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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Wintering
Oriental
Poppies
Light Airy Piles of
Brush or Straw
Are Beneficial

Young plants of oriental peoples
created through division some time
earlier are now well established.
Some leaves may appear above the
ground. Even if they do not, there
is no reason to believe that the roots
are dead. Unfortunately, the plants
handle so poodly that it is not
practical to lift them to see if roots
have started. Better take it on
faith that they are growing and
let them alone.
While they are perfectly hardy in
most sections Of the country, some
of the gardeners in the extreme
North find even established plants
are sometimes lost over winter.
This is not caused by any tenderness
on the plants part but rather as
result of alternate freezing and
thawing of the ground which, If not
controlled, actually sewers the heavy
tan roots. This is especially no.
ticeable in those plants which have
made good feeding roots and are
firmly anchored in the ground
Light, airy piles of brush, straw
or similar easy-to-obtain material
is generally sufficient protection.
If any doubts persist in your mind
as to the efficiency of this type ma
terial, you will do no harm by
mounding earth six to eight inches
deep over each poppy. Next spring,
before the plants start into growth,
the covering should be removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19

For Roses
Use Soil, Manure
AndLeaVes tOHill
Around the Plants
By EDWIN H. PERKINS.

Wherever zero temperatures are
common it is necessary to protect
bedding roses. The protection
should be against cold and wet
ness.
What is the best protective ma
terial? That question can be de-
cided by imagination and the avail
ability of suitable materials. For
best rose protection, the material
should shelter the roses against con-
tinuous dampness and drying winds,
at the same time shading them from
hot sunshine that is likely to thaw
the frozen tissues far too quickly
for the plants safety.
A commonly used and thoroughly
satisfactory material is soil When
the soil is mixed with manure and
leaves, in equal proportions, the
protective quality is much increased.
After filling in all spaces with leaves,
hill the mixture around the rose
plants to a height of 8 or more
inches. If more protection seems
needed, the rest of the exposed tops
can be covered with evergreen
boughs, salt hay or any other light.
inexpensive material to keep of the
sun and rain.
While It is unlikely that the tops
will be entirely destroyed by freez-
ing, there may be some damage.
However, it is almost certain they
will not be killed to a level lower
than the hilled-up earth. If cut
to this height next spring, the
bushes will renew themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19

in America. They have been scored
by qualified judges and found worthy
of general recommendation. 1t
would not be mistake to buy such
roses, for while there may be a
lemon" in the lot, it is not nearly
as likely as if one selects the same
number of roses from more limited
observations.
Weeds, black spot, mildew and in
sects take advantage of the beauti-
full fall weather as well as the roses
themselves. therefore it is necessary
to carry on with the regular, or
otherwise, spraying and busting pro-
gram as long as growth is active.
Weeds should not be tolerated in
the fall, especially not the kind
which may set crop of seed for
next years weed supply If chick
weed is allowed to grow through the
winter it means real work next
spring before it can be eradicated;
get at 1t now.
If black spot is present, all fallen
leaves should be removed weekly to
reduce infection; it is still better to
pick the infected leaves off the
plants when it is feasible to do so.
There is no better time than Oc-
tober TO prepare new beds. and it
always pays to do this as well as pos
sible. Dig out the top soil and put
to one side of the bed Work into
the subsoil, mixing thoroughly, at
least one-fourth its bulk of old
manure. peat or well-rotted COM
post, together with generous sup
ply Of bone meal, ! pound per cubic
yard is not too much; then replace
the top soil, which can be mixed
with bone meal and old manure
also, if it is of poor quality. Allow
the bed to settle for several weeks
before planting.
Fall is good time to plant roses,
but it can be done too early. Gen.
orally speaking, the temperature
should have been below the freezing
point at least once before the job
is undertaken. In most seasons
that will delay the operation till
sometime in November, but Decem-
Der is not too late for successful
fall planting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Garden Clubs
Active
Fall Flower Show
To Be Held Oct. 26
In Arlington
BY BETSY CASWELL.

