Evening star., 1932-08-15

Now is the time for the gardener to
make his New Year resolutions. while
this years experience is fresh in his
memory.
He might highly resolve;
l. To give lilacs a dormant spray
for scale in November.
2. To spray lilacs just before the leaf
buds swell in the early Spring and ex-
anime for lilac borer. Give lime and
add fertilizer.
3. Prune hybrid tea roses in Feb
ruary, and spray early and often, eSpe-
cially try a dormant spray of Bordeaux
mixture or some such fungicide. Above
all spray often for black spot after
the aphidS disappear and before the
spot actually appears, for it Is great
deal easier to prevent than to cure.
4. Buy spray materials in large
quantities because they are cheaper
that way and therefore you feel more
inclined to use them freely Things
ought to be covered with spray, pre-
ferably with a compressed air Sprayer.
The large Sprayer uses great deal
more spray than the small hand spray
er. but this is one case where 1t is
false economy to economic on guam
tty.
5 Fertilize more than ever before.
U.
vent mildew and rust instead OF walt
ing for it to appear.
7. Spray hollyhock plants to pre-
vent rust.
8. Use the hose more freely on flower
beds shaded by trees.
9. Don't be afraid to discard rose
bushes or perennials that you are tlreo
of or dislike. Give them to friends
who will appreciate them, because they
are new, and give their space in your
garden to something new to you, some
thing you think will succeed better
under existing garden conditions.
10. Try some wood ashes as Ter
tilizer in flower beds that need sweet
ennQ.
II, Go in strong for small plants to
fill in bare spaceS-vlolets, strawberry
begonia forget -me-nots, etc.
II. Do not be afraid to use the prln-
ING shears. but 90 not overuse them.
13. Try some new perennials and an
puals but do not desert the faithful
zinnias. petunias, marigolds and portu-
lacas that again this year have shown
their willingness to bloom their best IN
your garden.
Ia. Buy fertilizers in large quantities.,
because they are cheaper that way. ano
the possession Of large quantity Will
result in you using more.
x X X
While one is actually at work in the
garden these days Is the best time OF
the year for making such resolutions as
he thinks will help in the garden OF
1888.
Actual conditions are before him, not
memories, or theories.
He is able to see where he failed. be-
cause the failure is squarely before MS
eyes. :,
August. ~,
roses. it is there on the very leaves
and there is no escaping 1t.
An ounce of meditation is better now
than a pound of it later. when the
, time casts an aSSuaging shadow over
! the faults Of commission end omission
There is no time like the present. in
deed. to look ones self squarely IN the
eye, as an amatur gardener.
Perhaps some such list as presented
above will occur to many. But every
amateur who loves flowers will know his
own shortcoming and failings better
than any one else. hence each one
must make his own list. .
4 ANY list, however, must be helpfui
| since the problems OF the garden art
the same everywhere.
No gardener can feel that he is IT
any sense unique What happens Il
him will happen to others; what occurs
/ in his garden, with variations, will oc-
cur in thousands Of yards.
Take the matter of purchasing what
NAV be called an adequate amount Of
| fertilizer. instead of just few POUNDS
at a time.
Every one knows how quantity buy
ing reduces the price per pound Of any
commodity. Sometimes the laymar
will feel that the reduction is out of al
proportion. Yet If he stops to thinl
about it he will realize that the handling
of small packages is a large expense.