davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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cas- or Speedwell are excellent border
plants. v. martina and incana are
August Towering. The first is more
commonly known as v. Longifolia
subsessilis and is the taller and has
long blooming season.
Early -Flowering Variety
From June Till Frost.
OF the asters, Frikarti GA. subcae-
ruleus is an early Towering va
riety that grows about 18 inches
high, is spreading in habit, likes
full sun and produces large, soil
tary blue flowers from June till
frost. Resents movingD The Au-
gust lily Hosta> is fairly widely
known and is most useful for its
foliage, although the spikes of white
or lavender flowers are desirable.
The splendid foliage is good among
the foundation paintings. 1t pre-
fers light shade, but will grow in
sun or shade.
Other well-known perennials that
need only to be mentioned here q
would never hear the end of it If
they were omitted) are the hardy
phlox, day lilies Qater blooming va
rieties), lilies (speciosum, tigrinium,
henryi auratum and philipinense), .,
Liatris Kansas Gayfeather), sun.
flowers, coreopsis, gaillardia, fax,
physostegia, etc.
Great Many Summer
Flowering Shrubs.
The most widely grown of the
summer-fowering shrubs is the hy-
drangea-and there are several that
flower at this season, but the one
commonly called P. G. is the most
snowy. Hydrangea A. G. (Arbore-
seems grandiflora) variety Hills-of-
Snow is very good. Running the hy-
drangeas a close race for popular
ity are the butterfly bushes (Budd-
leia). With the advent of several
new shades of color they will prob
ably be more widely used, as they
are good for cutting. Then there
is the Abelia, an excellent ever
green shrub that is covered with
pink arbutus-like flowers at this
season. The st. Johnswort CHyperi-
cum is low-growing shrub with
large, fuzzy. yellow flowers which
thrives in light shade and can be
used to cover banks, as it spreads
by underground suckers. The Grape
myrtle Qagerstroemia) or summer IL
lac, as it is commonly called in the
South, is useful and snowy. Then
there are several of the so-called
ever-blooming spireas, especially
Anthony Waterer and Billiards spi-
rea. A somewhat similar appearing
shrub, the sorbaria, often called
false spirea, is equally good. Among
the taller growing summer Towering
shrubs are the celthra (sweet pep
per bush), the smoke tree (Rhus
cotinus), and the glorybower (Cle-
rodendron foetidum). Three her
baceous shrubs are worthy of note:
The blue spirea (Caryopteris ina
nO, the hibiscus and the clematis
hereaclaefolia - variety davidiana.
These last three are usually cut to
the ground during the early spring
and make medium height shrubs.
to three feet-during the summer,
Towering in July and August. While
all will stand full sun, they thrive
in slightly moist semi shaded situ-
ations. The clematis and caryop-
teris like well-limed soil.
There are many other August
Towering shrubs and perennials
which may interest the gardener
and it is urged that he visit local
displays where he may see them in
growth and flower. Then selections
can be made which will fit the in
dividuals needs.
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Fall.Made Lawns
Are Considered
Far Superior

Perhaps you get rather impatient
about the reiteration of this theme
with the return of each August ano
September, but each year my read
ing audience broadens and so I re-
peat it both for the benefit of old
friends and new "Fall-made
lawns are best"
The evidence is overwhelming that
fall is the best time to make new
lawns, and the making of new
lawn means so much to the gar
dener in back-breaking labor, in
the cost of seed and plant food
and in the expenditure of time, that
know the more gardeners I can
get to lawn making in the fall, the
fewer disgruntled gardeners there
are going to be Gf there is any
such creature most gardeners
are irrepressible-that's one of the
things gardening does-it teaches us
to take it" with smile and
try again)
But the fact remains that the
making of lawn is no small mat
ter, and success with a lawn has
been known to be not only the
foundation of a good garden, but a
good gardener.
So here enumerate for you once
more why fall is the best time to
make new lawn, when you should
make it and couple of other points
that bear repetition:
/. The soil is warm and work
able-a condition not often found
in early spring. 2. Fall rains pro-
vide plenty of moisture. 8. The
cool fall weather is very favorable
to the termination and growth of
grass seed, and fall-made lawns
produce sturdy, deep-rooted grass
plants that will be in condition to
make rapid growth in the spring,
ahead of the weeds. 4. There is
very little competition from weeds,
since few weed seeds germinate in
the fall.
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Try Disease
Resistant
Phlox
Space Clumps Far
Apart for Good
Air Circulation

