Evening star., 1932-03-26
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

, bou MANY of the countless thousands
Wbo omen gayly pictured packages of
zinnia seed ever heard of the eminent
Herr DR.. Zlnn!.
II makes no difference.
Dr Zinn did his work Just as we'll,
and so will you. The pleasure comes in
leaving something behind worthwhile,
not taking it all with you. If one is in
a rented property, why not put DR..
Van Fleet climber on the back fence?
It only costs 35 cents, and in two years
it will be a thing Of beauty forever, if
one nuts it on the side fence not the
back, where some one might tear 1t
down to put IN a garage.
If one should leave, everything must
be left to fate. of course, but that is
universally true. The only thing we
take with us, some wise one mas SAID,
are the things we give away.
Let us get a little taste of the eternal
Journey in advance by planting tree.
or a shrub. or a vine, and turning 1t
over to fate. which is just another way
of saying God.
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Because they are hardy, meant by
nature to take care of themselves, the
shrubs have a major place in planting,
AOI only JIle SdldCLL W hNSP' NuS OAA~
garden to leave.
More lilacs ought to be set out. more
old-fashioned sweet shrubs or Gala
canthias-more everything but especi-
ally lilacs.
If every family which rents a house
for a time, if every man who buys a
house and then sells 1t, would plant at
least one lilac, the world would be
better place to live in.
Home owners set out too many ever
green's, to grow brown and poor looking
in time, and not enough of the old
fashioned purple and white lilacs, the
common lilacs, as they are called.
Nor do they put in as many OF the
French hybrid lilacs as they might. 1t
is not because of lack OF interest. The
other day. when We were in depart
ment store which was conducting sale
of shrubs of all sorts, we noticed that
more people were clustered around the
lilac bin than any other.
They were nice specimens. People
seemed to love to look at them, to
touch them, to paw over them, criti-
cally examine the size of the branches,
the height of the plants, even regard
with the air of judges the burlapped
| roots
Few seemed to buy. however. Mostly
they went over to the roses and or
dered there. Roses are fine, but no
finer than lilacs. If we had to make
choice between a good lilac bush and
glorious rose bush, even the greatest,
we would take the lilac bush every
time.
We would take the lilac not only
because of its unequaled pannicles OF
glorious flowers, their unique scent
onH thnir ~ -cI nf dapr
green, but also because they are hardy
and would have a chance of living for
many, many years.
The rose on the other hand, In
careless hands, would be almost gone
in three years and all that time it
would have done little, If anything, or,
at least, nothing in comparison with
what the expert might have done
with it.
One does not have to be an expert
to have success with lilacs.
Success is what one wants, in the
garden as elsewhere.
Why become a sort of defeatist gar
dener, as it were, breeding the semi
failures of black-spotted rose bushes,
when one may Just as easily grow
fine shrubs?
Shrubs need not necessarily be ac-
cent plants, as they are called, or
backgrounds, but properly might be-
come main feature of the garden.
If it may be said that ordinarily
they have but one blooming, the same
may be said of our finest flowers, of
the gladiolus, the peony. the iris, the
climbing roses, the great dahlias, and
what not
Plant a tree in memory of George
WaShington-it's good idea-but
plant lilac bush in memory of your
self and future generations will bless
you, although your name will be un-
known