Evening star., 1933-02-02

tree has never bloomed In our yard, we
cannot say which they are. The leaves
Of this variety are subject to a sort Of
orange rust, which Is said to do the
will be able to tell you more about that
next September.
Flower buds on the Japanese ounce
are growing larger and larger these
days. We have seen other bushes
which look as If the actual flowers
would burst forth any day, If the
warmer days should continue to alter
nate with the colder.
Two small blossoms adorned the true
bridal wreath. Flower buds were out
on the forsythia.
It was as interesting as an expedition
to poke around In the leaves to see how
tawny day lilies were coming along.
multiplied largely. This was cheering
news to the gardener. who happened to
get an especial pleasure from these old
homely plants.
He was glad that the leaves from
the trees had been permitted to gather
| as they would around them, thus af-
fording some measure Of protection.
Truly 1t does not pay to be too tidy
in the garden in the Autumn. OF
course. there Is some danger of harbor-
ing insect pests. and so on, but maybe
there Is more in removing all protec-
ton from plants.
The tidy garden is one ideal, but per-
haps the natural garden is better one.
| 1t is possible for the home lover to
carry over from the house into the
left indoors.
| Everything spick and span-that Is
we'll enough for drawing room, but
Mother Nature does not keep her great
house outdoors so.
She lets things blow around and come
to rest where they will.
| The happy thing Is that their rest
ing at last in some corner Is not only a
physical bringing up at stopping
point, but way by which she provides
protection for some of her weaker plant
creatures that need 1t.
New ferns are forming among those
which were planted alongside the garage
where the drip from the roof forms a
sort of small gutter in the ground.
These ferns are the natural wild forms
gathered by farmer from the banks
OF small stream out In the country.
When first planted last Spring they
looked like nothing much. losing most
Of their leaves, but shortly thereafter
they picked up, sent out new fronds In
the curious way they have, and have
been green and f1ourishing ever since
It IS not always realized that this type
Of fern is practically an evergreen
These specimens have remained bright
all Winter through.
| At this time they are busily engaged
in forming new fern plants. These re-
semble nothing so much as tan fuzzy
worms. and would scarcely be recog-
nized as future plants by the chance
observer. They are new ferns, however
and will be seen as such in due season
Apparently all the hollyhock seed
lings, so fine and brave last Fall have
died out. This Is part of gardening
there is no 100 per cent in it. But In
what activity is there?
That good vine, Clematis paniculata
is among those things getting leaf bud.
at this writing. The bleeding heart
most famous plant Of grandmother
garden, is coming up. too.
Oriental poppies, Of course, have beer
green foliaged all Winter.
1t is time now to prune the hybric
tea roses (Which include most of the
we'll known monthly blooming" varie.
ties). Any day now one may spray
the lilac bushes for scale Few home
gardeners do this, but they ought to il
they want to keep amateur gardening
an adventure as exciting as old Homer.
odyssey" Is to some (or so they say).