Evening star., 1938-06-25
The Garden Notebook
Trapping Highly Recommended
Control for japanese Beetle.

good strong bulb will throw two or
three bloom stalks.
Mulch sweetpeas to keep the soil
cool and moist. They need lots of
moisture, but avoid wetting the foli-
age. Picking the flowers stimulates
blooming, while allowing seed to form
is sure way Of checking the flower
bud formation.
Remove the spent flowers Of rhodo-
dendrons to stimulate the formation
OF buds for next springs blossoms.
Mulching has been recommended
several times in these columns, espe-
cially for our native wild flowers and
shrubs. That is Natures way Of pro-
tecting them from heat and drought.
The rhododendrons, azaleas, ferns,
andromedas, etc, are greatly bene-
fitted by good thick mulch of Leaf
mold.
Many evergreens shed part of their
needles each summer and cause un-
necessary worry for fear they are dy.
ing. If properly mulched and watered
this loss of needles and twigs can be
largely avoided.
This is the season Of the year when
japanese beetles begin to make their
appearance here. One method Of
control is to trap them. Even though
they are not serious pest in this area
We should not ignore them. A num-
Der of traps are offered for sale. One
| or two in yard is sufficient Bait
can be purchased or made. The De-
partment of Agriculture will furnish
literature on bait-making. although
purchase is best for the small gardener
Trapping is recommended as a
means Of checking the invasion of
this pest-even though they are doing
| very little harm at present. Allowed
to multiply undisturbed, it would not
be many years before they would be-
come most destructive to our lawns.
| flowers and trees. In preparing new
lawns incorporate one Of the poisons
| as a means Of control.
Delphiniums are about through with
their first blooming. Cut of the spent
bloom stalks just above the leaves and
. second crop of flowers may be ex-
pected. While delphiniums are classed
as a perennial, in this area they are
best treated as biennial. Save seed
from the best plants and SOW i'm
mediately after harvesting in q fiat
| or pot that new plants may be had for
next springs flowers.
| Chrysanthemums ordinarily bloom
in the fall as the days become shorter
The recent cool, cloudy weather has
brought some of the earlier Towering
varieties into bloom weeks ahead of
by such early blooming, since most
gardens are well supplied at the pres
ent time with ANIMALS and peren-
malls. Chrysanthemums. however, are
counted upon to furnish bloom in
the late summer and fail, when other
blooming plants are scarce.
| It Is not too late to plant q few
"glads" for the late summer bloom.
AL glads should be regularly sprayed
with paris green and brown sugar for
thrips. One tablespoonful of paris
green to two pounds Of brown sugar
and three gallons OK water.
The spent flower heads Of the pink
everblooming spirea-Anthony Waterer
should be kept cut OF to encourage
freedom Of bloom This applies to
the Spirea Billnrdi. another of the
summer boomers.
As the season progresses new evi-
denoe Is constantly appearing to show
the widespread and Destructive ac-
tivities Of the thrips. Only constant
spraying can be depended upon to
check this tiny pest-and it Is . pest
in every sense Of the word. Nicotine
sulphate q teaspoonfuls to the GAL
lon Of water with enough soap to act
as spreader) Is q good remedy. Some
Of the pyrethrum and rotenone ex-
tracts are effective-folloW the manu..