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Evening star., 1939-07-22
Horticultural Club
To Hold Show

Takoma Horticultural Club will
present its 10th Annual Gladiolus
Show on Wednesday and Thursday,
August and 3, at the Public Library
at Fifth and Cedar streets, Takoma
Park, D. C..
The Library will be open for the
reception Of flowers at 3 o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon and exhibits
must be in place by Z o'clock that
evening.
This show will be open on Wednes-
day from 8 to 10 pm. and on Thurs
day from 8 am. until 8 pm.
The clubs Certificate of Recogni-
ton will be awarded for the out
standing exhibit Of the show and
there will be many other awards.
September 13 and IA have been
selected as the dates for the Fruit,
Flower and Vegetable Show, which
will be held at the Library, and the
Dahlia Show will be october 5 and
6 to be held at the Firehouse.
Maj. Merle H. Davis is chairman
of the Gladiolus Show Committee
and the other members of the COM
mittee include Miss Marjorie An
derson, r. H. Burtner, Miss Freda
Egbert, Mrs. George B. Furman, J..
F. Rose, H. B. Hartung, Mrs. H. A..
Mariner, Miss Mae Simpson and
Mrs. G. G.. Sward.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
BY w. r. BALLARD.

The dominant rose in the average
garden is the hybrid tea and its
popularity is based upon beautiful
shape, color, and recurrent habit of
Towering. While this more or less
continuous blooming character is
firmly fixed in most varieties, it
functions well only when favorable
growth conditions are provided. Dur
ing the summer season, certain fac
tors have a tendency to inhiblt
growth and free Towering and this
necessitates taking measures to
counteract the tendency, unless the
gardener is satisfied to let his roses
go into semi-dormant condition
during the summer months.
In the first place, roses need an
abundance of water, notwithstand-
ing the fact that they will endure dry
conditions as well as most plants. If
the soil is of the proper texture and
drainage is adequate, there is little
danger of overWatering. However.
because of the heat and dry air it is
very hard to keep the soil from ex-
cessive drying unless large quantities
of water are supplied. This difficulty
could be obviated to a great extent
if rose growers were willing to go to
considerable trouble to provide IA
cilities for sub-irrigation.
One method of doing this is to lay
ordinary field tile under the beds
down to a depth of about eighteen
inches. Tile should be turned up at
each end and brought up to the sur
face 1t would be better if iron pipe
could be substituted for the tile at
the ends to prevent breakage. With
this arrangement it would be SIM
pie matter to run water into this
pipe from the hose. When water
rises in the pipe at the opposite end,
this would indicate a rather thor
ough soaking. Much less water
would be needed by this method than
where it is applied on the surface. 1t
would be easier, too, to keep the
foliage dry and this would avoid
moist conditions which might favor
the termination of disease spores.
If the surface of the beds could be
kept mulched, this would further
tend to conserve moisture and at the
same time help to keep down weeds.
Peat moss, hyper-humus. grass clip
pings or similar material might be
utilized for this purpose.
With such system of sub-irriga-
ton it would be possible to intro
duce plant nutrients into the area
of the feeding roots. This is of
considerable Importance, since soil
experts say that phosphate fertiliz-
ers which are so essential in pro-
noting growth diffuse through the
soil to only very limited extent.
Consequently, if phosphates are ap-
piled to the surface as a top dress
ing, they are not very effective be-
cause the roots do not have access
to them.
Now that the California Expert
ment Station has shown that plants
grown in soil can be just as pro-
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Biennials Have Long
Blooming Season
In the Spring
Star STAFF Photo.

Biennials, like Sweet William and
forget-me-nots, are lavish, magnifi-
cent boomers with long season of
towering lasting five weeks or more.
They, along with canterbury bells
and WallflOWerS, are always admired
in spring, time when it is too
late to do anything about growing
ones own from seed. Peculiarly, the
present hot season is the time to
get started with biennials for next
season. Hollyhocks, which can be
started at almost any season, do
better when seeds are planted now
Sow the seeds in well-prepared
beds made from loam, sand and peat
moss mixed in equal quantities. Add
sand to tiny seeds SO as to cause
better distribution. The trick in seed
sowing now is keeping the seeds far
enough apart so that the seedlings
can develop without the need for
transplanting. Helpful also is light
shade. This Is provided by cover
ing the beds with cheesecloth set
over the beds on roughly construct
ed stretchers, or, better still, by COW
ering the beds with lath shade.
Building laths spaced lath apart
on a rough framework allow half
sunlight and half shade, with posi-
tions changing hourly as the posi-
ton of the sun is changed.
Watering must be done several
times daily on seeds sown now, but
at no time shall the watering be
heavy enough to wash the seeds out
of the soil. Watering is best done
with gentle pressure from a very
fine spray. The mist adjustment on
most nozzles is about right.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Leaves From
Notebook
Plant Lily Bulbs
Now to Prevent
Deterioration

