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Evening star., 1939-06-24
Shasta Daisy
Usefulness
Increased
Due to Many Added
New Forms Giving
Greater Display

Few gardeners recognize the
Shasta daisy as a member of the
chrysantnemum family &C. maxi
mum. Actually it is the most
widely grown member of that family,
which includes the hardy and Japa-
nese chrysanthemums, the painted
daisy. feverfew and q host of other
more or less common garden plants.
The Shasta daisy has for years
been considered fine cut flower
and the new forms, such as the
semi double. double, frilled. etc,
have greatly increased its useful
ness. 1t combines well with many
other well-known garden flowers.
and in the garden it makes quite
snowy display.
The blooming season is in May,
June and July, and by a selection
of varieties bloom may be had for
most Of this three-month period.
The Shasta daisy is sometimes listed
as summer Towering chrysanthe-
mum.
While often described as a Short
lived perennial that should be treat
ed as biennial, in this area most
gardeners find it long-lasting. This
is especially true when planted in
a well-drained situation. Moisture
around the crowns is more often
the cause of failure than sub
zero weather. In poorly prepared
beds the flowers may be small and
unattractive.
This daisy is easily raised from
seed, often blooming the first year
from early sowings. 1t is a more
common practice, however, to prop
agate by division preferably in the
spring.. The Shasta daisy has been
greatly improved in the last few
years and there are a number of
named varieties listed. Division is
the only way to maintain the same
flower form and named varieties are
propogated only by division.
The Shasta daisy grows from l to
2 feet in height. Each stem is
topped by a flower of glistening
white. The stems are freely pro-
duced from the underground roots,
however, and small bed makes a
fine showing.
Full sun is the best situation for
the Shasta, and, while they will
make good showing in the or
binary garden soil. in a well-en-
riched soil the extra care is more
than repaid by increased size and
vigor of growth.
Few diseases or insects trouble
the Shasta daisy. A leaf blotch
sometimes troubles, but 1t may be
controlled with bordeaux.
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Save Seeds of Only
Most COlorful and
Robust Flowers

The fun of gardening does not
always end with caring for pur-
chased plants. As we have seen,
there is little trouble and much fun
in connection with raising OUR own,
and this fun can be increased still
rurtner by beginning to save our
own seeds.
Not every plant is worth the
seeds 1t raises, and the seeds of
but few are worth saving. That
accounts for the seemingly high
prices we pay for the little pack
cts of seed offered to us in the
shops. Saving our own seeds is
hardly q worthwhile financial af-
fair, but from the angle of pleas
ure the small care needed to save
our own seeds Is fully justified.
For seeding save only the most
colorful and robust flowers. II the
variety we want is characterized
by smallness select small, we'll
formed flowers. Select other plants
according to the standards set for
the variety.
When the desired flowers are
noted they should be allowed to ma
ture. When they start to dry the
seeds can be saved by wrapping
the blooms loosely with old linen
cloths or cellophane. When the
seeds are fully ripe and dry cut
the flowers from the plant, remove
the wrappings and store for use next
season in properly marked paper
bags. Cleaning, which consists Of
separating the seeds from chan, Is
. good winter evening Job.
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Insects and Disease
Must Be Checked
Immediately

