Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-05-29
THE HOME GARDENER
GARDEN NOTES.

The young. soft shoots of the grape
are broken off easily by the wind and
heavy rains and therefore should be
tied to the trellis with soft Irvine or
raffia. Once the new shoots begin
to turn into wood, the hazard more or
less naturally is removed.
Grape berry moths deposit their eggs
ON the young flower clusters and young
leaves, and as the grape blooms drop
the eggs hatch into larvae that enter
the young fruits. For this reason, a
spray of arsenate OF lead applied to the
vines about the time the petals fall is
very important if one wishes to control
this worm. The lead should be diluted
according to directions, apd it is we'll
to use an equal quantity of hydrated
lime with the lead arsenate to neu-
trallze any free arsenic that may form.
Grapes are one of our best local
fruits and deserve some care. No other
fruit bars with greater regularity, but
even at this the vines need some care
to insure insect-free grapes.
Leaders for Beauty.
Among the beautiful tulips that have
eraced LEGAL gardens this Spring are the
lovely fellows, Moonlight and Mrs Moon,
the former perhaps the prettier because
Of its lighter yellow and longer futed
petals. IF one likes blended colors, Aft
ergloW and John Ruskin are extremely
beautiful blends of pink and lavender
and gold. For size, City of HARLEM, a
deep red grows to immense size if well
nourished, but is almost too large for
cutting for the home. Picotee, start
ing out almost pure white and taking
on more and more pink on the top of
It's petal, is always q favoritc. Ger
tainly there is no need Of purchasing
expensive bulbs with SO many beautiful!
varieties IN the standard classes.
The japanese snow ball IS great
impr YcmCnt ever the old-fashioned
variety that so many Of us knew in the
old-time garden. The newer yariety
or species is more shapely. the leaves
are thicker and more crinkled and much
more resistant to aphids. which actually
ruined the older SNOWFALL by curling the
leaves. The flowers are - beautiful in
the japanese as in the old form, form
ing sizable balls Of white, which remain
attractive for many days The flowers
contain no pistils or stamens and hence
set no seed.
Pyrethrun Among Best.
The pyrethrum, or painted daisy. is
SDIulp
blooming perennials. yielding splendid
blooms for cutting in variety of cclors.
mostly pink and red. The pant is very
hardy and stands partial shade without
much injury.
Shade Is, by. the way, one Of the big
problems Of the suburban gardeners
who live in wooded areas. Most plants
prefer full sunlight or actually need il
for their development. When planted
IL shade, the stems grow tall and weak
and tie number OF blooms is greatly
reduced. Among shade-enduring specie.
are bu BIS, such as narcissus and tulips
which bloom early, and also aZaleas and
rhododendronS. which normally grow
under the forest canopy. Iris does fairly
well in partial shade and the perennial
phloX seems to possess resistance. Most
Of our ANIMALS, such as zinnia. petunia
snapdragon and calendula, make but
poor returns without full sun Trees
are. Of course. worse than buildings be
cause they also cffer root competition
for nutrients and water
Pods Should Be Cut.
It Is good plan to keep the seed
pods cut off of aquilegia or columbine
if one does not want the whole border
coming up with seedlings. The same is
true with coreopsis and several other
perennials. AS a rule the seedlings are
inferior to the parental types which
have been carefully selected by the
scotsman.
1t will be fortunate day when the
fashioned common purple and COM
mon white hlacS are replaced in large
Part by the newer and improved hybrid
varieties with larger trusses Of bloom
and better Towering habits, These new
lilacS flower earlier and more freely
and are much more attractive about the
small home than the coarse growing
cid lilacs. Most of the hybrid lilacs
are budded on privet to overcome the
root-Suckering habit, but after observ-
ing superior growth on lilac roots there
seems need of further study in this
direction.
Cne need net be alarmed by some
dropping OF immature fruits from plum
pear, apple and other trees. 1t is more
or less natural, since the tree could
not possibly carry fruit for every
flower Roughly. it is estimated that in
the apple 10 per cent set will give a
heavy crop at harvest. 1t is simply an
other case of natures provision to in
sure the chances Of good production.