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inches tall. The long, curved
stamens and petals make this
flower very distinctive. 1t is free
bloomer and easily grown, and is
reasonably hardy if planted in a
sheltered location or with slight
winter protection.
Although four species of Stern
bergia are recognized by botanists,
only one, S. lutea, is commonly
grown and listed by plantsmen. 1t
produces from one to four yellow
crocus-like flowers about the time,
or shortly after, the Lycoris blos-
SONS. The leaves, which grow to
about 1 foot in length, appear with
the flowers. They thrive best in a
rather heavy soil in a somewhat dry,
sunny position where the bulbs will
be well ripened in summer. Plant
them s inches deep and give them
light mulch during the winter.
Colchicums Are
Stunning.
A group of half a dozen colchi-
Gums makes a stunning and never
to-be-forgotten display with their
immense crocus-like flowers that
appear in September and October.
AS the flower stems come up through
the bare ground, the leaves appear
ing in spring, they need the help
of some low-growing, not too dense
plants, like dwarf artemisias.
sedums. or Phlox subulata, to be
most effective. Ten or a dozen
species or varieties may be obtained
from plantsmen. They range in
color from white to rosy-purple, but
there is one ow-flowered, spring.
blooming species, Luteum, that is
not listed in the American trade.
Colchicums are most interesting
and charming plants of easy cul-
ture. The bulbs should be pro-
cured in early summer, if possible,
and planted in sunny, we'll
drained position. They also will
bloom in the house without either
soil or water and may be planted
out after Towering. The bulbs are
several inches long and should be
planted with the tip or inches
below the surface. They are most
effective in masses and should be
left undisturbed for several years.
They are easily raised from seeds
planted as soon as they ripen in
June or July. although it requires
from three to five years to reach
Towering size.
Colchicum autumnale has rosy
purple flowers and is a well-known
and the most commonly cultivated
species. There are numerous va
rieties of it, of which the best are
the white, the double white and
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are clustered into plumes from which
this perennial takes its name.
The elephant-ear (Colocasia), a
tender dubious plant, produces such
large snowy leaves that it was at
one time grown as foliage plant.
Today we seldom see it although it
still has its place under certain con-
ditions. The large light-green leaves
might be said to give a tropical
effect.
The summer cypress (Kochia)
has been widely planted for its
foliage. The bright green foliage
turns to a bronze-red after frost.
1t is easily grown and makes q green
hedge that may be trimmed to give
a formal appearance to the garden.
The seed of this annual may be
started indoors in early spring, or
sown out of doors after danger of
frost is past. They do best in a
rich soil that is we'll drained and
in full sun
The dusty miller (Senecio cin-
eraria) is growing tender per-
ennial that has long been grown and
used as bedding plant. The white
woolly leaves make it an effective
edging. The seed should be sown
very early indoors for summer use,
although if plants are carried over
winter indoors new crop may be
started from cuttings or by division.
The dusty miller will tolerate light
shade, and does best in fairly rich,
well-drained soil.
Other tender plants grown for
foliage effects might include the tall.
growing castor bean plant (Ricinus
communist, the crotons (Codiaeum)
a group of brightly colored foliage
plants that are more often found in
the greenhouse than in the garden,
and the caladiums. The latter are
dubious plants with large variegated
leaves of striking colors.
The ornamental grasses are Of
ten used for their foliage effects,
though some of them have distinc-
tive plumes.
This list might be extended to in
clude the various kinds of vines
and to the evergreens of various hues
and kinds of leaves which are grown
almost entirely for their foliage. The
above list is only intended as an
indication of the different types Of
material available and the gardener
should make selections according to
his or her specific needs.
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Unusual Bulbs Provide
Wealth Of Exquisite
Autumn Flowers
Hardy Varieties Are Plentiful
And Extremely Distinctive;
Mark Locations Plainly
BY EDWIN C. POWELL.

