Evening star., 1938-08-13


' ' iris borer and with soft rot;
they usually 90 together. One way to
treat them is to lift the clump and
to turn it upside down. Let the roots
bake for two or three days. Then
turn it over. cut away portions that
are rotted and replant in fresh ground.
Lime or old plaster mixed in the hole
may help to avoid the root rot.
Another method is to dust the rhi-
zones with sulphur. after the in
fected parts are cut out.
Chrysanthemums are gross feeders
and like plenty of fertilizer and mois-
ture through the months of August
and September. A complete CONNER
cial fertilizer hoed in is good q to 3
pounds per 100 feet of row.. Dried
sheep manure, dried COW manure, or
liquid manure also are good.
It is not too late to SOW the seeds
of perennials and biennials for next
seasons bloom. Sow the seed in fats
or in a cold frame where they can be
watered and shaded. One system that
works is to start them in q nat and
to keep 1t covered with wet news
papers until the seeds start germinat-
ing. AS soon as the tiny plants start
pushing through the soil remove the
newspaper and keep the fiat in light
shade. Water 1t from below when
possible-this is to avoid the damping-
of disease.
When we buy plants we should buy
them by name. Few people take the
trouble to record the names or to put
permanent labels on them. This is
unfortunate because most flower shows
require that the varietal names be
entered on the specimen markers.
Also. most Of the current material
in horticultural magazines discusses
the various plants and flowers accord
ing to variety. Then too, when your
neighbor says: Il have a good stock
of the Iris so-and-s -so'-what have you
to trader" you're out of luck.
A simple and inexpensive label that
Is relatively permanent can be made
from scrap galvanized tin and No. 10
galvanized wire. Cut the pieces Of
tin into strips about an inch wide and
three inches long. Punch a hole in
one end. With pair of pliers bend
small loop in one end Of a IL to Is
inch long piece of wire. Slip the tin
piece into the loop and pinch the loop
shut. Use ordinary drawing ink for
writing the name.
One of the best edging ANIMALS
and the only good white is the dainty
little sweet alyssum. Unfortunately
1t has a rather short period of bloom
Two methods are used to overcome
this deficiency. Sow seed at three
week intervals, so as to give success
sion Of new plants. And, secondly,
to shear the plants at frequent in
tervals. The shearing forces the plants
to branch and to produce a constant
display Of bloom. If allowed to 60
unchecked they will form seed and
then stop blooming.
Most Of the worthwhile wild how-
ers can now be bought from some
nursery, If you only know where. A
few firms, scattered from Maine and
Vermont to California, now specialize
in wild flowers.
The four-o clocks Of our grand
mothers garden bloomed at approxi-
mately that hour every afternoon.
Some of the evening primroses (Oen-
otheras) regularly unfold their petals
every evening just about sundown.
The perennial flax blooms only In
the morning, as does the wild chicory.
The perennial aster Climax does not
fold up its petals at night As other
perennial asters do.
Some Of the finest 6ovess and
lhruhs IA our gardens are native TO