Evening star., 1933-07-19
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

serve to be known more widely. As cut
flowers for interior decoration nothing
is better.
The depth of Summer now at hand
tends to cause the typical ANIMALS to
branch out, and to become more bushy,
always the desire of the flower gar
dener. This always occurs in full sun,
where ANIMALS mostly dc best, but they
will require some pinching off of buds
under trees and in shady places In
general.
The tendency Of ANIMALS, in shade,
is to grow tall. We have seen Zinnia
to be held aloft by stalking. in order to
prevent the wind of some thunderstorm
from blowing them down.
Animals which grow so tall are not
doing their best, in sense. Their
character is better displayed horizon
tally, not vertically. When too tall
growing they become scraggly and show
too much stem.
No doubt this height Is caused by
the effort Of the plant intelligence to
reach the light. 1t thinks that by con-
tinuing its upward journey it may yet
reach the full measure Of light its It's
sues crave.
Under such circumstances it is a
wonder clat our favorite annual flow-
ers do as we'll as they commonly do.
They will bloom we'll enough, how
ever. to make them desirable even in
considerable shade. No one who has a
fondness for these old favorites should
give them up because Of too much
shade"
A little sun will do wonders, but the
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With care he may secure good flowers
on plants that will not look too attenu-
ated if he takes care to plant them
close together.
Many home gardeners come to the
conclusion. after a while. that they
have swallowed the admonitions of the
experts too literally.
These experts continually advise
that plants be thinned out to stand SO
many inches apart No doubt this is
correct, under the best conditions, but
often enough the home owner is not
able to provide ideal growing conditions.
The situation Of house may shade
a certain part Of the yard large part
Of the day, so that ANIMALS grown at
that point will not be prize specimens,
by any means, but will make accept
aDle plants, aIter all.
II the rules are followed too strictly,
there will be too much spacing be-
tween plants. Common sense must
rule here, as elsewhere A garden is
as good place to use common sense
as any place else
BY keeping annual plants closer to-
gether than the books and the cata-
logues advise, the grower is able to
cover up some of the defects of stalk
and leaf. The plants will blend. and
give much better effect, when planted
close than when placed too far apart
Growth under poor conditions will
not be all that one could desire any
way, SO it will be just as we'll to per-
NIT number Of plants to mingle their
leaves. This. after all. is what is done
N the famous old round beds of the
country towns. Such beds, crammed
with petunias or the like gave an i'm
preston Of great flowers. whereas if
each plant had been examined by it.
self it would have been revealed as
far from ideal
The Summer garden Is bright now
with gladioli, despite the universal in
roads of thrips, tiny insects which of
recent years have made the growing of
these flowers anything but the pleasant
pastime 1t used to be.
II is said that a spray of dilute
molasses combined with a poison in
gredient apparently is giving results
With this pest The sweet lures the in
sects, 1t Is said. when nothing else
will.