There no scarcity OF fall flowers in gardens where znnias
margoldS dahias chysanhemus
abundance they
not dispense with the usual flowers which
house and garden decoration Is the
attention add garden
number of hardy bulbs blossom during
we'll worth growing
earliest
bulbs is Lycos squamga known also Amais Hal
Resurrection lily.
IL feet long that
August September spring
ground by magic rapidly height
ubel of large and beautiful flowers inches
and to ten number delicate hapnk bulbs
planted after the foliage dies preferably in the fall to inches
below the surface.
relative radiata
also blooms before the appear
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Plant Hollyhock Seeds

Now is the time to plant holly
hook seeds. Collect them as soon
as they are ripe or buy new seed
Start them In plant bed or box
and as soon as seedlings are well
started place in three-inch pots
When cold weather comes put pots
in a cold frame until spring. then
transplant.
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Many Plants Are Grown Only for the Effect of Foag
Provide Sharp Contrast
Or Pleasing Harmony
In Perennial Border
Also Effective as Background
To Display Other Flowers
To Better Advantage
BY w. H. YOUNGMAN,

SO much emphasis put on Towering plants and shrubs that
gardeners overlook foliage which
effect OF their foliage alone One might they simply
added fs and that the Towering
This not quite for them
value Many people the Silver
time What
other foliage plants offers pleasing foliage
the perennials the border
Foliage plants have other values than contrasting
arc grown background off flowers
leaVed Cadlnls that
huge leaves boced
palms large fern and The
AS hedge helps to formal
Occasionally find foliage plants
AS
backgrounds
effective especially growing
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bird bath, or bird house is a good
way to encourage birds to nest in
your yard Put the nests, etc, out
of the reach of cats and snakes and
see to it that the children do not
disturb the eggs. Birds are the best
of bug catchers and we should do all
that we can to entice them into our
I gardens.
A group of Oriental poppy fans
recently got together and recon-
mended that the list of commercial
varieties be reduced to so. This is
equivalent to saying that there are
nearly 200 varieties on the market
now that are not worth keeping. The
elimination of this number should
simplify propagation, cataloguing
and the selection of varieties for the
garden. This same committee is
now taking steps to organize a ma
tional poppy society.
The dahlia borer is making its an
nual appearance in our gardens.
The best control is to spray or dust
the dahlia stalks (near the base)
with rotenone. Apply every week or
10 days for the next month.
To tell how we'll you have watered
the garden take trowel and dig
down until you can see how far
the water has penetrated. BY do
ing this two or three times and
noting how long the water was al
lowed to run it is possible to gauge
the effectiveness of your efforts
without digging hole each time.
During August, when we normally
have prolonged dry periods, it is es-
sential to keep all newly planted
trees and shrubs well watered. This
applies to spring paintings as well
as summer paintings. Once a week
is often enough to water but give
them thorough soaking each time.
A most satisfactory dwarf hedge
plant is the tough little perennial
herb, the germander (Teucrium
chamaedrys). 1t is harder than the
English box and is almost evergreen.
The leaves are small, dark and
glossy. If frozen back by winter
cold spells severe pruning will
soon restore its normal appearance.
Plant in the spring or fall. The
germander normally grows about a
foot high but by trimming it can
be kept to six or eight inches. It
is relatively free from disease and
insect pests, most important as
set. Set the plants rather close to-
gether in any good garden soil.
Japanese iris need digging and
dividing every three to five years but
not for the same reasons that we
divide the tall-bearded iris. The
strong-growing Japanese iris need
food and moisture. Lacking these,
the blooms are small. BY digging
and cutting the clumps into four
parts and resetting in soil into which
generous quantities of compost and
manure have been worked there is
little checking of bloom or growth.
This should be done as soon after
the Towering season as possible. Do
not divide the clumps into small di-
visions If you would have flowers
next season.
The recent dry weather has
favored the development of the
elm.lea beetle and these raveno,,S
little pests are riddling the leaves
of our elm trees. Spraying with
lead arsenate or rotenone will con-
troll them. Because of the extent
of their development this season it
may be wise to repeat this spray
next spring as the leaves unfold to
kill those beetles that survive the
winter.
Tie up the new shoots of climbing
roses before they are broken of by
strong winds. These new shoots are
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Slip Geraniurns

