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ing evergreen plants of rich beauty.
They are small, very compact and
are profuse in bloom. They should
be sheltered from the cold north
winds and thoroughly mulched dur
Ing the winter. Variety Amoena
Coccinea produces brilliant red flow-
ers IN very dense mass; foliage
turns bronze in fall and winter
months. Variety Bridesmaid. very
popular and outstanding, gives you
large clusters of glowing salmon
PINK flowers; the foliage is small
and glossy green. Variety Hinode-
girl probably ranks No. / in popu-
larity. The flowers are a brilliant
scarlet and are so profuse as to
completely cover the entire plant.
Foliage is deep green. One nurs-
cry that I know of has a planting
OF over 100000 of this variety. Va
riety Hinomayo, very similar to the
above in growth, is beautiful soft
pink variety, with smaller leaves and
OF a lighter green. Variety Sweet
Briar is another good pink variety
"iliCii ID very IldTOy.
Taller Types
Effective.
Taller growing than the before
mentioned evergreen types are sew
eral very good varieties which are
OF decidious nature, very effective
IN mass paintings or for places in
the shrubbery border. Perhaps the
hardest of these is variety Kaemp-
feri, tall and bushy shrub, pro-
ducing large red flowers which are
very striking.
Unequaled for the flaming color
OF its flowers is r. Calendulaceum,
called the Flame Azalea. This
species gives you typical orange
colored ranging to vermillion bloom.
Its height runs from 4 to 10 feet:
it is hardy, blooming the latter
part of May before the foliage is
fully developed.
A variety which seems to be scarce
is variety Miss Louisa Hunnewell
tmolle japonicum) a very hardy
type producing salmon -colored flow-
ers in profusion. r. Indicum Alba
is certainly very satisfactory white,
being large and profuse; about 3
feet in height.
Probably the latest of these hardy
decidious plants to bloom is R. Wis
cosum, called the swamp honey
suckle or the swamp azalea. The
bloom is quite late, through the
latter part Of June and the first cf
July, and it will thrive in Q mois,
location.
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fioribunda comes in white and sew
eral shades of purple and lilac.
There are number of named varie-
ties of it. Kane Noda is one of the
better sorts and is deep purple. Nura-
sakl Noda is rated as "the" purple
by the Japanese, and has flower
clusters 2 feet or longer. w. f1ori-
bunda rosea is pink form which is
rarely seen, but should be of inter-
est to many gardeners 1t has long
clusterS-2 feet or more.
The native American species are
summer Towering and shortcuts
tered. They are dainty of foliage
and are available in white or lilac.
w. fruteScens is native to the South
ern coastal plain and w. nacro-
Stachys-the Kentucky wistaria-is
native to the lower Mississippi VAL
ley.
One of the most common ques-
tions asked relative to wistaria is
the reasons for failure to bloom and
how to make them bloom. The rea-
sons for the first are: Lack of rig
orous summer pruning, plants raised
from seed, and insufficient food or
moisture. This latter reason is sell
dom the important reason. If the
vine is allowed to develop vegetative
growth it will not set flower buds
freely. BY cutting back the long
new growth Ito two buds) during
the summer, the plants strength
will tend to go into the formation
of flower buds (Which are developed
during the summer and early falD.
Try shocking"
Tactics.
Seeding plants can be shocked
into Towering by rigorous pruning
OF the long shoots and by root prun-
ing. Root pruning consists of dip
ging around the base and cutting
of the side roots. This will not in
Jure the plant, since it is tap rooted.
Sometimes in root pruning an effort
is made to injure the tap root. If
the side roots are cut off about
foot from the trunk down to a depth
of 2 feet, the shock will usually
stimulate Towering. If, however,
that fails, additional shock can be
given by injuring the tap root. Fruit
growers often girdle the branches
with knife to stimulate Towering.
I have not tried this method on
wistaria but believe it will work.
A shallow groove-just through the
bark layer-around one or two of
the branches should produce the
desired results.
The use of wistaria as a shrub
standard-was mentioned above.
These can be purchased from nur-
series or the gardener can grow his
own. To grow a standard wistaria,
prune to one cane and keep it tied
to strong stake or feet high.
Remove all side branches and keep
the top shortened to stimulate
branching. In from three to five
years the upright cane will be strong
enough to stand alone and the con-
slant pruning of the top will have
produced compact, bushy growth
from which the flower clusters will
hang and produce a very effective
show of color each spring, particu-
larly If in front of shrubs or ever
green's.
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WlSCdTldS are not CllnDerS IN the
same sense as the ivy and Virginia
creeper. They are twiners, and
hence need something to climb on
A wire or post is ali that is neces-
sary. This habit of twining should
be recognized. They should not be
planted to grow on small trees
Large, strong trees make a very sat-
isfactory support-especially since
the long festoons of bloom viewed
from below make a striking show
each spring.
The posts of a pergola and trellis
should be strong, since the wistaria
vines can exert a considerable pull
unless care is given in training the
vine over the edge. did not allow
for this pull on a trellis and conse-
quently the wistaria nearly pulled it
down. One shoot is enough for a
wire or post; if two or more are al
lowed to grow they will entwine so
tightly that the flow of sap may be
restricted.
Japanese Type
Has Larger Bloom.
Wistarias can be most obstinate
Try to train one on low wire fence
.-there they will insist on growing
Upright. Every time a tip is tied
down it will produce side shoots that
grow straight up just where you
don't want them. I had one vine
that insisted on sending out long
suckers on the ground. If I had
needed to root some Qayer such a
habit would have been very ac-
ceptable. But additional plants were
not wanted and so I was continually
pulling up the long, rapid-growing
tendrils from among the flowers and
shrubs and from under the porch.
The common wistaria that we
50 frequently see each spring is the
w. chinensis-a pale purple, al
though there is a white form. The
pale purple and white forms do not
show up well except against a green
background, for the flowers come be-
fore the leaves. The so-called jap
anese wistarias flower a week OF
two later than the Chinese and have
longer flower clusters. w. foribunda
has clusters from l to 2 feet in
length. The long cluster, w. multi
juga, clusters are even longer. w.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Azaleas Need an Acid Soil,
Some Shade, Moisture and
Protection From Wind
Fertilizers Used on Them
Should Not Contain Lime
Or Any Nitrate of Soda
By 7. STEALEY FINS