Plans are being made by the
Neighborhood Garden Club for a
fall flower show, to be held Satur-
day. october Is in the auditorium
of the Washington and Lee High
School, 4035 Thirteenth street North,
Arlington. This year classes in this
annual show will feature roses,
chrySanthemums and dahlias, with
special classes for artistic arrange
mentS. including one for chrysan-
themums and autumn leaves. DR..
Roy Magruder will judge the speci-
men classes, with Mrs. Mary D.
Porter and Mrs. M. C. Kissinger
judging the arrangement division.
Mrs. Fulton Lewis is Offering a
beautiful bowl as the sweepstakes
award
The October meeting of the Little
Garden Club of Sandy Spring was
held at ErcildoWn, the home of Mrs.
Allan FarQuhar. Officers for the
coming two years were elected at
this meeting, and include Mrs. Doug
las Whitlock, president; Mrs. P.
Garland Lyon, vice president. Mrs
Tarlton Brooke, corresponding sec
retary-treasurer. and Mrs. M. O..
Stabler, recording secretary.
Delegates chosen to attend the
Maryland Federation of Garden
Clubs, to be held in Baltimore on
November II, are Mrs. Douglas
Whitlock; alternate, Mrs. Mahlon
Kirk, "; director, Mrs. Thomas
Hyde, w, and delegate, Mrs. Will
liam John Thomas.
GA1THERSBURG, Oct. 18-Miss
Edith Barnett, member of the
Gaithersburg High School faculty,
was the guest speaker at the October
meeting of the Neighborhood Garden
Club, held on Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Marshall Walker. Mrs.
Clyde Thomas, Mrs. Merle Jacobs
and Mrs. Walter C. Byrne assisted
the hostess.
Miss Barnett told of her recent
trip through the countries Of Gen.
trail and South America, illustrating
her talk with slides. Her experiences
were many and varied and proved
most interesting to her hearers.
Mrs. Lawson King, chairman of
the Civic Committee, reported on the
Junior Garden Show held last week,
where los entries were exhibited
Reports were also made on the sales
of cut flowers at the Bethesda Mar
ket during the summer months.
During the business meeting, at
which the president, Mrs. Lewis
Reed, presided. the club recommend
ed the same slate of officers for the
coming year, to be voted upon at the
November meeting, which will be
held on the third Tuesday of the
month. with Mrs. Bates Etchison,
Mrs. Alfred Christie and Mrs. w. D.
Robertson acting as joint hostesses.
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put into coffee can with a tight
lid and the mixture of poison and
soda shaken until thoroughly cov-
cred
The poisoned bait should be
placed in covered places, such as
under a board, inside of tile or
IN specially constructed feeder
where the mice can get to it. but
which is inaccessible to pets, birds
or children. Drop couple of pieces
IN the runWayS and tunnels.
Following the use of poison bait
or traps. the gardener can further
protect his trees and shrubs by de-
laying the application of mulching
material until after the ground is
frozen. Even then it is well to
leave a bare strip next to the tree
trunks. Dead grass and leaves
should be removed from around
such plants as further means of
protection.
Mole Control
Difficult.
The control of moles is much
more difficult than that of mice.
Their habit of avoiding foreign
materials makes poisoning seldom
effective. They will abandon a tun-
mel in which offensive materials
have been placed. Casing has
proved effective on several occa-
sionS-the exhaust from the family
car being turned into the tunnels
through rubber hose. If the soil
is light, however, or the mice have
made numerous openings into their
tunnels the gas may not reach the
moles. Cynanide gas is frequently
recommended, although it is a
deadly poison and will kill plants
as well as animals. Carbon bsul-
phide is safer and fully as effective
Repellants of ore kind or another
are often used. Lve. paradichloro-
benzene and naphthalene may be
used to drive them away tempo
rarily. A number Of commercial
products are available that give SIM
liar results. After an application
the moles move out and We feel
that the battle is Won-only they
come back next season.
According to the Bureau of Bio
logical Survey. the most effective
control is trapping Several kinds
of traps are on the market and.
while we think only of the harpoon
type, the others are reported to be
more effective However, few. if
any, Of our local merchants stock
the choker types (claw, choker-loop
diamond and scissors jaw.
In trapping moles it is important
to locate main runway and this
can be done by flattening the ridges
ard noting which are rebuilt the
next morning. Having located sucn
a runway, carefully place the trap in
position. Directions accompanying
the trap or a bulletin from the
Department of Agriculture will give
all of the necessary instructions rela-
tive to the handling of traps.
Under certain circumstances one
may be justified in building wall
or surrounding especially choice
bulbs or plants with a rust-resisting
wire screen. These forms of pro-
lection are expensive and ordinarily
they should extend to a depth of at
least 18 inches and "a inches is
better if the moles are going to be
kept out.
Quarterback mesh hardware cloth
may be used in place of concrete
or rock walls. Such screen may
lection against squirrels rather eff
fectively. especially where the beds
are small in area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Trees and Other PAINTINGS
That Are Not Watched Are
Also Subject to Attack
Pine Mice Responsible for
Much of the Destruction
In Perennial Borders
BY w. H. YOUNGMAN.