Slip geraniums in August. To
slip them successfully, cut a branch
to 6 inches long, carefully remove
the lower leaves and put in water,
having the water come half way up
the slip. Do not change the water,
but add just enough daily to keep
the water at same level. When roots
| appear plant IN earth.
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The Garden Notebook
Continue Sowing of Annuals
For Autumn Blooming

Vinca Myrtle other
choose call it, still
slow start appreciabe until
the second started sufficient
moisture makes growth
not like cultivation. A compost mulch is beneficial.
Continue the fall bloom
poppes Occasionally
pended upon.
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Tomatoes Do Well

A few tomato plants in the back
yard give a surprising yield with
little cost and work. A space Tx
IL feet, will supply an average fam
lily with fresh tomatoes every day
during the growing season and give
. good surplus for canning.
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Rose Troubles

If the top Of the ground in which
rosebushes are grown is just moist
ened, the roots will be coaxed to the
surface, when they should be kept
down in the earth. It is important
that they should be thoroughly
watered.
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Aphids and thrips have been un-
usually bad of late. Perhaps the
red spiders are bad, although we
have not had many reports. The
lack of hard showers which nor
mally help to keep them under con-
troll is the reason for the above
normal damage. The gardener
should keep up his spraying pro-
gram as they sap the plants growth
and spread disease. Nicotine sui
phate and rotenone are the most
effective controls.
We have had several weeks of
bloom on the white phlox, Miss Lin
gard. This is one of the best va
rieties that we grow in this vicinity
and is one of the very few that are
not seriously bothered by mildew
and rust. Miss Lingaard comes
into flower earlier than most Of
the garden varieties.
Remove the seed heads of the
hardy perennial phlox as they pass
the peak of their bloom, and a
longer Towering season will be had.
Also, it is we'll to prevent seedlings
from this flower as they are very
seldom worth having. They (the
seedlings) often revert to the old
magenta type and are the cause of
many gardeners saying that phlox
revert after a year or so. The seed
lings crowd out the parents.
If you wish to grow phlox it is
desirable to enrich the soil with
well-rotted COW manure and to add
lime. Set the plants far enough
apartment to insure air circulation.
Partial shade, especially protection
from the midday and afternoon sun
is beneficial
We often have considerable diff
Guilty in our summer seed beds with
crab grass, especially those beds
in which we are trying to start
perennials. BY using a two-inch
layer of Florida Chumus) this trouble
may be overcome. termination is
much better in the peat than in an
ordinary soil.
Rex Pearce. a well-knoWn seeds
man, writes in a rather different
tone from that usually heard. He
recommends that we grow our ma
tive penstemons in preference to
the imported or to the Western
species. Our native Eastern pen
stemon is not only an attractive
plant but does much better here
than its cousins who come from a
distance.
In a test conducted at the Cornell
Experimental Rose Gardens Qthaca,
New York;, peat moss was incor-
porated in the soil in various pro-
portions. After two years the bed
with so per cent peat was still
producing unusually fine growth. The
scientist in charge stated that the
German peat was superior to all
other forms of humus. This is un-
fortunate, for the home gardener
can no longer buy German peat at
any price. However, all of the
beds which had had additions of
humus were superior to the check
plots.
If the home gardener will 60 af-
ter his poison ivy with sodium chlor-
ate he will be more likely to kill
it out. The objection to digging is
that every piece of root left be-
hind makes new plant. Sodium
chlorate applied as a liquid or as
a dust when there is dew on the
leaves will kill the entire ivy plant
(or any other plant). One appn-
cation is usually SUFFICIENT to kill all
except the larger plants. Use the
sodium chlorate with care. Keep
fire away from treated plants or
clothing which has had the spray
spilled on It.
Providing bird feeding station,
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Deep Setting Bad