prooao no other shrub has advanced to the forefront in
and Towering shrub The genus
Rhododendron The plants
varieties those
in this locality ddous SO MANY
years the azalea tropical plant
put today many varieties thrive vicinity
Boston, ~ - ~ 'N"' 0-
@ me most appealing characteristic for the its
uthty IN the garden 1t almost
De called;
together oveness
effectively for bordering
decorative addition If tall trees
Pease remember that azaeas
sou your chosen location for the ordinary soil
you may prepare the place with
factory mixture combines per cent oak
o or one OF the several kinds generous
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Proper Intervals
To Spray Roses

The warm rains and hot sunshine
are bringing roses along fast and
tie regular spraying program should
b. started. The Potomac Rose So
ciety recommends spraying or dust
ing, at 5 to 10 day intervals, at this
season. Use a tri-purpose spray SO
that one application will control all
of the pests-blackspot, aphids
thrips and the chewing insects
There are several tri-purpose sprays
on the market, or you can mix one
The old standard is a mixture OF
lead arsenate, bordeaux and nicotine
sulphate.
Evening star., 1939-05-20

Second annual flower show of
the garden section of the Belle
Haven Women's Club, 2 Edgehill
drive, will be held on Wednesday
from 2 until 8 o'clock. Admission
viii be free.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
The Compost Pile

Adding sulphate of ammonia and
superphosphate to the compost pile
when turning speeds up the decom-
position and the final product will
contain these necessary elements of
fertility. Lime hydrated) will also
help to speed the rotting, but 1t
should not be used where the COM
post is intended for mulching acid
loving plants.
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Wstaras Do Not Deserve Reputation of Being Unusually Flower
Certain Varieties Blossom
Much Earlier Than Others
And Have Larger Blooms
AS Tendrils Grow By Twining
Rather Than By Climbing,
They Need Solid Support
BY w. H. YOUNGMAN.