Protection against insects and dis
eases in the garden should be quick
and timely. Many attacks can be
foretold, and defense organized in
advance. You may expect the same
insects to prey upon your crops
that appeared last year, and should
have a lethal dose waiting for them,
instead of waiting until they have
done considerable damage before
you fight back.
A complete arsenal for garden de-
fense consists of three materials,
one to kill insects that suck plant
juices, one to kill insects that eat
plant tissues. a third to check at
tacks of fungus and other diseases.
Another way to define these NUM-
tions of war is as follows:
Contact poisons, to kill sucking
insects, such as nicotine sulphate,
pyrethrum and rotenone.
Stomach poisons, to kill leaf eat
ing insects, such as arsenate of lead,
SdlCAuAh al oCAldVC, VI lOCc1lOIlc.
Fungicide, such as bordeaux mix
ture. busting sulphur and lime-sul-
phur for some uses.
Nicotine and arsenate are poison
Gus, but the gardener who exer-
cises reasonable care in their use
incurs no danger. Rotenone and
pyrethrum are gaining wide accept
ance for spraying and dusting, be-
cause they are not poisonous to ami
mails, but are deadly to insects.
They are offered under various
trade names, both for use in SPRAYS
and dusts. It is possible to obtain
the other materials mentioned for
use as both sprays and dusts, so the
gardener may take his choice in
the method of application.
Both methods have their adyo-
Gates. On the whole dusting takes
less time in preparation and re-
quires less expensive tools. Sprav-
ing, on the other hand, is more ef-
fective for contact poisons, and is
preferred by some in all cases.
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should not be less than 8 feet each
way.
In the larger pools where there is
room for lotus it may well be
included, for there is something fas-
cinating about them. Perhaps it is
the frequent reference to the lotus
in history. 1t may be the contrast
offered by the tall-growing leaves
and the flowers and seed pods which
stand we'll above (2-5 feet) the sur
face of the water, for the leaves and
flowers of the hardy water lilies float
on the surface, as do the leaves of
the tropicals. The flowers of the
tropicals, however, stand several
inches above the water.
The American lotus is native to
sections of nearby Delaware and is
perfectly hardy here. The Chinese
and Egyptian lotus are hardy if the
roots are not allowed to freeze.
Plant them the same as the hardy
water lilies but prop the boxes up,
since they need but or inches
of water above the crowns. deep
planting may result in failure to
bloom)
The tender tropical water lilies
add interest to the pool They in
clude the only blue shades as we'll
as provide night Towering. For the
home gardener who is interested it
is far better to buy new roots each
spring date May. There are so
many varieties to choose from
among the tropicals that no at
tempt will be made to list them.
Oxygenating Plants
Are Necessary.
Every pool will need one or more
of the oXygenating plants if fish
are to be kept. There are a num-
ber of such used, and the choice is
largely matter of preference for
the type of foliage. Several of them
will grow without planting, but all
do better if planted in soil in shall
low water. Anacharis (elodea), ca
bomda, coon tail, milfoii, pud-
wigia and eel-grass (vallisneria)
are most commonly used for this
purpose.
The use of other plants will de-
pend upon the available space and
the situation. In nature you will
find shalloW-water plants such as
the cattail, arrowhead and pick
erel weed growing in the water
about the edges of the ponds. There
will pe other kinds growing near
water level, with their crowns above
the water but still low enough so
that their roots may reach the wa
ter. Water iris, cardinal flower,
marsh marigold, water forget-me-
not and Gala lily are in this
group. In the South there are float
ing water plants, such as the water
hyacinth, water poppy, water
snowflake and water lettuce. The
latter are tender and should be
treated as ANIMALS. The others are
hardy and once established will last
for years.
How many of these you will want
depends upon the size of the pool
and the interest you have in plants.
The water hyacinth is readily OBJ
tainable and widely grown. They do
better if confined with wire or
string. Goldfish lay their eggs in
the roots of the water hyacinth.
One word of caution-buy from a
reputable dealer, as the plants may
carry leaf worms which infest the
water lilies.
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Selection Of Plants for Garden Pool Matter Individual Preference
Hardy Lilies Best Grown
In Large Tubs or Boxes
Filled With Rich Soil
Three Parts Fibrous Loan
And One Part Fertilizer
Makes Good Mixture
BY w. H. YOUNGMAN.

The selection plants for the garden pool much matter
individual likes de
helpful especially
experience the reading subject
The water lilies widely
the hardy the tropical tropical
(dwarf) and the lotus.
lilies
small, since they the
planted
the soil enriched Otherwise
soil from the bottom pool
Another point in favor of tubs that the growing varieties
lilies planted IN the bottom of the pool will
ones This true where the lotus used the planting
1t is also that small box will
vary somewhat general is
Evening star., 1939-06-24

