Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
rhine IS one Of the BEST garden doe

Time is one Of the best garden doc
tors.
Often shrubs and evergreens. SEEM
ingly in the most sickly condition, viii
come around all right II left alone.
Indeed, it is better to do nothing
than to do something ignorantly.
Perhaps this is true of all healing,
but it is particularly true, 1t would
seem, of remedies as applied TO the
things Of the garden.
If one of the beautiful Pflster juni-
pers becomes brown instead OF the
healthy dark green which partly con-
stitutes its beauty. it Is better to let 1t
alone for time than to assail 1t with
all sorts of sprays.
Evergreens are subject at this time
of the year to insects which do not
like nicotine solutions, and q shot of
this often will bring browning sub
ject around in fine style.
The browning of evergreens. while
distinctly disagreeable to the sight, is
not a sure sign Of demise, and no one
should give up any of them until they
are plainly through.
Often water or lack Of water &C.
counts for the poor appearance of ever
greens, at once the loveliest and touch
lest of exterior home decorations.
As one travels about the city, he sees
more evergreens in Indifferent and poor
condition than any other type OF plant
material.
1t probably Is q fact that most Of
these creations are suffering from lack
Of water. We were going along the
other day when we happened to no.
tice g. couple of workmen boring holes
at some distance from the base of an
evergreen and filling these holes with
water or fertilizer or, perhaps, with
~, fer
Very few householders, for obscure
reasons, are willing to attempt this
method of feeding and watering ever
greens. Indeed, the average house
holder Is very tinid about all first aid
to plant life. Perhaps he realizes his
own ignorance and also his lack of ex-
perience, the latter no less than the
former.
Many householders hesitate to trim
their shrubs, although their yards may
be overgrown to the point where the
home grounds take on the appearance
Of small section of the jungle rather
than Of the neat, trim yard which Is
the Joy and pride Of Suburbania.
Occasionally there crops UP in gar
den writings tendency to poke fun at
the neatness Of small places. 1t should
be said that such neatneSs is necessary
in the majority of cases. Trimmed
hedges, cropped lawns, borders free
from weedS-these are essentials Of
treatment of home grounds. An estate
may get along very well with much
ruggednesS, where it Is overlooked in
the large picture but the smaller place,
even though large in comparison with
a strictly city property, viii Suffer from
lack OF constant care.
Therefore, it is wise for the aspiring
property owner not TO bite OF more
than he can chew" in the homely COM
parison. II he proposes TO dc the work
himself, 1t is essential that he limit
himself to as much as he can do easily.
II he is able TO hire a man to do his
gardening for him, that is another mat
ter: but If he wants to do 1t himself,
attending to cutting the grass, trim
ming up the edges, and so on, he ought
to limit his holdings. Thus the size Of
ones purse often conspires in the most
happy fashion with ones time and in
dustry in these matters. Every man
would like an estate, no doubt, but
evegy man who has one should have
the money to have It kept up properly,
for he cannot do it himself and earn
living elsewhere at the same time.
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The passage of time somehow takes
the place with natural living things.
such as plants, Of preventive medicine
with human beings. There Is no lawn,
however yellow and sere. which bang
up rain in the night will not make look
a thousand per cent better the next
morning.