The Madonna lilies are beginning
to die down and if you want to
move them now is the time. In
fact, since lily bulbs deteriorate when
out of the ground it is we'll to buy
and plant them as soon as possible,
even though people do say that Sep
tember is the month to plant.
An easy way to propagate or null
tiply oriental poppies is to try to
move them. Do it in August after
they are dormant and see how many
new ones you get. Each piece of
root left in digging will produce a
new plant. The reason for men,
tioning it now is that they must be
marked before the tops disappear.
A nurseryman friend of mine re-
ports that the Phlox Rosalinda is
a better and clearer pink than is
Miss Verboom and for him it is the
best of the P. suffraticosa hybrids
He was speaking of the disease
resistant phlox like Miss Lingaard.
X \ X +
Some rainy day when it is too wet
to work in the garden try painting
the handles of your garden tools a
bright and distinctive color. Then
you can easily see them whether
left lying in the yard or being used
by your neighbor. Besides, the color
may catch his eye to remind him
that they were borrowed for a few
minutes use.
A Thoughtful gardener friend re-
minded me recently that q inch
iron pipe costs less per foot than
rubber hose. Installed on top of
the ground, or below, it will last
many years if given a slight slope
so that it may be drained in the
fall. Careful location of the pipe
will permit watering the garden with
a short piece of hose that is easily
carried around and put away when
the job is done.
X X X X
Weeds can be killed in the gravel
or bluestone paths by sprinkling
salt, sodium chlorate, ammonium
sulphate, iron sulphate, ETC., or
them and soaking with the hose. 1t
isn't safe, however, to apply heavy
applications as soil moisture may
carry the solution to adjoining lawn
or flowerbed. Light applications re-
peated until the weeds are killed is
a wiser and safer practice.
X X X X
Some delphinium growers sacri-
flee bloom to insure strong plants
for next seasons crop of flowers.
They remove the flower buds from
the new shoots that usually appear
after the spent flower spike is re-
moved. Most gardeners, however,
are more anxious to secure second
crop Of bloom. Perhaps this is just
as well, as delphinium are, in most
cases, best treated as biennials in
this area.
X X X 4
How often have you heard gar
deners say that they did not care
for gaillardias because they sprawled
all over the garden, or that the COL
ors were too indefinite. Well, there
are all kinds of gaillardias-o gar
den boasts of some that are ex-
ceedingly compact, another has the
new yellow Sungod, while the new
est variety now available is Ruby
q vivid red.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
WeKept Living Fences Are Both Decorative and Extremely Useful
Choose Plant Best Suited
Needs When Planning
Your Garden Hedges
Type Selected Should Depend
Upon Growing Conditions,
Use and Space Allowed
BY w. H. YOUNGMAN.

Nearly gardener has needs, kind
properties usually need some planting keep ntrude
nh privacy Good hedges also
borders wndbreak andn the Towering
formality.
While many people think OF fences marking their
living renee OF plant material frequently useful
OF privacy often the more practical high
be privacy evergreen
Is certainly much smaller ~ - ~
With the wealth of little excuse
Tor OF hedges his
tur problem then choose plants
more that will best his - ~
In making such selection first consider the
shaded the soil good or
In the selection is that of desired plants
low hedge Is desired will continuous pruning
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Insects and Diseases
Should Be Checked

