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Evening star., 1939-07-01
Leaves From
Grow Sea Lavender
To Add Beauty to
Your Bouquets

Sometimes in the home garden
the placing of all dahlia stakes at
planting time gives the yard an un-
tidy appearance. One way to over
come this Objectionable feature is
to place short stakes beside each
tuber at planting time When the
dahlias are tall enough for stalking
the short stakes can be pulled and
the tall dahlia stakes safely driven
into the holes thus made.
Statice Qimonium) or sea laven-
der as 1t is commonly called is
useful perennial that is not so widely
grown as it should be. Perhaps
that is because on clay soils it tends
to be short-lved. In the average
Well-prepared flower border, how
ever, it is long lasting 1t is par
tlcularly useful as a filler in bou-
quets since the tiny flowers are no
larger than those of the well-known
babys breath. 1t blooms later than
baby's breath and comes in white,
lavender or purple. The large.
coarse leaves are in a rosette at the
base of the plant. The tiny flowers
are borne on 18-inch stems in JULY
and August
We continue to hear reports of
the 1nroads of stem canker on roses.
Many gardeners believe that thev
have cut out all infected canes only
to find that new points of infection
develop at the points where cuts
we're made. This might indicate
that care was not used when prun-
ing. Canker is frequently spread
/ by pruning shears. Use BIZ
chloride of mercury solution and
disinfect the pruning shears after
each cut.
When burning poison Ivy vines or
leaves it is well to avoid breathing
the smoke. Reports indicate that
serious internal poisoning may re-
suit from inhaling the smoke. Also,
cases are on record where the eye
lids and the tender skin of the neck
and face have been poisoned from
the smoke of burning brush piles
containing the dried poison ivy
plants.
Dahlla plants are making rapid
growth now and it is time to start
| plnchlng If you are to have fine,
large flowers for next falls shows.
P1nching chrysanthemums is also a
seasonal task if you have not al
ready done it. Keep the "glads"
making rapid growth-cultivate and
| fertilize.
1t is time to start shearing sweet
alyssum if you want to keep it in
hover all summer. 1t is the best of
the dwarf WITHHOLDING plants, but
IL must be sheared at regular in
tervals to keep it in flower. If
sheared first on one side and then
on the other it is possible to keep
1t continuously in flower all summer.
II left undisturbed it will bloom
itself to death.
Each summer at this season the
question of shearing of the tops of
the tall-bearded iris is raised. To
remove the tops is to curtail the
growing powers of the plants until
new leaves are produced. On the
other hand, if your iris are infected
with leaf spot the tops should be
cut OH and the plants sprayed with
ammoniated copper carbonate. Bor-
deaux will do but discolors the
foliage.
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wonders with flowers she bought
from the 5-and-10. He, man-like,
made at once to the professional
florists place and came home with
real rose plants.
Naturally, he did well by these
and they did well by him; so that he
bought more rose plants be-
came interested In rose culture.
Women have undoubtedly held
supremacy in the garden, but with
this new activity among men, the
day Is not far distant when men will
be the lords Of the manor. So the
experts say.
Evening star., 1939-07-01
Hedges, Screens and
Windbreoks
By Donald Wyman, Whittle-
seq House Garden Series: NeD
York City. McGra1D-HiH Book
Co.

6y OOnlt0 WymQn, Wn1LLLe-
seq House Garden Series: Ne1D
York City. McGrd1D-HiH Book
Co.
Just the fact that this book is
written by DR.. Wyman, horticulture
ist, the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard
University. makes it an outstanding
book in its field. Up until this time
little accurate information on the
subject of hedges. for instance, has
been compiled. Because the home
owner and even the renter longs to
have little spot of ground which
is away from the public gaze, 1t will
be of great value to each.
DR.. Wyman not only gives long
lists of plant material suited to
various situations and describes the
plants in some detail, but he also
tells how to plan a hedge, screen or
windbreak, how to plant them, and
then how to prune and care for
them in the years to come.
One of the particularly attrac-
tive and helpful phases of the book
is that while the author names the
commonly used plant material and
frankly says that they are good, he
suggests the use of many substitutes
equally fine and attractive but much
less common.
He writes, Small properties in
suburban districts are rapidly in
creasing in number. People are
living closer together, but at the
same time they are trying to MAIN
tain privacy in their small gardens.
Consequently, plans for hedging and
screening purposes are now in great
demand, and those discerning home
owners who select plants which are
less used will be able to create gar
dens and outdoor living rooms of
much more than ordinary inter-
est" w. H. Y.
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Perennials