There are things to keep your feet
on the earth in this garden of rose
bordered vistas. There is, for in
stance, a long bed of trellised toma-
to plants that shelter a row of let
tuce. There are twin pollarded
trees, whose branches and broad
leaves spread far out to make
natural rain and sun proof arbor
over inviting chairs. At first you
do not recognize these trees that
roof the pavilion for visiting the
delphinium. They are Judas trees.
An arresting effect with buddleia
shrubs has been attained by max
ing them appear to march in pairs
right down the middle of two long,
narrow perennial borders. You stop
on the path between to see just how
buddleia bushes, that usually grow
SO scraggly that you hesitate to
give them room, can be disciplined.
They have tall main trunks trimmed
of all branches and tied unnotice-
ably to round stakes about the size
of broom sticks. perhaps they
are broom sticksD From their tops
they weep gently but not too closely
over the larkspur, columbine, baby's
breath. verbenas, chrysanthemums
and aSterS.
Again you pause entranced by the
tall, regal lilies that lift their white
cups of sunshine wine above the
delicate columbine. And. remem-
bering the vistas of the Bagatelle,
that unforgettable rose garden in
the Bois de Boulogne, you stand here
under rose arbor that leads the
eye more than $50 feet to the back
ground of great trees. The arbor
of natural cedar posts and logs is
softened by 60 climbing roses. The
Frau Druschki is trained as a
climber, and these large, sturdy
stemmed white roses are the re-
suit of discarding many sister buds.
Running vigorously over this arbor
Is the Mermaid climber, glorious
now with large single blooms of
delicate yellow petals and deep
golden centers Another Mermaid
climber is trained around and
around itself until it looks like
giant bush, covered with the satiny
yellow blossoms that resemble in
form and texture the magnolia
bloom. The Mermaid is a favorite
in England and will be blooming
profusely again in October.
Another thing one must take
back after visiting Mr. Cross ro-
sary is the dictum that roses will
not bloom in the shade. Roses are
blooming for Mr.. Cross under nut
and oak trees. He knows that it is
not shade that discourages the roses
but low branches that shut out the
air and surface roots that take
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areas.
These classes not only teach chill
dren gardening, but they also de-
velop character, and they bring the
parents in closer contact with the
school. In the schools where this
program has been put into effect the
enthusiasm of the children and the
whole-hearted approval of their
parents show how successful this
type of work and instruction can be.
Some OF the detectives Of such a
course are to enable the student to
observe and practice many of the
things that are done by man to pro-
vide food supply; to develop and
maintain landscape, and to propa-
gate ornamental plants for planting
around the home, and thus arouse
in him an interest in the appear
ance of the exterior of his home.
The time of the student is divided
between field work and class work.
Two of the cities in which much
is being done in this field are Dear
born. Mich, and Cleveland, Ohio. It
is the opinion of the Fordson Board
of Education at Dearborn that gar
dening is an aid to good health.
1t is demonstration of the prob
lens met in producing a food sup
ply. 1t is practice in a method of
work that can assist to balance the
family budget.
At Dearborn, Mich, as I under
stand it, the horticultural course in
cludes horticultural units of study
as a part of elementary science in
the elementary grades; gardening
a science course in the junior high
school, and horticulture-a science
course in the senior high school. In
the Fordson Senior High School
horticulture is science and as such
is accredited by the University of
Michigan. Mr.. Henry Ford has
leased a tract of land accessible to
several schools, and each student has
a garden plot 20 feet by so feet. The
gardens continue to operate the
same as school during the vaca-
ton period, classes being scheduled
for five days of the week for q period
of ~ hours. The time is divided
between field work and class work.
Gardening is not forced upon the
students. Participation is purely
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Ways to Train and Prune
Your Roses and Shrubs
For Heavenly Vistas
Natural Rain and Sunproof
Arbor Attained by Use of
Famous Judas Trees
BY GLADYS MOON.

You have heard that nothing lives illustrations that
OF the
dephinium taller
exhibit in the New York and two
heaven IN Chevy Chase where the
IN the garden of Dr. and blue patches
plants that
gone Dd say that heaven had
Down or up II all the
with the dephinium blues blended the last
of the ~ ~ N' -"''
Much has been written about
cesu experiments crossbreedng saw but
Mrs Cross dephinium
able to get his feet back earth and asks
eds that
where near China take it. The gardener Nei
Copenhagen School OF
wrapped keep the bees from dne the
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By MARGARET NOVEL;.

