Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-16
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEVELL.

bushes, glad alternating with
bush.
We have watched this planting with
great interest, and perhaps those VINO
planted it regard it as success, put
it seems otherwise to us, for the 1ol-
lowing reason:
The swortlike leaves of the gladio-
lus, and the lilylike flowers. beautltul
in themselves, break the symmetry or
the kochia hedge.
The chief charm of the kOcha row
lies in the round character of the
plants, and their uniformity, one AFTER
the other.
When any other flower is introduced
into the row, the charm is broken. MS
is our objection to the planting. When
the gladioli started to come up we
thought the effect would please us, but
when they came into bloom we judged
it not so good.
Here was an interesting experiment,
however, and more gardeners ought 10
try them. There is nothing like trying
your plans out 1t is one thing to
conceive an idea, it is distinctly an
other to put it into effect.
What in Spring would seem Won
derfur garden thought, in Autumn
turns out to be only "so-so.' Inc
combined hedge of kochias and GA
doll, for instance, might strike some
as beautiful, yet it is probable that we
will not see it repeated next year, Tor
the good and simple reason as Pen
rod said that the owners will agree
with us that the simple kochia hedge
they had the year before was by far
the prettier.
Another garden experiment was the
planting of a moon vine on the north
side of a house, where it got little
sun.
The growth of the vine was luXu-
RANT. Today it goes "Over the
house." and it's leaves are glossy and
green. There is. however. not sign
of a flower bud and it does not ap-
pear at this writing, that 1t ever
will bloom.
If it does not, lack of sun will be
the reason. Bush hydrangeas Hty-
drangea aborescens) planted or the
south side of houses commonly
throw greenish- white flowers, instead
of the pure white blooms which
give the plant it's popular name OF
"Hills of Snow" This is an instance
of the contrary effect of sun. Lack
of sunshine often causes honeysuckle
to fail to bloom. If a plant does not
bloom often, this is the cause, either
that it needs sun and is not getting
enough of it, or that it does not
need so much of it, and so is getting
too much, even in an ordinary STU
alton.
There are so many factors enter
ing into the growth of plants, as OF
human beings, that it is often hard
to pin the thing down to the real
cause of success or failure. The
best the amateur gardener can do
is to be watchful and keep a garden
record. The latter is necessary,
if one is to secure results from his
watchfulneSs. Only by knowing
what he did and what results he
got from it can he guard against
like failure again, or secure an equal
success next year.
If one does not know, for instance,
that he cut his grass for the last
time on September 6, last year, and
that it killed out on him during the
Winter. he will blithely cut it late
this Fall and have it Winter-klll on
him a second time for his pains.
knowing. however. the date of his
last cutting last year. this season
he carefully refrained from cutting
his grass after August Is, with the
result that his lawns are going into
the Winter, as the expression is,
with long coat of grass to protect
he roots. Also, by allowing his grass
to go to seed in the growing Autumn.
he automatically reseeds his ground.