Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-22

| put together. It permits the gardener
| 10 work close to his plants, and, as
| every gardener knows, there Is no other
way to work with plants.
Flowers are intimate things, which
require that one kneel before them
Those who are not willing TO bow in
dusty reverence will never be gardeners
Such is the Law Of the Garden.
Wonders may be performed with q
hose, especially at this time OF year
Let 1t be repeated-at this time OF
year Your average city property Is
well drained-almost too wen drained
Tor flowers.
The moisture the sun takes up daily
must be put back, preferably in the
late afternoon. Probably no watering
should be less than two hours In dura-
ton, as short OF that only refreshing
VI 1oiia6e can be achieved
Give f1rst attention to the flower
beds and borders. Even roses, those
horticultural camels, need water these
Gays. In passing, 1t may be said that
the season SO far has not been q
propitious one for the queen of flowers,
There seem 10 be certain subtle con-
ditiOns At work which make one sea-
son good, the next bad Last year was
good year" for roses; this would seem
to be bad one. Reports from various
parts Of the country probably will say
the same thing, although 1t Is too
early to say definitely.
This Summer rosebusheS have a thin,
almost haggard look, as If they were
starving for both food and drink. We
have seen many bushes. and a large
per cent Of them have this appearance.
An attempt at survey showed the va
riety Red Radiance to be doing much
better than the average variety. This.
n n tn ha nfnra
of this best of roses. Best" In a very
general sense, In the sense of all-around
satisfaction to the most people There
are daintier roses. more unusual blos-
SONS, but no more satisfactory bush
and flower.
The pleasing thing about the opera
ton of artificially supplying water to
the garden at this time of year is the
appearance of the flowers and grass
the next morning
Grass which the evening before was
thin and brown is green and thick now,
and there Is new life In the flower
stalks and leaves.
There Is q lush look to all green
things, as II the water put down there
but few hours before had sunk down
to the roots and had come up again
through channels Of stalk and stem.
One need not feel sorry for plants
facing the burning sun II they are well
supplied with moisture.
More bravely than q modern woman
fiaunts herself In the sunshine to secure
her fashionable ''suntan,' flower and
grass well supplied with moisture nod
in the slight hot breeze
Let the sun pour down Its rays!
Now the garden is ready to make the
most of them, whereas IL the old hose
line had not been stretched to its limit
yesterday a shriveling process would be
going on.
Instead Of shriveling, the flowers and
grass expand to absorb the light rays,
with which they do strange things
Out of moisture and chemical ele-
ments and light rays the plant cells
form into new growth OF stem. leaves
and blossoms
The only drawback to artificial water
Ing is that It Is an endless chain--once
started, 1t must be kept up. So IL you
are not willing or are unable to con-
| tinue 1t, never begin 1t. for the arti-
ficially watered garden is a pampered
garden and win fail quickly without It's
every-other-d drenchings.