Daisies Of the delightful
From the lowy variety including
Susans the exotic African hybd all
way from white to deepest complement the scheme
The flowers in this sketch is little
than lily pad shape with three little tubes which extend the back
daisies The foliage three the coeus plant that
through yellow
tainer yellow made Of highly glazed pottery Flat the water
reposes one Of the yellow daisies.
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most water lilies grow like an iris
and need space and food for growth
and flowers. I used boxes IA inches
square in my first pool, but soon
found them too small, making it
necessary to replenish the soil every
year. A larger box will enable the
gardener to put this job Off to every
second or third year.
The kind of wood used makes very
little difference. White pine or
FIR will last about as long as cypress.
The important consideration is to
have them we'll nailed. Two or
three cubic feet of wet soil is heavy
Soil Mixture
Important.
Use the same soil mixture for all
aquatic plants. Three parts of
f1brous loan garden soil with hu-
mus and one part of well-rotted
COW manure is satisfactory. Fresh
manureS are to be avoided since
they ferment and foul the pool and
may injure the young plants. There
are special commercial (chemicaD
fertilizers for use in pools which
are satisfactory where cow manure
is not available. Ordinary garden
fertilizers are not suitable. For
me, swamp muck did not prove
as successful as ordinary garden
soil.
With the soil and boxes ready to
plant, the next step is the selec-
ton of varieties. AS mentioned
above, the hardy lilies are the more
generally used, since they can safe
ly stay in the pool during the win
ter: they should be the mainstay
In local pools. They start Towering
here in mid-May and should flower
until October. The tender lilies be-
gin to flower in June and last until
killed by frost.
Chromatella and yellow pygmy
are two good yellows. In pinks
there are Mrs. Helen Fowler, pink
opal. Rose Arey, morning glory,
marliac rose, etc. Marliac white
and Gladstone are two good whites
Gloriosa is nearly red (wine COL
ored. These practically cover the
color range of the hardy water lilies
Any of the above planted in full
sun in we'll enriched soil with 9 to
IL inches of water over their crowns
should give constant succession of
attractive bloom throughout the
season. They open in the morning
and close in the evening, and it
takes approximately one hour for a
flower to open or to close.
Rhizome Planted
Diagonally
After the box is filled with soil
the rhizome is planted by thrusting
1t diagonally into the soil. The
crown, when firmed down, should
be level with the top of the soil
Cover the entire surface of the box
with an inch of clean sand to keep
the fish from digging around the
roots, making the water dirty.
In placing the boxes of lilies in
the pool space them far enough
apart so that the lily pads will not
hide the water. Some open water is
desirable, both as means of set
ting off the lilies and because of
the interest it gives to the pool.
Many people like to have enough
open water so that they can watch
the fish swim about. The distance
apart will vary with the degree of
Viqor of the variety. In general il
Evening star., 1939-06-24
Public School Gardening
Dearborn and Cleveland Have
Been Developing Project
BY THE MASTER GARDENER.

a
public
offered in the high
school grades
Students in many aoced plots and
practice the knowledge taught
to cost of the materials
ment is furnished without charge whatsoever
But regardless of the
similar United states
Evening star., 1939-09-22
A. j. Park Citizens
Elect J. f. Maxwell
As President
Gorden Awards
To Be Presented at
Next Meeting

Election Of officers headed the
order of business as the American
University Park Citizens Associa-
ton opened its civic season last
night in Hurst Hall at American
University. James E. Maxwell was
chosen president to succeed Harry
Leonard Colman, who closed a two
year term. Mr.. Maxwell in short
talk emphasized that his principal
aim during the coming year would
be the cultivation of community
wide civic pride. which, he said, is
the most important factor of citi-
zens' associations everywhere.
Elliot M. Clark was chosen vice
president, M. R. Wilkes secretary
and Mrs. Ora G. Visel treasurer.
Thomas E. Lodge, jr., and Frank
Sanford were elected delegates to
the Federation of Citizens Associ-
ations and Mr.. Colman and Mr..
Clark were appointed delegates to
the Northwest Council The Nomi-
mating Committee was comprised
Of w. T. Belts, Mr.. Clark, John
Davenport, Frank E. Sanford and
Jett Wayland.
Mr.. Wayland, chairman of the
Garden Committee, announced that
prize awards for the most attractive
residences in the community will be
presented at the next meeting,
which has been changed to the Sec
ond Thursday in October
A report was made by Vincent
Bakersmith, chairman of the Edu-
cation Committee. on a petition to
secure new elementary school in
the vicinity of Forty-eighth and
Yuma streets NV Mr.. Bakersmith
pointed out that 300 signatures
already have been obtained in five
months and said it was hoped that
figure would be doubled by No
vember. when the petition will be
presented to the District Commits
sioners.
Protest was made by DR.. Charles
P. Ryland against a declivity con-
tanning stagnant water near resi-
dences in the block bounded by
Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets
and Yuma street and Massachusetts
avenue.
Evening star., 1939-09-22
Honor GEORGE Sands