In the Washington climate it is
often dificult to keep roses growing
through the summer without con-
certed effort to control the dreaded
black spot, and to lesser degree
mildew. Insects, both chewing and
sucking kinds, also take their toll
unless they are kept in check. 1t
is not possible to eliminate these
enemies with present day equipment.
but they can be kept under control
II the gardner does not get dis
couraged too easily. 1t is necessary,
however, to keep everlastingly at it,
even though one or more setbacks
may occur.
There is 4 specific remedy for
each Of the common diseases and
insects, but it is not necessary for
the amateur rosarian to make a
study of all of these, because the
manufacturers of fungicides and in
secticides have succeeded in making
combinations of these which will sat-
isfactorily take care of all troubles.
These combinations are sold under
u ddC -AldAAACo oAAo yOol supply oUOlN
will be glad to advise you concern
ing price and effectiveness-price
and effectiveness generally go hand
in hand. Full instructions for their
use will come with each purchase
These combinations come either in
dust form to be busted on the plants
directly with an inexpensive but
suitable duster, or in liquid form to
be diluted with water as directed
on the package before being sprayed
on the plants. Whether to use dust
or spray is up to the individual:
each form has advantages which can
best be found out by trial. But
whether 1t is dust or spray, it must
be applied regularly. Dust lightly
once a week, or spray once every
ten days or two weeks. The trouble
some enemies of the rose may not
be eliminated, but by following a
set program a fair measure of con-
troll can be expected.
Evening star., 1939-07-22

hedges need good start by careful
planting In this area it is usually
best to start them in the fall.
New hedges, except evergreens,
need to be cut back severely when
planted and the new shoots that
come with the first two years of
growth should be pinched to en-
courage branching.
In pruning it is well to keep in
mind that all hedges will remain
compact with branches growing close
to the ground if the top is kept
somewhat narrower than the base.
In regions where snow is problem,
the tops are usually pruned to a
point and the hedges are solid green
to the ground. In this area where
we do not have the snow to force
us to exercise care in pruning, it is
quite common to see hedges that
are much wider at the top than at
the base, and consequently have
gaps and dead branches.
The privet hedges that are al
lowed to get quite tall before receiv-
ing any trimming at all do not have
enough branches at the base to give
them the desired compactness. II
pruned to within a few inches g
inches is high enoughD of the ground
when set out, they will send out
number of laterals. These laterals
should be pinched back half at
the end of the first season and again
at the end of the second season.
BY then they will have become fairly
thick and with the subsequent shear
ing should have solid wall Of green.
Allow Room
For Growth.
Even old deciduous hedges need to
be severely cut back as a means of
renewal. This is especially true
where they have become more or
less "barelegged" with woody tops.
BY cutting back close to the ground
they will make new compact
growth in comparatively short
time-and have much more at
tractive appearance than before.
CThis does not apply to an evergreen
hedge such as arborvitae, hemlock,
spruce, etc.
In planting a hedge near the
property line, unless it is a joint
project with the neighbor, it should
be planted. far enough from the
property line to allow for growth. A
rugosa or lilac hedge should be set
back 2 feet, while a spruce, pine or
hemlock hedge that is to be allowed
to grow 10 to IS feet high should be
planted 6 or 8 feet from the edge of
the lot.
1t is seldom advisable to fertilize
hedges after they are once estab-
lished since such applications serve
only to increase the necessary prun-
ing. Most hedges, except the privets,
need but one Or two clippings a year
to keep them in good appearance.
Gardeners will want the new hedge,
however, to make a substantial
showing in comparatively short
time, hence careful planting and the
use of some fertilizer during the first
year or two is desirable. Give to
ten pounds of a mixed fertilizer
such as 5-10-5, per 100 feet Of row
in the spring and again in the fall
is the recommended application)
Since the list of suitable material
for hedges is almost endless, and be-
cause each garden has its own prob
lens, will not attempt to list those
that I consider most effective. I do,
however, urge a study of the availa-
BILE materials that your garden may
be interesting through the selection
Of suitable and effective kinds of
plants,
Evening star., 1939-07-22