If you lost ANIMALS and perennials
because of the lack of moisture In
May it is not too late to SOW the
seeds Of q few ANIMALS that will
flower in late summer and fall
.Calliopsis, nigella Qove-in-the-
'mist). cornflower, annual babys
breathe, marigolds, cape marigold
(Dimorphotheca) and orange flare
cosmos are all rapid growers and
flower in comparatively short
time.
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Good Practice

1t is good garden practice to pinch
out the tops of newly planted an
nuals-and established ones, too
because it induces branching, al
though delaying the first flowers
In the end there will be more flow
ers from stockier and more robust
appearing plants.
Evening star., 1939-07-01

usual belief that it is just a wall
cover, makes splendid ground
cover in shady situations, particu-
larly on the north side of buildings
where it is protected from the win
ter sun. Winter injury Is common
in this area where the ivy Is not
protected by evergreens or buildings.
Its rapid growing branches strike
root wherever the soil is moist and
so it is effective in holding the soil
on northern slopes.
Cover for Sunny
Large Banks.
In sunny locations. principally on
banks, one may need some kind of
ground cover and here the size of
the bank may be the determining
factor in selecting the plant mate
rial. On large slopes one may safe
ly use the Japanese honeysuckle
knowing that it spreads rapidly and
may become weed. The attractive
foliage, which is nearly evergreen
here, is covered In the spring by
fragrant flowers.
Roses are often used on sunny
banks as ground covers, but one
should be very careful in selecting
them to avoid those which are sus-
ceptible to mildew and blackspot.
Max Graf is widely used and so is
Wichuraiana Memorial Rose)
There are many others and all of
them produce one or more crops of
flowers, usually single, in the spring
For limited areas there are many
perennials that do very we'll and are
low growing. The tiny creeper mazus
is seldom grown but it does we'll in
moist shady places. such as under
the edges of evergreens. Thyme is
often mentioned 1t, too, likes a moist
soil. Germander (teucrium) is some
times used, as are the creeping We
ronicas, V. repens, v. rupestris, and
v. teucrium prostrata. European
mint (Nepeta mussinD often used
for low edging but also can be used
as cover for a small space. The
sedums. such as sarmentosum and
acre, make better ground covers than
rock garden plants since they spread
so rapidly. They, however, need a
fairly we'll drained soil and will not
thrive in heavy shade.
Ferns Must Not
Be Forgotten.
In passing we should not omit
mentioning the ferns as ground COW
ers for shady moist banks that we
find occasionally in this area. The
Christmas fern is one of the best
since 1t is practically evergreen
There are so many native ferns
which might well be used along
stream banks and in moist shady
corners that 1t seems useless to
mention ivy and spurge. The ferns
though. will not tolerate trampline
and thrive only in soils that are well
supplied with humus and moisture
Most of the ground covers men
toned above can be started from
seed or cuttings They will need care
until established. All are low grow
ing and adapted to this area, but
they cannot be had as cheaply as
grass. On the other hand, once
established, the cost Of upkeep is
much less than that of the average
lawn grass.
With all of these plants to choose
from, and there are others, it is pos
sible to avoid having bare spots in
the yard, except where the soil is
constantly trampled.
Evening star., 1939-07-01
Painted Daisy

Experienced gardeners have found
that dividing the clumps of painted
daisy Pyrethrum) is best done i'm
mediately following the Towering
period. Delay until fall usually re-
suits in loss of plants or poor flow
ers the following season.
Evening star., 1939-07-01
Young Plants

The period Immediately following
transplanting Is the most critical
for young and delicate plants. They
should be carefully watered and
kept shaded for a few days until
thoroughly established.
Evening star., 1939-07-01
BY EDITH M. HUSSEY.