The Friends of George Sand" in
costume, gathered at her statue in
Paris to celebrate the 125th ami
versary of the famous woman's
birth.
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Couch cover and 3
separate cushion eev- y
ers. Box pleats, cord.
ed seams. plaids and
stripes; green, rust,
brown.
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100 Bread Boz

LARGE size decorated
tin bread box in roll.
top style. White and
green finish.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-19
BUCCANEERS TROUNC-
ED BY BEMIDJI PEDS
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goal six times. They administer
ed a bruising game to these boys;
they didn't miss a chance to score.
From the opening kickoff it was
Bemidji. Sank Centre kicked off,
and Bemidji, failing in their sue
cession, had to punt. A couple of
laterals advanced the BUGS fifteen
yards, but one of Ethun's was rul-
ed forward. Then instead of admin
istrating the penalty from the spot
of lateral, 1t was marked off from
the original point Of the ball. Sank
Centre went way deep in its own
territory.
Fireworks began and ended there
when the punt didn't get to the
line of scrimmage. On the Sank
Centre 12-yard line Bemidji rolled
over for the first score on a single
jaunt.
On another play they netted tai
lies twice in one operation. That
originated from a punt that went
sour too. The kick was blocked,
fallen on behind the goal for safe
ty and two points. On the free kick
ruling, Sank Centre kicked off
from it's own 20. Bemidji ran 1t
all the way back to score. And on
all afternoon. In the third Norman
Bohne, center, was taken out with
a muscular injury. But the lads
had all gotten back in shape by
Wednesday when they met the Be
midi boys again.
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PAGE THREE

fensively stronger in that opening
stanza than at any point in the
season. Osakis picked up three
first downs in that opening period
behind Spaulding and Skoglund and
Caughren's passing. But they were
forced to punt. Rattle handled it on
his own ten, and Sank Centre was
in hole. But Kurrell, at fullback,
showed some remarkable gaining
power when he plowed out for a
first down. Rattle on an end sweep
picked up fifteen, and with Veneer
on a reverse the lads went ahead
to the forty line, as the quarter
halted.
Even throughout the first half
so far as first downs, with three
apiece, Osakis stepped out in the
third. They romped on with one
play, throwing Skoglund through
the line, mercilessly pounding the
weak spots, and chalked up eight
first downs for a total of eleven.
Sank Centre was able to pick up
five throughout the game.
The starting lineups:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-19
Surprise Play
Turned Tables
Caughren's Pass, Intercepted
BY Botz, Gave Sank
Centre Tie With OsaHs

In that sparkling run by Armand
Botz, the first bit of surprise work
the Harveymen have shown this
season, not only the fine support
ing role played by Arneson gave
Sank Centre that moral victory;
but Osakis, logged by misfortune
on that turn of affairs, contributed
heavily.
Oddly enough, Sank Centres
first score Of the season arose
from impetus of the opponent.
And just as strangely it had a
definite bearing on the rest of
the ball game. The effects Of
that interrogation warned Osa-
kis to abandon her passes,
switch to time-using straight
plays.
It was fortunate for Sank Cen.
tire that Caughren chose to pass
when he did. And that was early
in the second quarter. For Osakis
learned that passing, when a
ground game was working, could
be dangerous affair.
When Caughren threw that dam
gerous pass it was third and four
to go on Sank Centres thirty. Arne-
son was around end faster than a
whisk. He had Caughren by the
ankle even before that lad was in
the act Of throwing. He had every
thing to lose by tossing the ball.
AS it was it resulted in a scoring
interception. Ruling that out. the
play must certainly have been call
ed intentional grounding, since he
was already hit before he threw.
That would have penalized them
fifteen yards. A loss at the point
of tackle would have Melted only
a five yard backward glance. And
much safer.
Remembering the effects of
that passing attempt, Osaks
contented herself with SkOg-
lund in the fine worlShOrse role
of line bucldng. He did a grand
job, but scarcely ever varied
with even an end run, the plays
were time killers. AS Osalis
found out. In the fourth they
didn't have time to score again.
=. Which is football, my lads.
Caughren did have a nice pass
though. In one occasion he ran to
the end on play that looked like
an end run. Then in the dead heat
Of his stride, he tossed a pass COM
pleted to Elliott. Eddie Kur-
roll in tho fI1llhacx role only for
the second game, did some nice