Evening star., 1934-06-17
The Home Gardener
Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for
Beautifying Surroundings of the Home.
BY J. w. WELLINGTON.

GAA$AANo o4Ns
hydrated lime Is more active chem
ically and may burn young seedlings
II it contacts them directly. For
this reason Fall or early Winter is a
good time to apply lime. The use of
one pound Of the hydrated lime per
40 square feet is reasonable initial
application.
Lime is found in most all plants,
yet cannot be considered as a fer
tilizer in the same sense as nitrogen
and PHOSPHORUS. Its effect is largely
indirect in modifying the soil reaction
and making conditions favorable for
the plant to use the soil nutrients.
Garden Notes.
"CARDEN FLOWERS IN COLOR" /"
by G. A. Stevens. contains over
$50 color illustrations of flowers,
arranged alphabetically, beginning
with abelia and ending with the
zinnia. The volume is chiefly for
ornamental purposes, presenting very
little cultural information. Because
OF the accurate and attractive illus
trations, it should prove a very ac-
ceptable accession to the garden book
shelf.
Many Of the lilies thrive better If
grown among low stature plants,
which shade the soil, but are not tall
enough to conceal the Towering stems
OF the lilies. Tiger lilies seem to
thrive without this protection, but this
sturdy species possesses great vigor
and adaptability.
A speaker at one of the Spring
garden club lectures prophesied that
the hemerocallis, or day lily, would
shortly become one of the leading
garden flowers, equally as popular as
the iris and the rose. The day lily
has few enemies among the plant
diseases and insects and propagates
itself with remarkable rapidity.
Rose growers are beginning the an
nual battle to save the foliage from
black spot. Usually the disease gains
foothold on the lower leaves and
moves upward on the canes, leaving
nothing but bare stems in its wake.
Spraying regularly with Bordeaux
mixture, or with colloidal sulphur,
will check the disease. Both these
materials discolor the foliage, but be-
tween discoloration and defoliation
there can be no choice. Spraying
thoroughly after each flush of bloom
prevents much of the discoloration of
the new leaves below the flowers.
Joyous Cavalier. a brilliant scarlet
red rose Of strong. vigorous growth
and superb flowers, appears well worth
including in the rose garden.
Dorothy Perkins. the gorgeous pink
climber, just breaking into bloom, is
very susceptible to mildew, but home
gardeners are lOath to give it up
DuSting with light, fluffy grades of
sulphur, especially prepared for the
garden, are greatly helpful, but rather
difficult when the plants are trained
on tall arbors. Removing all the old
canes after bloom is wise procedure
because mildew thrives particularly
where the plants are dense and sun
light cannot easily reach the foliage
and buds.
Oriental poppies. once established,
maintain themselves with unusual
ease. II the plants are moved in the
dormant period of Midsummer it is
not at all unusual to find young
plants emerging from the pieces of
roots left in the old locations. In
fact, poppies may be propagated
readily by root cuttings. Quoting
from an old garden journal, between
august and December is a good time
to start the named varieties of ORR
entail poppies. Obtain strong, field
grown plants, cut the roots into
lengths Of two or three inches. put
INTO three-inch pots and place in the
cold frame for the Winter. Nice
plants result by May"
At this season there arrives
dearth Of color in the garden. The
perennials are completing their sea-
son and the ANIMALS are not vet of
much significance 1t takes careful
planning to have a succession of
bloom from April to November. but it
can be accomplished with the aid of
coreopsis, pink yarrow, hollyhocks and
other June Towering species.
The peach trees are taking a de-
cloeo rest this Summer in this yicini-
W: One large grower within a few
miles OF the city reports that there
are only few fruits on scattering
trees, especially on those located on
hllltops. He added that there had
been no full crop since 1881. Thus
the peach must be regarded more or
less as speculative crop and not as
reliable as the apple or grape. For
tunate for local consumers. the Geor-
gla peach crop is considerably larger
than last year.
Grapes have finished blooming and
Just as they complete this important
function there comes the nost i'm
portant time for spraying for the
grape berry worm, that insect which
spolls SO many of the home garden
grapes. A combined bordeaux mix
lure ana arsenate of lead sprav
should be employed. Ready prepared
materials may be purchased from
garden supply stores or mixed at
nome II the size of the grape plant
ings justifies the time
A writer in the National Nursery-
lian, traoe paper for the commercial
plant grower, suggests the following
list OF SHRUBS to maintain a succession
OF bloom throughout the growing sea-
son: Forsythia, Spiraea Van Houttei.
Pyrus Japonica, Prunus japonica,
Deutzla crenata, Deutzia Pride of Ro-
chester, Philadelphus coronarius. Spi-
raea Anthony Waterer, Hydrangea ar
borescens, Buddleia variabilis, SYM
phorlcarpos vulgarus and S. racemosus
New shrubs worthy of trial are said to
De Vltex macrophylla and Kolkwitzia
Amabllls. In this region. one might
very well add Grape myrtle, which, al
though not fully hardy, has much 10
commend it in Midsummer, when COL
ors are scanty at best.
The Garden Clubs.
THE visit today of the Potomac Rose
Society to the beautiful rose gar
dens Of DR.. and Mrs Whitman Cross
OF Chevy Chase, Md, practically closes
the Spring season for the local gar