A number of gardeners have re-
Gently reported rather serious losses
among their hardy phlox. Phlox are
similar to the stately delphinium IN
that both are highly desirable as
garden plants and both are dificult
to grow in this area. But gardeners
are persevering group and If they
like . plant they will strive to grow
it in spite of pest and soil troubles.
Phlox can be, and are, successfully
grown here in well-prepared beds
and where they are kept well
sprayed with fungicide. Either bor-
deaux or one Of the standard COM
mercial plant sprays, or the lime
sulphur dust will control the mildew
and rust. In a garden where the
clumps can be separated sufficiently
for good air circulation there is
much less trouble with the mildew
than in sites where stagnant air sur
rounds the plants.
Frequent cultivation and good
drainage help materially In keeping
the plants healthy and vigorous.
Here again we have q paradoxical
situation-vigorous growing plants
seem to Withstand the ravages of
disease-in fact are not troubled
with disease, while poorly cared for
plants soon fall victims. Several
years ago had occasion to grow one
Of the then newest varieties. Being
i'll 1 was unable to plant them in a
good situation or in well-prepared
bed. The three plants died in COM
paratively short time. Across the
yard, hardly so feet away, q number
of varieties were growing vigorously
in well-prepared bed-otherwise
they had the same care cultivation
and spraying.
The most common cause of losses
Of hardy phlox is mildew, but rust
and red spider also take their toll.
A regular spraying program of either
bordeaux or one of the standard
commercial products, or busting with
lime-sulphur will in most cases con-
troll all of these. But any spraying
program for phlox must be predicat-
ed upon the necessity of regular and
thorough coverage Of the undersides
Of the leaves. And remember that
the sprays are preventatives-not
cures-and thus must be on the
leaves before the disease spores.
One other sidelight that may be of
interest to local gardeners in their
attempts to grow hardy garden
phlox. Most of the commonly grown
varieties are derived from Phlox
paniculata (often listed as p. decus-
sata), and they are the ones that
seem to be subject to both the mil
dew and rust. Miss Lingaard, q
widely grown white variety that
seems to do unusually well here is Of
different parentage-P. suffruti-
cosa. Because Of this apparent i'm
munity to the diseases mentioned
above 1t would seem desirable for
local gardeners to try other SUI
fruiticosa hybrids. II it should turn
out that they are as immune to dis
ease As the Miss Lingaard, 1t would
be an easy solution to our phlox
troubles-confine our efforts to the
disease-resistant hybrids. After all
We want the color and cutting ma
terial in our hardy flower borders
during the midsummer which phlox
give 20 well-if they live.
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For Dry Soil .

Talinum is a portulaca like plant
that thrives in the driest of shady
soils. Sow the seeds in the winter
where it is to grow, and if allowed
to self-seed will reappear year after
year. The dark pink flowers on foot
high stems open in the afternoon
during the hot summer months.
While 1t is perennial. the old
roots are occasionally killed by win
ter freezes.
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planting, either TO be SOWed IN mats
in the house or started in cold
frames out Of doors. Good soil
mixed with some sand and spread to
about Ha-inch depth in the fats or
cold frames well serves the purpose.
Keep the Flats
Rather Moist.
The fats or beds should never be
allowed to become dry, but kept
moderately moist in q shady To-
cation. After about 40 days to q
month, the seed should begin to
germinate. Some slight fertilization
to the ground and suf1icient moisture
should be given. Above all. have
the patience to keep the beds well
weeded. If you have been careful
and patient and nursed them along
Like babies, you may see bloom re-
suits on some Of them the second
year. Mostly, though, the cormels
will not be any larger than pea.
As mentioned before. this process
is quite simple and q little practice
will give you the hang Of it. OF
vast Importance to the breeding Of
new varieties is the selection of
parentage, although the old hit-or-
miss method has produced some
excellent material. Breed for Wig
orous growth, for disease-resistent
offspring. for fragrance, for color,
for stamina Of bloom. Select the
best of your seedlings and cross
breed. Try crossing back on the
parent and vice versa.
Know the Names
OF Varieties.
Every grower for his own satisfac-
ton should know the names Of the
varieties he has in his garden. And
now is the ideal time to eliminate
some and try out the new introduce
tions that have achieved merit In
the last few years. Try out Snow
White. new production of DR..
Palmer of Canada, the producer of
Picardy, which for color Shrimp
pink, size and sturdiness is per-
haps the most popular glad on the
market today and wonderful
parent to use in crossing. Also, in
the white class grow Surfside, an
unusual ruined one; White Ribbon; !;
Escort, which has a yellow throat:
White Colossus and the Australian
variety Chrystal give you enormous
size.
Like the peony breeders who are
striving for a perfect yellow in
the sinensis species. so the breeder
of glads is striving for the same
perfection. though with far more
success than the former. So do not
be too hasty in discarding some
Of the yellows you may have. Some
good ones to acquire in this color
range are Da1odil, Prairie Gold,
Golden Chimes, Jasmine and Gold
Mine.
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Amateurs Often Produce
Excellent New Flowers
By Easy Hybridization
Gladiolus May Be Crossed
To Form Very Beautiful
And Unusual Varieties
BY J. sTEALEY ELMs.

