Evening star., 1927-11-10
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| am, with the official low mark OF the
| Weather Bureau to be announced later
as 20 degrees. This difference may
be accounted for by different ther-
mometers, or the fact that the home
measure is next to a warm window.
| The effect of inside temperature on
the grass Immediately next to the
house is marked. Perhaps if the in.
| sulation of a home were perfect there
would be no retention of green in the
| grass close by, but common observa.
ton shows that very few houses are
perfectly insulated. else one would not
| see the snow melt off roofs so, soon.
| The lilacs. as the result of the first
| real cold of the season. have lost
nearly all their leaves. Perhaps this
is as good sign Of actual Autumn as
| any, even better than the fall of the
maple leaves.
Such a rank grower as the hibiscus
| looses its leaves earlier. not so much
| by reason of cold as because of lack
| of plant nourishment. The hibiscus
canes have been naked and bare for
| 3 or weeks. and the althea bushes
| in like state for weeks at least
Rosebushes, at this writing. show
| luxIrisnt foliage and n few buds We
| had a sn..d specimen of Red Radian
Severa! "1rs after the low cold mark.
| 1t is interesting to note. in this CON
| nection, that tue pink Radiance and
its sister. Red Radiance. stood one.
| two i'm the referendum OF the Amer.
can Rose Society for this year-that
| is. Radiance is the most popular rose
| in American gardens, with Red Radi-
| ance a close second. There are many
| who would like to see the position Of
| the two change. believing that Red
ad iC a eff ,f
these two most satisfactory roses.
Zinnias, which fourished vigorously
| all Summer, were uprooted several
weeks ago and transported hence via
ash-wagon conveyance. although
| tipping" Is an admitted evil, it is
| wonderful what well applied 25-cent
| piece will doo
This necessary riddance was not
| consunmated, however until some
millions of zinnia seeds had waited
themselves to all parts of the yard.
Next season zinnia seedlings will
grow up with the grass.
1t would be a curious experiment
to allow a yard to Just grow" In
our own there would be. in all likeli
hood, zinna and snapdrag gon and
plantlets sprouting from the soil in
all directions.
This is Natures way Of planting.
Though hundreds of seed are wasted.
scores grow after lying dormant all
Winter with the result that her floral
treasures perpetuate themselves.
Thus the pageant of the seasons
proceeds, at no time more picturesque
/ ly than now, although with no such
| moist, warm tones as distinguish the
| Spring offering. Soon continued frost
and freezing will nip the remaining
vegetation, leaving the garden brown
| and bare.
There will remain only the bright
berries of the climbing rose to lure
the birds and to inform human be.
ings that this was once place of
bright beauty, peopled not only by
flower personages. but by those flow
ers of the human spirit--applied in
telligence. loving care and apprecia
ton.
THE flowers grow for those who
love them." says the old saying.
There is no magic to this. but only
the old truth that if one loves thing
enough to study its needs, it will re-
spond. and he will secure his full
need of aDpreCiatiOn