George B. Langford, who is In
charge Of the insect control at the
university, will be in charge of this
tour.
A few minutes conversation with
DR.. Cory or DR.. Langford upon the
beetle subject will soon convince you
OF the great menace this beetle be-
comes not only to the farmer, but to
the city dweller as well. Realization
will come very forcibly when the or
namentals and trees in his front and
rear yards are stripped of their
foliage and in the majority of cases
killed.
In the summer of 1898 the huge
number Of AZ tons of this pest was
trapped and tabulated throughout
the State Of Maryland. The univer-
slty estimates that an equal number
also were trapped, but not reported
for tabulation. This year from an
approximate 1O0, 900 traps which have
been placed throughout the State an
estimated 200 tons will be gathered.
How many beetles will that be? You
count them. Possibly some idea of
the number may be obtained from a
tabulated item in report from the
university for 1898. In the town.
ship of Dundalk, Baltimore County,
800 traps were set. Upon actual
count, the number of beetles caught
in the 300 traps amount to the
huge sum OF 23,553, OPT
Trapping Method
Is inexpensive.
While there are several methods of
beetle control. two stand out as
strikingly effective-trapping and
soil treatment. The beetle trap is in
expensive and should be acquired
by all who value their plant possess
sions. These traps suspend from q
6-foot stake and resemble an in.
verted jar fitted into a perforated
metal cylinder. The jar, in the top
OF which are metal wings, Is filed
with volatile liquid, such as a ger
anlol compound, which holds a great
attraction for the beetles. On his
headlong dash for the oil in the Jar
the beetle hits against these metal
wings and falls in the cylinder, from
which he cannot escape.
The soil treatment is drive
against the grubs in the soil. Rather
expensive, but almost surely success
full, soil treatment consists of the
use of powdered arsenate Of lead,
using 5 to 10 pounds, mixed with
several times its weight of sand, to
every 1000 square feet of soil. This
should be put on with a spreader
so that it will cover evenly. From
early spring up to the first Of July is
the proper time for this treatment.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Japanese Beetle Is Enemy
OF Over Two Hundred
Different Plants
Trapping and Soil Treatment
Most Effective Methods
In Controlling the Pest
By J. STEALEY ELMs.

Pertinent at this time study the beetle
damage plant material and the It,
perhaps the localities newspaper quite as
familiar with the The beetle
nelng bright shiny The wings Of
feature consists of five white hairy
inca the aodn S and two the tip the wing The
This beetle which native discovered in the
United States In 1916 in New jersey probably
ment from its native is actually
slow extending outward to 10 miles
but through the unreguaed being carried
the automobile other vehicles
ton OF the United States badly infested Government
quarantine.
generation the a
the soil the latter Of June
majority
Evening star., 1939-07-22

Dery OF several KINGS, grasses, vines,
food crops, etc. They are observed
sometimes as late as the first part of
October, but they are at their peak
from the middle Of July to the early
part of August.
They lay their eggs shortly after
emerging, the eggs Matching in about
IL days. The young grubs then be-
gin to take heavy toll of the lawns
df that be their Matching place.,
eating the grass roots, thus causing
heavy destruction.
As cold weather approaches, the
grubs begin to dig down into the
earth to hibernate over the winter,
burrowing in about foot. Spring
finds them making their way to the
top, hungry as usual and again
satisfying their appetites upon the
roots OF grass or other plant mat
ter. After pupation period of about
two weeks late in May or early in
June, they are ready to emerge and
continue the cycle.
Area, Is Stripped
In Three Years.
The duration Of beetle damage in
the heavily infested areas is about
three years, at the end of which
time they apparently disappear.
Naturally they would, for at the end
OF that time there is left hardly
enough food of their particular lik-
ing to entice them to remain.
A glance at the map Of the regu-
lated areas where beetle infestation
is rampant and under quarantine
will give you an idea of the very
serious aspect this beetle scourge
has upon the economic life of those
areas. If not checked this pest strips
and eventually kills everything upon
which it feeds. and it is no exag-
geration to claim it is the enemy of
over 200 different plants.
The seriousness of this beetle sit
uation upon the Eastern part of
the country is realized when one
studies the map mentioned above.
Part of Maine. New Hampshire and
Vermont, all of Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut. Rhode Island, part of New
York, all of New Jersey, nearly all
Of Pennsylvania, all of Delaware,
parts of Ohio, West Virginia and
Virginia and the most of Maryland
comprise this rich section which the
beetle has taken over.
To Check Scourge
Is Prime Factor.
OF prime Importance to us at this
time is the great work the Univer-
sity of Maryland is doing in an ef-
fort to check this scourge. Yester-
day, starting at Elkton, Md, the
university began its annual tour to
show the progress made in its
beetle-control work, Elkton being
picked to start from as it is the CEN
ter of the worst beetle infestation
on the Eastern Shore. DR.. Ernest
N. Cory, Maryland State entomolo-
gist, who has worked indefatigably
for several years with marked sue
cess on this control work, and DR..
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ming but once a year.
Is an evergreen hedge desired, or
Is 1t needed simply to keep your own
children in and the neighbors' dogs
out? A barberry hedge will work
splendidly in turning animals, but to
keep the children in the yard now
may require a taller and heavier
hedging material. Thus the func-
ton Of the hedge is third factor in
the selection.
If hedge is simply to serve as
background, it can, in many in
stances, be ornamental. Many of the
Towering shrubs are useful. Rugosa
roses do very well. Altheas, Vibur-
NUNS, hlacs, Towering crabs, as well
as some of the berried shrubs aSe
also possibilities. A graceful hem
lock hedge is ornamental even
though it produces no flowers.
And lastly, the width or space in
which the hedge is to be confined is
an important consideration. In the
average yard 1t is seldom practical
to allow more than feet for
hedge, whereas on a large place
wide shrub border oftentimes will
serve as well as narrow clipped
hedge of erect growing plants.
Small Plants
Desirable.
While the list of useful material
for hedges is endless, their handling
is, in most cases, the same Small
plants to start with are desirable
since they can be trained properly,
and are less costly. All kinds of
Evening star., 1939-07-22
Pernicious Pest