Deep planting is a common mis-
take when setting out peonies and
is often responsible for their fail
ure to bloom. They should be planted
in well-drained soil in September.
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Lawn Drainage

Poor drainage rather than poor
soil Is responsible for poor lawns.
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Dahlia Hint
II the upper leaves Of your dah,,a
plants are vilted. look for borers.
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H0u's Your Garden Etiquette?

ut suggested that the gardener Who, in her
ments, is nurtnrng small garden, eaUe these hints
conspicuous place ere husbands relations negbors house
guests and others cannot fail to then.)
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Tie up the new shoots of climbing
roses before they are broken of by
strong winds. These new shoots are
tender and easily broken.
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Providing . bird feeding station,
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CHRIST LUTHERAN

(b1ISSOURI SYNOD)
18th and Callatin SITS. NV.
9:45 Sunday School.
1920 am.-Holy Communion.
ll:00 a.m-Epiphany Sermon on "The
Modern Wise Men"
600 q. p.m.-Walthag League.
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ing achievement of Secretary o.
State Hull.

ing achievement Of Secretary Of
State Hull.
In some quarters it was suggested
that the Presidents acquiescence in
the Harrison budget and tax inquiry
plan might also have the effect of
Strengthening the administrations
hand in bringing about an extension
of the Trade Agreement Act.
Action to Be Advisory.
The Harrison resolution calls for
the appointment of special joint
committee of "a to investigate the
budget and taxes, 6 from each of the
Senate and House Appropriations
Committee and 6 from the House
Ways and Means Committee and
from the Senate Finance Committee
THE committee will act in an
advisory capacity" Senator Harri-
son said. Its recommendations
may not be accepted. But at least
the committee will have an oppor-
tunity to examine both the spend
ing and revenue raising plans of
the Government at the same time.
No such study has been made in the
past"
The Mississippi Senator, alluding
to Senator Vandenberg's recent re-
mark that the original Jackson
Day dinner" was held in 1885 to
celebrate the wiping out of the ma
tional debt, said that if his plan
were followed now, it might result
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Congress
Continued From First Page.)

the life of the Reciprocal Trade
Agreement Act for three years from
next June.
He plans to begin hearings Thurs
day on the extension of the Trade
Agreements Act and to get through
with them at the earliest possible
time.
Anti-Lynching Bill in House.
The House itself will tackle to-
morrow another controversial mat
ter. the anti-lynching bill. The bill
will be called up under the proposal
to discharge the committee from
further consideration of the meas
ure, signed by the necessary ma
jority of the House.
If the motion to discharge carries,
as is expected, there will be six
hours general debate, and then the
measure will be taken up for amend
ment. 1t was freely predicted that
it will pass the House. Then it will
60 to the Senate, where similar
measures have been killed a num-
Der of times by determined filibus-
ters on the part of Southern Sena-
tors.
Republicans in the House and Sem
ate have expressed their approval
of the Harrison plan for a joint
congressional investigation of the
budget. They have added to the
proposal plan of their own to in
vestigate especially the proposed ap-
preparations for national defense
which the President has said will
require the levying of additional
taxes.
To Fight Trade Pact Extension.
But the extension Of the Trade
Agreements Act Is quite a different
matter to the Republicans in both
House and Senate. They are against
it and they intend to fight, both in
the Ways and Means Committee and
in the House and later still in the
Finance Committee and the Senate
itself. Furthermore, they hope to
have the aid of Democratic House
and Senate members from the agri-
cultural and cattle and mining
| States.
Senator Harrison has lined him.
self up in support of the Trade
Agreements Act extension, which he
also discussed with the President
yesterday. The President said in
his message to Congress that the
principle of the trade agreements
would be extremely helpful in max
ing a permanent peace. In this,
Senator Harrison heartily concurs.
The President has set himself
squarely back of the Trade Agree
ments Act extension, an outstand-
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$500, 900 Estate Left
By Charles J. Walker