The soft colors dainty the wiar
climber particularly noticeable this pegoa
Arlington Cemetery
this time While
would probably be widely used not for its reputation
being very slow to oWer-some people
however is not altogether Plants from cuttings gratis
taken from Towering wood will often bloom
plants from seed sometimes
Wistarias gardeners
quite adaptable useful
old tree trunks and stmps specimen
emoe they are not particular soils While they
they will stand
When using the Wara trels
are strong
that dld-panted three small
hey were so badly nerwned that required
Evening star., 1939-05-20

Set the plant and fill in with the
prepared loan and mulch with
some OF the peat.
Plants Need
Protection.
Remember also that the site
chosen should preferably be one
which offers wind protection, some
shade and moisture. The azalea
has very strong, surface-f feeding
roots, therefore conifers, the oaks,
fruit trees or any deep-rooted trees
will form an excellent background
as they tend to minimize compe-
tition for the food nutrients in the
soil.
One should be particular in feed
ing azaleas. If an oak-leaf mulch
supplemented with peat is main
tained at all times they will do
very we'll with fertilizer, but like
all forms of plant material en-
riching the soil pays dividends. In
using fertilizers be careful they do
not contain nitrate of soda or lime.
Tankage, in the proportion of 4
pound to one square yard, is per-
haps the best food, and also recon-
mended is light treatment of acid
phosphate There are also some
commercial fertilizers on the mar
ket which are especially prepared
for azaleas and rhododendrons.
Another don't" on azalea rails
ing is not to cultivate. This is good
advice, because the root system is
very shallow, and cultivation as we
usually understand it would prob
ably tear the roots to pieces. Any
weeds or grasses appearing around
the plant should be removed by
hand. A little work probably, but
necessary.
Study Reveals Some
Interesting Facts.
A little study of the genus Rho
dendron gives us the information
that there are about 300 species
and at present over 1000 named
varieties. The greatest center for
rhododendrons is in the mountains
of Western China. In America the
high peak in raising them is in the
mountains of North Carolina. The
annual display at Magnolia, N. c.,
has become national event, at
tracing thousands of visitors from
all parts of the country.
Some varieties which you doubt
less have seen and admired are de-
scribed briefly in the following:
The Kurume azaleas, so called
because they were developed in
Kurume, Japan, offer dwarf grow
Evening star., 1939-05-20
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

BY MARGARET NOVEL;.
The fields and goods are full of the most de-
Hghtfal ae'ild oVers zVhich can be charmingly dis
played in a hand.acovem basket, accented by heavy
foliage. In the center are slender daisies and blue
bells u'ith this arrangement balanced on the obbo.
site side ifh cluster of vioefs A shallo,U pan in
the basket for ,cafer, ,ci crushed chicken are for
fower holder, ,cU support them all ,vithont stiff.
ness and bring bit of voodland and garden into the
house,
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Soil Preparation

All legumes, including lupins and
sweet peas as well as garden peas,
do better when inoculated with one
of the preparations which help them
secrete nitrogen from the soil.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
By HELEN VOGT.

Now wait a minute. please .
Before you spread this section OF
the paper on the beach to keep the
sand out of the sandwiches, listen
for a minute to some of the beauty
news that's so important.
Granted. it is Labor Day and you're
off for a big time at the beach or
day of resi- and relaxation at home,
but unless we miss our guess you
still have time to hear about few
of the latest beauty brainstorms.
Holiday or not, every woman is in
trigued by things that are both
helpful and new. At least, that's
our guess.
For instance. we Immediately lost
our hard heart to new and very
charming little purse kit. in fact,
two little kits made by the same
line. You know there has been a
great deal of talk about Robin Hood
red in fashion and cosmetics and
you can take our word for it that
it's perfectly beautiful shade. The
cosmetics, rouge and lipstick in this
color are bound to be perfect with
fall clothes, and we especially like
the way these new items are pre-
sented. One version is a little purse
to 60 into your pocketbook. Green
trimmed and lined with flashing
scarlet. it contains lipstick, dry
rouge compact and small vial OF
powder to shake on huge puff
The complete kit is tiny. compact
and most inexpensive. The other
Evening star., 1939-09-04