The red spider, a most pernicious
pest, is best controlled with sulphur,
but if you dislike mixing sprays or
using dusts, try turning the hose on
them with full force. Two or three
good washings with the hose will
greatly curtail their activity.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
EVerQreenS

Evergreens are best moved in the
spring and fall, but they can be
moved anytime providing a largo
ball Of earth is taken, they are well
watered. and are protected from the
sun and drying winds by burlap or
lath screens or established shrubs.
Evening star., 1939-07-22
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

BY MARGARET NOVEL;
Flowers belong everybody There reason why
should live without the pleasure able give all when that
Joy available Flowers not great expense
hours OF labor but which the loneliness which
rounds us in our own garden the the corner the fields
and the roadside Develop the USE the simplest
things enhance their beauty consequently offer that beauty to
the beholder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-18
LOST AND FOUND
|LOST-Elgin wrist watch Sunday night. Has black wrist band. Re- ward. Phone Blue 755.
Building 3 l! ] |i!l in Which ||li
 First Mixed Jury
 Mef Is Torn Down

LARAMIE, Wyo., May Is. = The building in which the worlds first partly female jury met in 1870 is being torn down.
 The Laramie OAR chapter placed tablet on the ramshackle old building in 1922, noting it was there that women for the first time were permitted a part in deciding court cases.
 It was difficult in the frontier town to get the men to return yer diets of guilty, and since the Ter ritorial Legislature had just enacted Ia law granting women suffrage the peaceful folk of Laramie promptly decided it also conferred upon the women the right to jury service. Six women were summoned for the grand jury.
 This startling event in the far west caused King William of Prus- sia to send congratulatory cable to President Grant and New York newspapers sent special correspond ents to cover the session.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-18
George BeardsIee
 Visits in Juneau

George c. Beardslee, stockholder in the Robinson Fisheries Company, of Anacortes, which operates two schooners in Bristol Bay, and a member of the firm of J. w. Boards lee and Sons, of Newark, N. J., is making his first trip to Alaska. He is aboard the Uwanta, company tug.
 Beardslee flew out to the West Coast to catch the boat and has spent six days enjoying the life of a sailor.
 T think the country is lovely and I'm going to do some fishing on the way south," he said.
 When questioned about the New York Worlds Fair, he said, I'm waiting until they finish the fair before I see it."
 This afternoon Beardslee was try ing to get up fishing trip to Lake Hasselborg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-18

FOR SALE-Henning apartments on Dixon. See Bob Henning at Empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-05-18

FOR SALE-U & Lunch. Owner quitting business. Write 20. Box c274 or phone 334.
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LATE MODEL HUDSON Sedan in perfect condition, driven on], B. 200 miles, priced for quick sale or will take light trade-in. Phone 744.
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FOR SALE-City Float Beer Parlor. Phone 541 after pm.