiora
type has become so Anticipated that
we no longer grow 1t.
Everything desired in sweet peas can
now be secured in the Spencer waved
types, and for that reason we have
this year entirely omitted the gIandi-
flora, and where customers insist on
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valuable plant for window gardens
and obserTatories.
The double white bouvardia, Alfred
Neuner, and the double red. President
Garfield, are both good subjects for
window gardens and CunsorVatories,
though they ore not fra grant.
The single lowered varieties are
also good. Rosea multiflora. pink and
sanguinea. crimson. are free boomers,
well grown plants seldom being out of
flower other single varieties that
are good are hogarth, light scarlet;
leiantha, dark scarlet. dividsoni white,
and the bride. pink.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
WHITE FLY ON HOUSE PLANTS.

If the leaves Of house plants ara
eaten away and curl UP look for n.
white fly on the under side Of the
leaves The flies, tiny. white insects.
fly away on being disturbed. Some
can be killed with tho fingers and the
eggs on the leaves destroyed. The
best plan is to lay the plants on their
sides In the bathtub and spray them
with tepid water to wash the flies on.
If the foliage will not be injured bN
the spray. Prof. Il. A. White OF this
State College OF Agriculture suggests
using whale oil soap, one and hair
ounces to a gallon of water.
Greenhouses troubled with white nv
arc fumigated with hydrocyanic acid
gas, but as this kills all animal lie. 10
is dangerous for inexperienced per-
sons to try to use II. I
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-23
9eUVARBLAS.

Bouvarda humboldt corymbinora is
a splendid late autumn and early win
tel flow ering plant, producing clusters
of jasminelike, pure white flowers
over two inches long. an inch across
ana delightfully."- fragrant. It is a very
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the soil about each plant as II is
sot in place.
R9splerries Ike moisture and there
fore muIchiHS after planting will be
beneficial, Water and liquid manure
will producc an abundant crop ~
frult.
Try hand wedding about the plants,
giving them no other cultivation and
compare the results with neighbors'
plants that are cultivated
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Years of Labor Required to
Produce New Sweet Peas

the bottom to the very top OF the
spike Thus it is possible to have the
cut spikes last for a week to ten days.
This characteristic will enable people
who wish to send spikes Of bloom
through the mail to do so with perfect
confidence that they will arrive in
good condition. They need only TO be
given a little wet material at their
bases and wrapped SO they will not
shift In the packages.
The Washington times., 1919-01-21
FOR RENT-OFFICES
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

FINE building lot, In 18th st. Terrace; high
and comma ndinG situation: wide 'front.'
age; reasonable price, Apply 20 OWNER.
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