Do have ouregged animals your garden pests
moes and the mice that make themselves
considerable
damage.
Moes themselves destructive
However,
break of and otherwise nure plants and bulbs Mos
Towering bulbs,
breaking them and
Much through the mole tunnels
In
of unless
and consequently really destructive
local
their
and moles all
bulbs Tulips
while dafods
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Mice and oes May Do Untold Damage Gardens Natazd Bulbs
Autumn in the Rose Garden
Excellent Time to Weigh
Plants Relative Merits
Unsatisfactory Specimens
Must Make Way for New
And Tested Varieties

frost holds off early November the
quantity flowers diminished proportion
quality individual bloom increased
intensity Of color and its ability to last
1t therefore desirable to spend much time possible udynG
varieties thoroughly
And while enjoying the splendid flowers might be well to
decide
beguing varieties
nursery fields others been observed finally catalogues
highly coored pictures
coorful descriptions make believe that without
complete
nothing
unsatisfactory in the small
Selections be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19

iiUIc SuDJtIb W HiiCC IIIJulS tlldll
are the common shade trees. Young
trees seem to be preferred to older
trees. although records show trees
Of great size to have been killed.
Perennial plants are not often di-
rectly injured. Mole tunnels under
them. which expose their roots to
air or push them out of the ground,
while burroWing in search of food,
are the most common forms of in
jury, and thus any of our plants
may be injured or destroyed. Seed
beds and cold frames are occasional
ly bothered by moles and mice,
although the latter by eating the
seeds are the most aggravating.
Mice Do Damage
In Winter.
Ordinarily we think of mice in
jury in the spring. That is the time
when their damage is most evident.
However. they do their dirty work
largely in the winter, especially the
girdling Of trees and shrubs. MoleS
are relatively inactive in the WIN
ter as they then operate below the
levels of our bulbs and plants.
If the family cat is unable to keep
mice under control. the home gar
dener should take necessary precau-
tons. Mice will, in severe winters,
girdle and kill large trees. Where
possible, traps and poisoned bait
should be used for their control.
Poisoned grain placed in sheltered
spots will effectively control them.
Poisoned sweet potato cubes are
good, as are diced apples and car
rots. The bait is cut into half-inch
cubes that are carefully busted with
a mixture of one-eighth ounce each
Of powered strychnine and baking
soda. The diced vegetables may be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
The Garden Notebook
It Will Soon Be Time to Sow
Seeds of Hardy Annals

ordering so that you will be sure to
get the right kind and variety for
your particular needs. like hedges
that do not need frequent cutting,
hence a dwarf plant is better than
a tall growing kind that will need
frequent trimming. So it is with
shrubs-select those kinds that fit
your needs and Go not require con-
slant care.
If you wish to add any of the
native ferns to your garden dig
them before the frost kills the
foliage and makes it difficult or i'm
possible to identify them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Burn Dead Branches

Diseased and dead branches OF
ornamental trees and shrubs and
heavily spotted canes of raspberry
should be pruned out and burned up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Tulip Planting

When planting tulip bulbs it is
important to dig hole which is as
wide at the top as at the bottom, so
that bulbs will not remain hung
halfway down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Keep Trees Moist

Do not keep Jerusalem cherry
trees in a dry atmosphere. They
should be kept wet. When fruit
falls from the plants, save seeds
and plant next February.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Save the Leaves

Don't burn your leaves. Pile them
up to decay and you will have humus
or decayed vegetable matter for the
lawn or garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Care of Lawn

Rake all crab grass and weeds out
of your lawn now, and put in some
new seed about a pound to a space
10 by IS feet. Apply fertilizer now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19
Winter Hint

Don't let any cabbage stumps re-
main over winter. They harbor
pests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-19