Early July the roadde vacant lots other
will hnery for then the Cindea
of aceQueen Annes lace beautiful
could wish!
will gather armload of
for is
and disks flowers
scheme in mind for certain decoration
Evening star., 1939-07-01
BY MARGARET NOVEL;.

you have phlox garden it should
no TINS week TINS flower with its cluster
awkward arrange except compositions
close to the bloom and used fiat dh this
flowers looks IKE an individual bouquet and
work out ideas schemes
In the sketch above pink design
accented by the blue of
square nat dish With four triangular match
" uo and the linen palest shell
out with white phox and deep more
Evening star., 1939-07-01
Showing
Interest in
Gardening
New Organization
Bars Women From
Membership List

(ED. NOTE: We offer this Uith
no comment-one Way or the
other. We feel that the respon-
stbility is entirely Mr.. Days, and
the resultant storm should be
upon his head. Wen sit by and
cheer the 1UinnerS!)
Evening star., 1939-07-01
FARM AND GARDEN.

KILL YOUR CRAB GRASS NOW.
Crab grass will soon ruin many lawns.
You can easily kill it now before the seed
ripens. Send 1Oc for 12-pase reprint from
salesman will call.
WALTER s. LAPP. Dept. W. Lansdale, Pa.
Evening star., 1939-07-01

The English Ivy, contrary to thu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
BY the Associated Press.

LANSING, Mich, Nov. 11.-Gov.
Luren D. Dickinson appealed today
to AL mothers who smoke cigar
cites" to reduce their ordinary con-
sumption by half during the two
weeks following Thanksgiving and
donate the savings to charity.
Il am thinking that this alone
would take care of every INDECENT in
the localities (where the women
live) that should be taken care Of"
the Governor declared.
He explained that he was sug-
costing that mothers take the lead
and asking that children and hus-
bands follow their example.
But let us 60 further" the 30
year-old former temperance lee
turer urged in his weekly open let
ter to constituents, land ask that
during these two weeks fathers,
mothers and children indulging in
intoxicating liquors turn S per cent
over to this fund. Figure it out for
yourself and you would find that
this would take care Of all"
The Governor said an investiga-
ton Of the appeals for aid that pour
into the executive ONCE convinced
him few in any locality who were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
By SIR PHILIP CHRIS.

WITH BRITISH FORCES IN
FRANCE, Nov. 11.-Twenty- one
years ago this day I heard a bugle
blow the cease fire to a World War
in which millions of men had fallen.
This morning at II o'clock I stood on
hill In France and heard the last
post, and the reveille to French and
British dead on that road of blood.
Around us on that hill were the
graves Of French soldiers with their
stone crosses. They were the flower
of French youth who had been
mown down like grass.
But, not far away from the place
to which We journeyed today for this
armistice celebration, were British
cemeteries along many roadsides,
crowded with our own dead in long
straight ranks, thousands and thou
sands of them, in the close comrade-
ship of death as they fell hereabouts
in most bloody battle.
We stood remembering them in the
two minutes silence, made more
poignant by the thought that the
young soldiers who had come to do
them honor might have to face the
same ordeal in this new war which
lies ahead.
Old battle-ground Obliterated.
There was a cold mist around us
turning later to a colder rain. The
old backgrounds were obliterated
and one could see a few hundred
yards close to a French memorial
built on hill as on 50 many other
sites in France.
A company of light infantry
marched up with their quick short
steps, and their buglers who were
to play the call to the army of the
dead.
Some French gendarmeries took
up their places before the monu-
ment, and French priest arrived
in his black hat and cloak to in
tone a prayer or two.
Then came our commander in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
Commercial Federation
Planned for Americas

