Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-29

Halloween spells the end of garden
activities for another year.
Nature will do much in our back
yards between now and Spring, but
we will not have very active part
to play in 1t.
She will alternately free and thaw
the clods. breaking stiff clay down into
better soil, IL we shall have had enough
sense and energy to spade up beds and
borders.
Perhaps not every one knows that
there is no better method of ameliora-
ting harsh soil than this. Simply thrust
In the spade and turn up huge clods.
allowing them to stand in that position
over the Winter.
This not only gives beds an interest
ing look. businesslike air. as 1t were.
but before all gives Nature her big
chance to break down the clinging soil
particles once and for all.
The separation of gummy elements
thus secured, especially in clay is per-
manent, and is better than that secured
from the admixture of ashes or sand,
even, since 1t is the natural method.
1t will be found that such soil next
Spring is tractable and sweet, in the
best sense. As matter of fact, there
is nc earth better for roses. if az good.
as stiff clay which has been thus broken
down.
+ x * x
At this season our rosebushes are
sending out psw sboote. Particularly
'c tbs true % tho"e hest o. earoen
rocfs, radiansa and Tcd Rad:ance
These old SLand-byS of the amaCear
grower never stop growing, never cease
attempting to put forth new roses.
Perhaps 1t is unfair to them to call
them the favorites only of the amateur,
because the professional rosarian ap-
preciateS them fully as much, If not
more so, owing to his larger acquaint-
ance.
The more roses one knows, the more
surely he IS to return to the Radiance
sisters. and to find peace and happi-
ness In their cultivation. Recently we
advised a correspondent to select these
two roses for chief paintings, and the
more we think about 1t the more
we think 1t good advice. What IS it
one wants in rosebushes? Is it not just
two things. flower satisfaction and bush
Rose rarities have their
place, but he who goes in for the un-
usual must he willing to take chance
No one tells the amateur a. least
p4cClOIS lew UO--dDOub Inc DldCk SpOL
which may aff1ict his bushes, about the
falling Of certain varieties, one bull
noSing" in wet weather, one refusing
to open in hot weather-about the
hundred and one things which may
go wrong with his bushes.
The only way that he may avoid
them Is to select such sturdy varieties
that they are almost, if not quite, i'm
mune. BY choosing Radiance and Red
Radiance. the amateur will not only get
flower satisfaction, by reason CT good
roses and plenty of them, bit re will
also receive full moneys worth In bush
satisfaction, which means nothing more
nor less than fast-growing, pretty BUSH
es, free from too many pests end dis
eases.
Let it be understood that even these
roses have their faults. Red Radiance
will "bull-nose" in wet weather
These bushes are no mora free from
plant lice in Spring than any other
varieties. All in all, however. they are
free from disease. Their
sturdiness is a constant surprise even
to those who arc familiar with their
virtues. Again and again we say
PLANT Radiance and Red Radiance.
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Gladiolus not yet out of the ground
should be spaded up, the stalks cut
off, and the bulbs stored away in a
cool place. We have got to place
in our gardening operations where we
tend to dispense with what we formerly