This destruction of a fine Madonna lily bulb is
typical of the havoc that may be u,rought by mice
,vhen they allou'ed unchecked access to plant
irss Eradication of the pests zviH SAFE many fine
plant from such a fate. Sta
The Key West citizen., 1940-04-27
Won RIBBENTROP
REPORT SCORED:
FACTS IGNORED
NO MENTION MADE OF DAN
ISH INVASION: BRITISH
PROVE NORWAY MOVE BE-
GAN BY NAZIS

LONDON, April 27.-Foreign
Minister Won Ribbentrop today
made good on his announcement
released yesterday that an i'm
portant statement would be
made, when he called in mem
bers of all press agencies in Ber-
lin to address them on the sub
Ject of reasons for the Norwegian
invasion.
Won Ribbentrop stated that
Norway had connIved with the
Allies in the first instance and
had allowed British troops to land
within its borders days before
the Nazis decided to move in
protection of their rights.
Continuing, the foreign minis
ter of the Nazi regime stated that
no German ships sailed for Nor
way until April 9Th and not until
then did the Germans prepare
their expeditionary forces.
British statesmen commented
on the 'face-saving" report as an
original Interpretation of world
history, and proceeded to point
out several discrepancies in the
statements made by Won Ribben-
trop.
In the first place, officials stat
ed that the British Destroyer
Glow Worm reported sighting a
large German naval transport
force on the evening of April 9th
off Narvik, approximately 1000
miles from any German port. To
arrive at that point on that day,
the ships would have had to sail
from Germany many days before
The date named by Won Ribben-
trap.
Further, the British officials
noted the German foreign min
istcr made no mention of the COM
plete invasion of Denmark nor
did he explain the reasons why
that move was made. The Allies
could not have planned invasion
of that country, British officials
pointed out.
The Key West citizen., 1940-04-27
MEMORIAL DAY
TRIBUTES PAID
BY UDC GROUP
GRAVES OF CIVIL WAR VET
ERANS AND OTHERS DEC
GRATED WITH FLOWERS
YESTERDAY

In observance of Confederate
Memorial Day, members of the
Stephen r. Mallory Chapter,
United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, led & delegation of
Key West citizens yesterday in
decorating graves of Confederate
veterans of the Civil War.
Floral wreaths and sprays
were laid on several graves. In
cluded in the memorial gesture
were those to veterans of the
Maine disaster with decorations
laid on the graves surrounding
the Maine memorial in the local
cemetery. Wreathes were also
placed on the Cuban monument
in the cemetery and at the foot
of the Veterans monument in
Bayview Park.
Members of the chapter who
participated in the Memorial
Day tribute were:
Mesdames Stephen w. Doug
lass, John w. Hattrick, Charles
Roberts, Emil Sweeting, Rutledge
Curry, w. E. Huston and Ross
c. Sawyer.
The Key West citizen., 1940-04-27

Four national forests are To-
Gated in Florida. They are Ocala,
Osceola, Choctawhatchee and
Apalachicola.
The Box Singing Tower at
Lake Wales is one of Florida's S
greatest tourist attractions. Caril-
Ion recitals are given from mid
December to mid-April every
year. Plans are also being made
to have summer recitals for
benefit of the increasing number
of summer visitors to the state.
The State Flower of Florida is
the orange blossom.
''Pole-Vaulting Fish" are one OF
the unique features of Wakulls
Springs in the northwestern por-
ton of Florida.
Marine Studios at Marineland
have the worlds only ocean
ariums" where many species oi
fish all live in one huge con-
tainer even as they do lin the
open sea.
The first air conditioning in
the world was done by DR.. John
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen., 1940-04-27
RITES TOMORROW
FOR c. KNOWLES
DIED YESTERDAY AT HOS
PITAL: 6S YEARS
OLD

Funeral services for Chris
topher Sonny" Knowles, 68,
who died yesterday in the Ma
rine Hospital, will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 4 clock
from the First Congregational
Church, where the body will be
placed at 2 o'clock. Rev. Jim
Lilly, of Fleming Street Mctho-
dist Church, will officiate.
Pritchard's Funeral Home will
be in charge of arrangements.
The deceased was a member OF
the Knights of Pythias, the Odd
Fellows and the Carpenter
Union. Pallbearers will be Sc
lected from the membership of
these organizations.
Survivors are the wife, Mrs.
Lillian Knowles; one daughter,
Miss Marie Knowles; one son,
William Knowles; three brothers,
Robert, Albert and William
Knowles, and one sister, Mrs. w.
r. Allen of Nassau, Bahamas.
The Key West citizen., 1940-04-27
M'NUTT PRAISES
SPLENDID FIGHT
CALLS ATTENTION TO NEED
OF SUPPORT IN CANCER
CONTROL DRIVE

