Evening star., 1936-05-09

ton on the eradication OF the plant.
A new upright growing form Of jap
anese barberry recently granted plant |
patent promises to be much more use
full as hedge plant than the ordinary
form. Because of its more compact
growth, the upright form should make
q more attractive hedge.
Not all lawn grass seed Is really
worthy of the fancy name that may
be on the package. An examination
by the State Of Connecticut Of q large
number Of samples collected In the
open market showed some to be worth
as little as 4 cents a pound on the
basis Of worthwhile seeds. On the
other hand, some stocks were nearly
100 per cent good. So In planting
grass seed stipulated number Of
pounds per given area may or may
not be sound advice. Just what the
home gardener may do to make GER
tain of his grass seed Is doubtful, but
he can rest assured that bargain
counter seed Is probably worth only
| from stores specializing in garden
Supplies-in other words, stores that
have o reputation TO sustain.
The showers Of oak pollen that
have fallen the past few days have
actually turned roofs Of houses a
golden hue In some Of the suburbs.
Nature certainly is generous in its pro-
vision for pollination Of most plants.
For those home gardeners who grow
raspberries the new Taylor red va
riety recently developed by the New
York Agricultural Experiment Station
is exceedingly promising. The ber-
ries are very large, long, comic in
shape and have a splendid flavor. This
appears to be the finest red raspberry
Of all.
Dandelions, crab grass, chickweed
and the like are often unjustly charged
with running the lawn. More often
they are present because the lawn is
impoverished and neglected and per-
haps the best way to compete with
these weeds would be TO thoroughly
spade and fertilize the lawn this
September and seed it with good
quality lawn grasses. Grass has been
described as the king OF weeds and
to q more or less extent this is true
as evidenced in the open fields and
pastures. Crab grass is now germin-
ating strongly In bare spots and will
soon cover the lawns with green. With
all its faults, crab grass has many
useful qualities, but can not be COM
pared with blue grass, bent grass and
white clover.
Lawn mowers should be adjusted
to cut as high as possible since close
clipping is detrimental to the better
grasses. After all, grass is q plant
and feeds by virtue of its leaves
which supply food TO the roots. II
cut too closely and frequently, gras
is weakened. Lawn mowers equipped
with high-cutting bars are desirable.
The problem of covering an un
slightly fence is often solved with an
nual climbers such as morning glory
cypress vine, cardinal climber, scarle
runner bean, moonflower and japanese
hop. These rapid-growing climber
will literally cover a fence with greer
leaves within few weeks. The morn.
ing glory, moondower, cypress vim
and cardinal climber all belong to thu
same family, all enjoy the heat o
Midsummer and full sunlight and
given some fertility, will reward tn
grower with ample foliage and flowers
The Garden Clubs.
WITH the Woodbridge Garden Clut
w holding its annual tulip show OF
May and the Takoma Horticulture
Club its show on May 5 and 6, loca
home gardeners have had a fine op.