Have thought producing variety
particular member Of the flower xngdo especially
something better and inner anything
about? through many the co
lines that hybrdaon
grown 80 rapidly As you walk through garden looking for
choice spikes gadious crossing
The method simple and the pleasure derive in anticipation
the results certainly for the patient
seedlings
covered with cheesecoh
After the
should be pnched with of
pollen sack Early in the morning before pollen
90 this Now having selected your father plant bring anter
again the seed parent In short while pozaon will
have taken resulting in the
for tedious patient
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Two Gladiolus Shows
Scheduled for This
Coming Week

The 18th annual Gladiolus Show
Of the Woodbridge Garden Club will
take place on Tuesday. It is to be
held in the Sunday School build
ing of the Sherwood Presbyterian
Church, Twenty-second and Rhode
Island avenue NE.
This show, as are all others held
by the Woodbridge Garden Club, Is
open to any amateur grower and
there are classes for all kinds and
colors Of glads-51 Of them.
Entries are invited and exhibits
may be entered from z until $50
pm. Visitors are invited to see the
show after the judging-from 8 to 10
pm.
The show schedule lists some 90
classes, of which 81 are for the
gladiolus. Other garden flowers
may be entered in the artistic ar
rangement classes.
w. A. Sinner is chairman Of the
show and will furnish all necessary
details.
The Hyattsville Horticultural So
ciety will award . bronze medal and
two awards Of merit cards Of the
New England Gladiolus Society at
their Glad Show on Thursday.
This show Is open to all, and ex-
hibitors, both amateur and profess
sional, are invited to enter. While
glads will predominant in both spe-
c3r,nu and artietir arra n garment
classes, there are classes-basket,
bowl, and vase-for other garden
flowers.
This show, with L. L. Powers as
chairman, will be held in the Parish
Hall Of the Episcopal Church, Spen-
Ger street and Wine avenue, Hyatts-
vile. Entries may be made from 2 to
pm. The exhibits will be open to
the public from 3 to 10 pm.
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After the Rain

After each rain hoe or cultivate
whether the weeds are bothersome
or not. Breaking the surface lets
air to the roots to mix with the
moisture. Also, cultivation reduces
surface evaporation and conserves
the moisture.
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Cutting Lilies

In cutting lilies for the house 1t
is desirable to leave q fair share Of
the foliage. This precaution is nee
essary to enable the bulb to continue
its growth and to store up energy
for next seasons flowers.
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Colortnl borders are as uelcome in August as
are the spring fo,vers in May. Wider use should
be made of the summer. aowering shrubs and trees,
to give interest to the garden during the trying
months of July, August and September. The Rose
of Sharon (ALhea) is particularly adapted to city
conditions Phlor, ,Uhich are so universally us
for summer color. require spraying, but the results
larity among local gardeners. Star stan Photos
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Flowering onions-fhe name suggests anything
but attractive garden fowers: however. they are
gaining in popularity as subjects for the hardy
perennial border. Blooming at this season they
offer possibilities cut fo,Cers although the lav.
ender.colored blooms are showy in the border.
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
MONDAY, JAN. 2, 1899
By Evalw Walsh Mclean

our courts immeasurably, and has done many
more things to increase the efficiency of courts
and speed up cases than he ever has been given
credit for up to date. This has all been done
quietly and with an utter lack of or desire for
publicity. He doesn't care who gets the credit
just so the results are good
Mrs Cummings is one of the brightest, most
delightful women I have ever known. don't
think there is a book that has been published
that she hasn't read! AS my friend, Mr.. Herges-
heimer, said to me one night after a conversation
with Cecile Cummings There is the quickest and
smartest mind in the city today She is a true
friend, sincere and loyal.
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
"A Tip on Propaganda from London

