Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Y. TRACEFELL.

thought essential to success. Last Au-
tumn we carefully allowed the bulbs,
with their dried leaves attached, to
stand upright in the basement for sew
eral days before cutting Of the tops.
This season we shall cut off the tops
Immediately upon digging. and let the
operation go at that. One csn be too
careful in gardening. Nature has put a
larger tolerance in her creatures than
worrying humanity gives her credit
sometimes for having done.
Two bushes which still hold their
green leaves are the two strawberries
most common in cultivation, SYM
phoricarpoS racemoSus, with white
berries, and S. vulgaris. the coral berry.
with red fruits. These plants come
from The West, where they are exposed
to bitter winds, SO that vigor is a part
of their very being. One is torn be-
tween admiration and dislike for the
strawberries. They have bad habit
Of trailing their branches on the
ground, giving q total effect Of messi-
Ies5 none too pleasing. Perhaps their
worst fault is that they are breeding
ground for the worst looking caterpil-
lars it is possible TO find at this season
Of the year. These caterpillars are
some or Asinches long, between a
half inch and an inch in diameter
and black and wholly, truly fearsome-
locking creatures. They ere garden
6cniZens which even the ardent nat
uTsiist would willingly do vii mont in
bic garden They are sctiVa climber
ADD r'et he seen cr@8ttng pp me
Sloe5 o: hou.eg, csioe.l.!y looking for
snug places to lay their eggs.
u n IL X
October is the month for putting in
tulip bulbs, but unless November Is
continuously cold with prevailing
freezes these bulbs may be planted in
that month as we'll Therefore there
is plenty Of time for the late planters.
In regard to tulips, we would say but
one word: Darwin. These are the tu-
lips to plant for all-round Satisfac-
ton. Among the Darwins there is
none which will give more satisfaction
than the variety Clara Butt. This is
the stately pink flower seen In so many
of the public parks in May. If Uncle
Sam cannot select better, how can
any one else? 1t has the merit of
being cheap, too, 100 of these bulbs
usually selling for $3.50 or 81. Fifty
will give any back yard beautiful
display II planted in p mass the bulbs
put in a inches deep and about inches
apart each way. They will Go we'll be-
meath shrubs if not put too near the
main trunk, say, at least foot away.
Surely every one ought to plant a few
tulips, and now is the time to plant
them While October is theoretically
the best month, November will do quite
WE'LL
Petunias are putting out new shoots
If killing frosts do not come along, we
shall have fresh blossoms within two
weeks. Where is there a more salts
factory annual than this? The more
one grows 1t, the better satisfied he be-
comes with it, it Is so adaptable, SO
pleasing and so r-blooning. In
the same classification come the Zinnia
and ageratum. These grow and bloom
until frosts cuts them down. With them
may be put the marigolds, common but
fine.
Roses which showed the ravages of
the black spot several weeks ago. and
lost all their leaves thereby, are busily
growing new leaves at this time. One
must pause in Observation-Disclosures
astonishment--at Nature who never
quits until she is compelled to by the
rules of her own glorious game. Hence,
with little luck, we shall have flowers
in the garden until very. very late,
until the snow comes. when, If we are
very lucky, there will be roses in our
garden-roses blooming In the snow.
On which bushes? Why Radiance, or
Red Radiance, of course.