According TO press releases,
the WORK OF the WomenS Field
Army Is receiving the whole
heaILed support OF leading fig
ures IN the national scene. Tne
most recent to commend the
work OF the Army is Paul V. Nc
Mutt, Administrator of the new
Federal Security Agency, whose
statement follows:
In the conquest of disease,
success Is being achieved with
increasing frequency, not only
because more powerful scientific
weapons are being forged but
because better use is being made
of them.
Notwithstanding the relent-
less warfare that is being Waged
against cancer, another of man
kinds most ruthless enemies,
forty thousand preventable
deaths is the annual toll which
men and women of the United
States continue to pay because
the elementary facts of preven-
tiOn and cure of cancer have not
been generally accepted and ap-
piled. knowledge is the best
weapon with which to combat
cancer, and the Women's Field
Army is making splendid fight
in putting the disease to rout".
Everyone in Key West is now
being given an opportunity to
help in the fight against this
scourge which annually takes its
enormous toll of life in the
United States. Join the local di-
vision of the Field Army and do
your bit to help the cause. Not
one of US can/say when or where
this dreaded enemy to health will
strike. The membership is only
one dollar, and more than half of
the dollar is retained in Florida
to assist in the warfare against
cancer in our state.
The Key West citizen., 1940-04-27
FOUR DESTROYERS
DUE HERE TODAY
COMING FROM OVERHAUL.
DUTY AT NEW YORK
CITY PORT

Four United States destroyers,
which are attached to the neu-
trality patrol assigned at Key
West, are expected to return to-
day from New York to which
port they had gone three weeks
ago for overhaul and repairs at
the navy yard
The vessels are the DestroyerS
Aaron Ward, CroWninshield,
Buchanan and Hale They are
four of the vessels belonging to
the 13 which comprise the patrol
working out of this port, com
manded by Captain A. S. Carpen-
der of the DESTROYER Lea.
Three Of the vessels which be-
long to the patrol have not as yet
come to this port but are at San
Diego, Calf.
The Key West citizen., 1940-04-27

council, the county commission,
Mayor Willard M. Albury and
other officials, was the adoption
of resolution requesting
Robineau to go as quickly as pos
sible to Washington to contact
attorneys for the RFC to answer
any further questions they may
raise regarding the legal rights of
the aqueduct commission.
1t was indicated that the aque-
duct commission might later
initiate a test case before the
state supreme court to determine
the authority of the commission
under the act creating it, if the
RFC attorneys still question the
boards right to issue negotiable
bonds securing a loan of $1,000,-
900.
When the meeting was called
by Chamber of Commerce Off
cials it had been planned to take
some action supporting the pro-
posal of Congressman Pat Can
non to have the navy department
finance and construct water
supply system to Key West from
the mainland.
Several of the public and civic
officials feared that if Congress-
imam Cannon's proposal was not
supported now it would be too
late, later if the RFC, as reported
in some dispatches, proposed to
turn down the appreciation of the
aqueduct commission for loan.
After Chairman Doughtry read
Robineau's opinion contending
the commission had right to is
sue the required bonds, the
gathering decided to await fur
ther action by RFC. 1t was felt
by some present that any other
action by the public and civic of
ficials here at this time might
jeopardize the aqueduct commits
sion's application before the
RFC.
The Key West citizen., 1940-04-27
WATCH YOUR COAT
my Associated PresSp

VIENNA, April 27.-Take good
care of your clothing and soap
rationing cards as otherwise you
will have to get along without
them, says new order issued
by the authorities of Vienna.
Ever increasing reports from
citizens claiming to have lost
their rationing cards have in
duced authorities to issue strict
orders. effective Immediately,
that no substitute cards be grant
ed for clothing or soap cards re-
ported lost.
Whereas food rationing cards
are always issued for four weeks,
clothing and soap cards are valid
for a whole year. The loss of
these, therefore. is a severe blow
as neither textiles nor soap can
be bought in Germany without
them.