A FTER explaining that a British propaganda
4 drive must be carried out instantly in the
United States, the author continues in this vein:
Though we are not unfavorably placed, we
shall require to do much propaganda to keep the
United States benevolently neutral. (When is
neutral neutral? When it is benevolentD
"It will need definite threat to America,
threat moreover, which will have to be brought
home to every citizen before the republic will
again takes arms in an external quarrel. This
position will naturally be considered eased if
Japan were involved.
We must clearly enunciate our belief in the
democratic form of government Our minor
propaganda will aim at attaching the support Of
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
Rentals Lou

But rents In the new dwellings
must be kept down to the point
where the lowest income families
the people driven from the re.
claimed slums-can afford to pay
them.
And because the houses would
be desirable for higher income
families, one qualification for oc.
cupying them must be a low in
come.
No family will be allowed to
occupy any Of the subsidized low
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
More Time To Be Together

THE devotion of these two people to each other
is lovely thing to see. This, think, is the
fundamental reason the Attorney General has
resigned. 1t is also the reason, I think that he
refused to sit on the Supreme Bench when it was
offered to him. They wanted more time together,
more time to read and travel and do all the in
teresting things they both are so fond Of
When history is written, Homer S. Cummings
will go down as one of the really big men to fill
the post of Attorney General
They will both be sadly missed in Washington,
and I only hope they will make this their per-
manent home, where their many, many friends
may be able to see them often
The Washington times., 1939-01-02

democracy is explained in a
.onlewhat unique book just
published in London.
The man who wrote it is
Sidney Rogerson, publicity
manager of Imperial Chemi-
cal Industries, Ltd, the vast
British dye and explosives
trust. Prior to his present
post, Rogerson was counsel for
the Federation of British In
dustries, composed of 80 per
cent of manufacturers of Eng
land, and equivalent to the
The Washington times., 1939-01-02

Shackle breeding places of disease,
crime and lax morality.
Already the USHA has set aside
or contracted for the expenditure
of $645, 100000 for projects in 155
communities as the forerunner Of
a program to rescue the one-third
of the nation which is i'll housed
as well as i'll fed and i'll clothed.
Dwellings erected under super
vision of the USHA will incorpo-
rate all of the best knowledge
of modern architects. They will
offer more light, ventilation and
work-saving comforts than the
slum dwellerS who will occupy
them could visualize in their
roSieSt dreams,
The Washington times., 1939-01-02

I understand, including the
biblical Shekel and the lepton
(widow's mite) also copies
Of Henry Ford'S famous check
for / cent and that other one
for $146,O0O,OO0 paid in pur.
chase of an automobile com.
pany. Floyd Gibbons, making
a series Of shorts, was Sched.
uled to star in one localed in
Haiti with a Voodoo theme. ..
AL went well until a Harlem
type was sought to play the
Voodoo doctor. . More than
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
Slums to Become Utopia
For Underprivileged

This is the seventh of q series of articles
touching on the broader aspects of prob
lem Vhich vitally affects every American
citizen today-relief. 1t a0iE be one of the
first problems to occupy the attention of
Congress neat month. FolloW this series
daily in The Washington Times.
The wrong side of the railroad tracks soon may
become one of Americas choicest residential Sec
tions for the average family man-but it will be
an unattainable utopia if he prospers moderately.
Into the Nations sums the United States Hous-
ing Authority is descending with Uncle Sans
money bags wide open to finance the construction
of modern loWcost dwellings on the sites of ram
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
Little Interest