article is likeness of Robin Hood
himself, made of green suede lined
with red silk and containing all the
beauty necessities. 1t holds lipstick,
rouge compact, powder and small
bottle of excellent perfume. It's so
attractive that you'll want to put it
into your purse during the day and
perhaps use it as an unusual eve
ming bag at night. If you're one of
those people who really dote on
clever converse ton pieces. this seems
to fill the bill. Might add that it's
a perfect gift, so consider it for the
college girl. It's a luxury she'll
adore.
When the word luxurious" comes
into the conversation. there's an
other thing we can mention. It's a
new fluffy milk bath powder that
makes you feel AS pampered as any
fairy-tale princess. A package Of
the powder poured into your tub
will turn the water milky white and
produce a blanket of bubbles that
foam around you, cleansing, relax
ing and soothing the skin. Your
bath should last about 10 minutes,
and we promise that it's one of the
most restful and refreshing times
of the day. We said luXurious-and
we mean it. A dip in tub filled with
fragrant bubbles is just that. You
can have any one of six aromas,
the box of six individual powders
contains them all, or you may buy
more expensive glass jar. At any
| rate, the preparation is said to be
safe for the most delicate skin. Even
If you must save them for special
occasions, it seems as though every
woman is entitled to the JOY of these
restful baths. You can almost i'm
agine you're floating on cloud.
From the languid, taking
beauty aids to those designed for
quick use, is but a mere step. Among
the latter is an excellent powder
base which may be applied in just a
few seconds. smoothed rapidly and
efficiently into the skin and left to
form a base for your makeup that
will last an unbelievable length of
time. This product comes in stick
form and is made in natural skin
tones as we'll as those to match your
summer tan. All you do is put a few
strokes on cheeks, chin, nose and
forehead and smooth it in with the
fingers. Extremely light in texture,
| it nevertheless covers uneven tan,
freckles and other slight defects. 1t
spreads evenly, stays on for hours
and is not affected by moisture Best
of all, it's in the low price range,
which in no way affects the quality.
All during the summer you've used
dainty, flowerlike colognes that were
perfect with your cotton frocks and
light clothes, but with the approach
of fall it's more than likely that
you'd welcome change. If So
there's perfect new cologne that Is
reminiscent of harvest time and the
fragrance of freshly cut hay, and the
aroma is also done in a series of new
bath aids so that you may have it in
several forms. However, we particu-
larly like the cologne for it is gen.
erous bottle and most attractive
one, and the average woman has
found cologne a real blessing at
every hour of the day.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Manners a
of the
Moment

It's bad enough to have some one
wake you up at the crack of dawn
with telephone call. But it's worse
when the voice on the other end of
the wire says cheerily, did I wake
you?"
There are, I think, some people
who ask the question in all sin
certify. But most of those who ask
it use. a tone of voice that implies
criticism. The tone of the ques-
ton is such that it really means,
"You aren't still in bed, are you,
you lazy sluggard? Why, I've been
up for hours" And when you're
still half asleep it's no fun to take.
I think that it would be best all
around to eliminate that question
entirely from our morning tele-
phone calls. If you absolutely have
to call up friend before she is
likely to be up, the importance of
your call should be sufficient to carry
it without an apology. And If you
don't have to call her up when the
roosters start Growing, why not wait?
She'll like you much better.
If you're not sure when she gets
up, Judge by her mood. If you call
her at and she sounds groggy. then
try 8 the next time. Every one
doesn't have your sleeping habits,
you know. JEAN.
Evening star., 1939-09-04
BY MARY ALLEN HOOD.

ny hALLAN hooDs
Bride paths and hiking parties
don't mix. Nor do horses have any
thing to do with hiking trails. Also,
children minus horse-sense-or any
other kind of sense, for that mat
ter-shouldn't be allowed out un-
attended on horseback.
Take. for instance, the sad case
of the lady who planned to spend
quiet holiday week end hiking
through her favorite park trails, en-
joying the first faint CLINT of autumn
in the air, and even pursuing her
chosen sport if the weatherman
predicted showers. She was men,
Der of local hiking club-and most
true mixers are not overly fond of
horses. If they were, they'd be rid
ing instead of walking. This par
ticular individual was especially
anti-horse, which made things all
the worse.
Our heroine, then, was just finish
ing her first 3 miles OF chosen sport,
when she decided to rest upon some
stone steps leading out of the park,
from the footpath. which ran lit
tie above the bride path vending
its way through the trees. Bhssfully
at peace. except for slight weari-
ness in the ankles. the lady sank
gratefully to rest upon the SUM-
warmed stone.
The tranquil air shuddered under
! the impact of thudding hoofs and
Evening star., 1939-09-04