BY the Associated Press.
GUATEMALA, Nov. ll.-Nations
Of the Western Hemisphere, whose
trade problems have been drawn
closer by the European war, drafted
tonight preliminary steps toward q
projected commercial federation of
the Americas.
Delegates to the first Pan-Ameri-
can Conference of Treasury Repre-
sentatives of American Republics,
which opens Tuesday, said they
hoped such federation would be
formulated at their sessions here.
War has reduced world COM
merce, SO naturally we are going to
try to expand American commerce, :"
said the Argentine delegate, DR..
Hector Ghiraldo, minister to Guate-
mala. I'VE should move toward a
commercial federation of the Ameri-
cas- . one to expand and link
more tightly our commerce"
Delegates said the meeting would
consider reduction of tariffs, cur
rency Sterilization, exchange con-
troll and preferential trade agree
ments for the improvement of
shipping.
Preliminary meetings start to-
morrow.
The conference follows by two
months the meeting of 81 republics
in Panama in which a safety zone
for the Americas was agreed upon
and steps taken to further trade be-
tween the Americas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
Armistice Day
Continued From First Page.)

it did mean the ending of war to
end war" he said.
Two Others Speak.
Other speakers were Mrs. William
H. Corwith, national president of
the Legion Auxiliary, and William
T. Slattery, commander of the Dis
trict Department of the Legion.
At conclusion of the service in the
amphitheater, Commander Kelly, &C
companied by national and auxiliary
officers, guard of honor and Com
mander Slattery. placed memorial
wreath on the tomb.
On the Washington side of the
Potomac the 10Th Division Asso-
citation led a memorial observance
during the afternoon at the Me-
mortal to the Districts Dead in the
World War in West Potomac Park.
While the exercises were in prog
ress at Arlington. the American War
Mothers held their annual memorial
service on the east front of the
Capitol, led by Mrs. R. E. Ridenhour
of Concord, N. c.. national presi-
dent of the organization.
Never Again Their Hope.
Mrs. Ridenhour, in the principal
address, said: The American War
Mothers banded together while their
sons were still going across 81 years
ago to fight for the principles of
freedom. justice and democracy.
Our stand has always been for peace.
World peace. Our patriotism is like
our mother love, Unborn and perma-
nent. We have earnestly prayed
that never again would such a sacri-
flee Of our manhood be made"
In an address at the Armistice
Day services of the I'd Division
Association of A. E. F. veterans,
Admiral Stark declared yesterday
afternoon that lin the world of to-
day, only when diplomacy speaks
with the influence of adequate force
behind it, will its voice carry weight
and be effective. The greater the
force, the greater the effectiveness
and the less likely 1t is to be chal-
lenged.
only by clear-cut superiority
in force over any aggressor may we
feel reasonably secure from attack.
That is an oft-recurring lesson run
ming throughout history. To
defend our way of life and our way
of government, is the duty of every
citizen. To do less would be a be-
trayal Of our heritage"
Sacrifices Recalled.
Addressing an armistice program
last night at the Jewish Community
Center, Representative Charles A.
Plumley of Vermont declared:
I'VE do not celebrate this day to
exploit war or magnify the military,
but to remind US of the sacrifices
which the average man is willing to
make in order to guarantee to others
a continuance of the freedom and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
Benevolent War MeddIinq
Hit by Col. Roosevelt
" the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Nov. II. - Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, son of the late
President, warned today against
benevolent meddling" in European
wars.
In an Armistice Day address Col.
Roosevelt asserted that represent
alive democracy in the United
States was badly shaken" by the
World War, and added, Il do not
believe it could survive another"
Il trust no man, no matter how
able and honest he may be, with
the liberties of the American peo-
pie" he said. by the same token
trust no foreign nations with the
future of our country.
Il do not believe in wars of benev-
client meddling. They rarely, if ever,
attain their detectives, and they
cost dearly the country that en-
barks on them"
Declaring the American people
wanted no war, he asked, why
should we fly to the defense of Lon
don or Paris? Who in Europe would
fly to the defense of Cincinnati or
Chicago?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
Arn1istice Marked in France
Under Clouds of New War
Lord Gort and Duke Of Gloucester at Rites
Amid Crosses of French Dead