Private capital could not hope to
match the low-rent accommoda-
tions which the USHA will pro-
vide. There will be in the rent
for these desirable dwellings no
interest, or very little interest on
the money which built them;
there will be no profit, no land
lords or agents fees; no bonuses
or other hidden charges.
What it comes down to is that
although 1t costs around $40 q
The Washington times., 1939-01-02

rental projects whose income is
more than five or six times the
amount of the rent they pay.
Thus to rent a home at SIC a
month or 1892 year, the family
income could not exceed $3.50 a
year. The $28 house could not
be rented by a family with an
income of more than $4,000 a
year.
Subsidized dwellings can't be
bought. And if the occupants
salary rises to the point where he
can afford private accommoda-
tions at a higher rent-even
though they may not be as choice
as the subsidized house-out he
goes, to be replaced by a family
in the lower income class.
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
My Say
HOMER S. CUMMINGS, Attorney General, and
"A his wife are going to be deeply missed
As young man he was hardWorking lawyer

and was determined above
everything else to play the
game squarely and to be sure,
when he prosecuted a man,
that the man was really guilty
beyond the shadow of a doubt.
There was one time in his
life when he, as the prosecut-
ing attorney, had worked up
what seemed to be a very
strong case for the State. This
conviction meant a great deal
to Homer Cummings in those
dayS. but apparentlv there was
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
Says Boake Carter

important sections, such as the Jews, probably
by the declaration of clear-cut policy on Pales-
tine, and of our intention, if victorious, to put
an end to antiSenitic persecution and of Roman
Catholic community in similar terms.
"These should not be difficult to pursue, nor
to put over to the American public. We shall,
as before, send over our leading literary lights
and other men with names well-known in the
United States.
The Washington times., 1939-01-02


q shadow of doubt in his mind as to this mans
guilt. The more he went into the case the more
firmly he was convinced that regardless of the
strong showing he had ready to present to the
court, the man was innocent.
The Attorney General was big enough man
to get up and state his convictions openly regard
less of what effect this might have on his future
1t takes a man of great courage and nerve to
admit he has been wrong, but Homer Cummings
Is certainly one of those. He is quiet, kindly
man. with witty mind and a keen intelligence.
One of the best storytellers in Washington I
know of no one who adds more joy and happiness
to party than he does.
The Washington times., 1939-01-02

; in the field Of slum clearance, but
it soon became apparent that it
could not hope to cope with the
vast sums necessary to bring the
project to completion.
At this point the Government
decided to step In on the grounds
that elimination of slum areas will
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
Messages "CensOred SympatheticGlly"

Messages "CensOred Sympathetically"
6 A MERICAN newspapermen in London are of
"A approved mettle and though impervious to
any obvious propaganda, nevertheless should
represent valuable propaganda force. We shall
see that they given every facility for ohserv-
ing and reporting and that their messages are
CENSORED SYMPATHETICAILY (caps ours).
Similarly with their newsreel men. They should
be the first to be allowed to shoot pictures
of air raids that a proper volume of pictorial
horror will be available in of the few great
countries where 'atrocity' propaganda will still
be operative"
PropagandSt Rogerson does not minimize the
tough time British propaganda will encounter
to "do job" in America. He speaks of the
"substratum of suspicion" of Great Britain in the
United States.
I'm addition" Rogerson continues in his book,
"the recent realiSt policy of the British govern
ment has been worked into a propaganda of
significant extent and intensity which represents
Great Britain as being 'halfFaScist' already and
prepared to sell the democratic pass and to &C
allFascist' at the first convenient opportunity.
Copyright Ledger Syndfcate)
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pay for itself in the year to come
through increased real estate val.
ues and decreased costs of police
and health protection.
The New Deal has attacked the
nations housing problem with bill
Continued on Page 16, Col. 81
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room per month-the cost of con-
structing Washington's new alley
dwellings for example-to build a
house of the standard insisted on
by the Government, the tenants
are permitted to pay as little as
81 per room a month.
Private philanthropy pioneered
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
Voice of New York By Louis Sobol

DOTPOURRI: I know of no more diversified
collection Of coins than that in possession of
the Chase National Bank As, 900 pieces in all,
The Washington times., 1939-01-02

American Manufacturers Association, which paid
j $4,000 to Anthony Eden for his New York
democracy speech The book is titled 'Propa
ganda in the Next War" American citizens might
be interested in some excerpts.
The Washington times., 1939-01-02
Varied Reactions to Camera

Varied Reactions to Camera
DECENTLY spent an evening with Director
Tay Garnett, who circled the world gather
ing background scenes for his picture Trade
Winds" and was interested in his report of the
queer reactions of folk to the camera. In China,
among the peasants, he had great difficulty be-
cause of the belief that when the physical image
is captured by the little black box, the soul is
placed in bondage, too. In Shanghai, Garnett