keepers as man to man, or, rather,
as woman to woman. She, too, has
had trouble following recipes be-
cause they have been ambiguously
worded; she, too has tried to pass
tested recipe of her own onto
some one else to have it fail mis-
erably because she has not said
exactly what she meant in giving
the directions. She, too, has learned
through bitter experience that you
can't make set plan for weekly
menus, because something always
turns up to spoil the most beautifully
prepared layout.
So, admitting all these stumbling
blocks, she has tried to compile
cookbook that would do away
with most Of them. The result is
mighty human and helpful work,
SO simple that the greenest beginner
can understand it; containing a
wealth OF fine recipes and invaluable
suggestions for using leftovers. SUBJ
stltutions and practical cookery in
struction that will delight the soul
OF any one who has to face the
problem OF producing three meals
day.
It's a fine piece of work and con-
gratulate the author for staying off
high horse and coming right into
the kitchen with Mrs. Average
HouSekeeperi
Evening star., 1939-09-04
Dorothy Dix Says
Keeping Your Husband Jealous
Not Sure Way to Retain Love

to make one dollar do the work of
five. Also. they are told to feed the
brute and that the best way of keep
ing their husbands eating out of
their hands is to put angels food
in them.
Now comes woman who asserts
that jealousy is the most effective
tonic that wife can administer
to conjugal love, and that as long
as she can see green in her hus-
bands eyes she may be sure that he
is not casting them in the direction
of other women.
In pursuit of this theory, which
she says she has tried and verified
by her own experience. she writes:
IF a husband is too absolutely
sure of possession. he takes his wife
for granted and even begins to be
bit bored by the eternal sameness,
but let an element of doubt be
added and interest revives Patient
Griselda may have been the wifely
ideal of the past, but she must have
been frightful bore and by her
long suffering attitude invited the
swift punches she undoubtedly re-
ceived.
Realizing that we value most the
things we are most in danger of
losing, I decided to take precau-
tionary measures and to inject a
little uncertainty into the mind of
the other half Of the partnership
so I said: My dear, you know how
much I love you. I proved that by
marrying you, but will confess to
having a rowing fancy if my interest
lags and marriage becomes a bore,
so it is up to you to keep me enter
tanned and hold my affections 1t
worked like a charm.
"Of course, I did my share by try
ing to make myself worth keeping.
I kept up my looks and my clothes.
made the kind of gay and pleas
ant home that not only husband
but also other people like to come
to. I let others tell him of his faults,
while I praised his virtues. But I
always let him see that I could be
charmed by other men, and that if
he kept me in love with himself he
would have to keep wooing me.
And the result has been that IN
all the years of our marriage have
never had a moments uneasiness
over the place I hold in his life and
affections. There has never been
even a suspicion of the other
woman"
The proof of the pudding is in the
eating, says the old proverb, but
personally I do not advocate jeal-
ousy as a cure for wandering feet
in husbands. Certainly only experts
should undertake to administer it,
for love does not thrive on Jealousy
It kills it oftener than almost any
thing else.
Before marriage keeping man
green-eyed may be good tactics, but
after marriage what a man wants
In his wife Is security. He wants to
feel as sure of her love as he does
of the love of God, and that nothing
can shake her devotion.
So I think that the reason that
my correspondent held her husband
is not because she made him jeal-
GUS, but because she made herself
50 charming that she was always
tops
Evening star., 1939-09-04

Catching a husband is COM
paratively easy matter. Holding
him is an entirely different propo-
sition. Hence the major activity Of
most married women's lives is try
ing to keep their husbands in love
with them and glad they married
them. Millions of theories are ad-
vanced on this subject and tons of
advice handed out to wives. They
are told that to keep themselves
glamorous in their husbands eyes
they must remain forever young and
slim and beautiful, which. in nature,
can't be done. They are admon-
ished that the way to keep a hus-
band home of evenings is to put on
a perpetual one-woman vaudeville
stunt and be so interesting and
amusing that he will never stray
from his own fireside for entertain
ment. And that, too, calls for super
human gifts in woman who has
wrestled all day with balky cook
stove and crying baby and trying
Evening star., 1939-09-04
By BARBARA BELL,

First appearances in the class
room are so important, when one is
anywhere between s and IA! Here's
Q charmingly individual dress that
will give the small student in your
family the confidence that
comes Of knowing she looks espe-
cially nice. The high waistline is
both becoming and comfortable and
the little square yoke is crossed by
bands of the material in fashion
that makes the dress unusually
pretty. The sleeves are very short
and puffed. with narrow contrasting
cuffs to match the little round COL
lar.
Gingham, linen and percale are
sturdy cottons for this dress, which