chief Of a new British army in
France with the Duke of Gloucester
and some stan officers.
In other places roundabout our
present lines other British and
French generals were waiting for
the same order of the day, which
was remembrance. .
Remembrance of what? Some of
us standing there felt a kind of
deafness of emotion even in this
great graveyard Of the last war.
How could we reconcile all that
sacrifice Of British and French man.
hood. all that agony. all that hero
ism with what has happened again
or may happen?
Menace Of Attack Beyond.
Beyond that mist was the grim
menace of a German attack, and
the beginning of more bloodshed,
and more slaughter. Had all these
men died in vain? Hardly that
perhaps. for they had saved Eng
land and France and given us 81
years more of life and hope and
dreams.
The commander in chief laid his
wreath of red poppies for our men
and blue cornf1owers for the French.
Gen. Lord Gort, V. c., wore no
overcoat, though the wetness was
cold about him.
The reveille rang out over a coun-
tryside once blasted by shellfire,
once made hellish by war in its
fiercest intensity, once Uttered with
dead bodies of youth.
Not far away there came family
the music of killed pipers playing
the lament Flowers of the Forest
Once I heard it near Delville Wood.
A French regiment was there with
its bugles and drums. In case of an
air raid men stood by their anti
aircraft guns, and machine gunners
were ready for action in their
trenches. 1t was the first celebration
OF Armistice Day in a war which
had hardly begun.
Copyright. 1899, BY McNaueht avndica ts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
Ship Clerk Strike
Ties Up Coast Traffic
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IL
Water-borne commerce stalled AL
most completely today as energetic
efforts by a Federal mediator failed
to bring any sign of immediate peace
IN the strike of $50 c. I. O. ship
clerks here.
mo progress" was the word on
another embattled front. the dispute
between the Marine Firemen's Union
and coastwise steam schooners.
With that strike in its fourth day,
20 lumber vessels were tied up here,
and II others in Los Angeles.
Mediator William Courts of the
Maritime Labor Board presented a
formula which he hoped would solve
the hotly disputed preferential
hiring" issue and leave three other
points, on which contract negotia-
lions stalled yesterday, for settle
ment by arbitration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
Denial Of Cigarettes by Women
For Charity Urged by Dickinson

in actual need were not already re-
ceiving help from some Official
source, in spite of the constant de-
mands for increased State grants
and appropriations.
Il am suggesting" he said, that
during the last week of November
and the first week of December we
place a searchlight on our own ac-
tivities and see where there is q
chance to cut into luxuries. What
movement 1t would start to take
care Of these people that are SO
needy while the rest Of us are vast
ing so much and demanding that
the State take care of them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-12
100000 Bequeathed
By Lit|e-Known
Widow for Art
Purchase Of Bronzes
For New York City
Museum Directed
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ELMIRA, N. Y, Nov. 11.-Becauso
she wanted Ito interest the public
in bronze art work." an East Cleve-
land Ohio widow, who died un.
known in a tourist home here, be-
Queathed the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art between $500, 900 and $500, 900.
The will of Mrs. Edith Perry
Chapman, SO, stipulated that her
name be inscribed on each bronze
statue purchased by the fund" for
the New York City institution.
Mrs. Chapman's estate was re-
vealed in Chemung County Surro-
gates Court yesterday in petition
for probate of the will.
The will directed that mot less
than 1000 be spent" on her burial
at East Cleveland, Ohio.
The widow of Henry Bardwel
Chapman, former Cleveland COM
mon pleas judge, she died of heart
disease here last September, leaving
note telling whom to notify in
event Of death. The body was un-
claimed several days because police
were unable to read the note.
Detective Clarence Davies said
the note, 80 old that it was hardly
readable" asked two things:
"A Mr.. Henderson, Washington
Cd. c. attorney, be notified, and
that the body wasn't to be
embalmed."
Detective Davies said a brother,
Howard e. Perry, Cumberland, Me-,
claimed the body.
Besides the brother, she is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Anna p.
Bailey, East Cleveland.
In Cleveland, Walter Bailey. .
nephew, said the family was un-
aware of her interest in art and ex-
pressed the opinion that the value
of her estate has been a little
exaggerated"