Charles j. Walker, real estate op-
orator and builder. who died De-
cember %, left an estate valued In
excess of 100000, according to his
will, filed for probate yesterday at
District court.
Mr.. Walker left real estate worth
$4,000 and personal property, in
cluding $240,00O in notes, estimated
at $257 900.
His will specified that trust
fund be established, with his widow,
Mrs. Mary F. Walker, Kenesaw
Apartments, to receive $500 a month;
his son, Karl F. Walker, $500 q.
month, and two sisters, Eta M. and
Elinor G. Walker, each $35 month.
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Trade Pucts
Continued From First Page.)

Monday when Chairman Doughton
of the House Ways and Means Com
mittee will introduce resolution
for a three-year extension of the
act.
Mr.. Doughton's committee will be-
gin public hearings on the resolu-
ton Thursday, and Secretary Hull
is expected to be the first witness.
The joint Republican statement
was signed by Representatives
Knutson of Minnesota. Woodruff of
Michigan, Reece of Tennessee, Hope
of Kansas, Andersen of Minnesota.
johnson of Indiana, Carlson of
Kansas, Hoffman of Michigan, An
derson of California, Brown of
Ohio, Jensen of Iowa, Winter of
Kansas, Horton of Wyoming. Reed
of New York, Michener of Michi-
gan, Jenkins of Ohio, Culkin of
New York, Mott of oregon, Halleck
of Indiana, Crawford of Michigan,
Case Of South Dakota, ,Clevenger
of Ohio, Dworshak of Idaho, Mundt
of South Dakota and Thill of Wis
conSin.
While the State department with
held any comment on the break
down of the Argentine negotiations,
it was understood that they had
failed because of conditions result
ing from the European war and
because Argentina was not satisfied
with concessions offered by the
United States.
On Capitol Hill it was believed
the development had enhanced the
administrations chances of getting
the Trade Act extended.
Meat and agricultural products
were included in the proposed Ar
gentine pact and failure of the ne
gotiations-together with the now
expected failure of similar negotia-
tions with Uruguay involving similar
products-may cause some Western
Senators and Representatives to
change their vote in a contest which
is admittedly close.
In it's review of Canadian -Ameri-
can trade, the State Department
said that in 1888 Canadian imports
(under the pact) from the United
States amounted to $424 900, 900,
greater by Sis 10000 than in 1885,
before the pact was negotiated.
In contrast to the general decline
in Canadian imports in 1898, the
State Department reported, there
was considerable increase in Ca
madam imports of American nuts,
onions, tomatoes, wheat and other
grains, bacon, hams, boots, shoes,
printed matter, farm implements
and machinery and gasoline, on
which Canada had granted tariff
reductions.
United States imports from Can
ada averaged 1913 per cent greater
under the pact than in the year be-
fore the agreement was concluded.
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Rood Decision Appealed

WINCHESTER, Va, Jan. 6 (Spe-
ciaD. - Attorneys representing
Clarke County property owners said
today an appeal is being taken to
the State Supreme Court from the
decision of Judge Philip Williams
in Circuit Court, giving the State
Highway Commission authority to
relocate 8 miles of Route so in that
county. The new plan would cause
the road to skirt the villages of
Millwood and Boyce and cut a new
road through properties of certain
residents.
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laymen's Retreat League
Plans Annual Banquet

Plans are nearing completion for ;.
the 11th annual banquet Of tho
Washington Section Of the League !
of Laymen's Retreats, to be held IN
honor Of the Most Rev. Michael ].
Curley, Archbishop Of Baltimore and
Washington, on the evening OF Janu-
ary IS in the Willard Hotel.
Thomas F. Murphy is chairman
Of the general committee for the
banquet and William J. Neale chair.
man in charge of invitations. Rosa
F. Downing is in charge Of arranging
for speakers.
Walter I. Plant, past state deputy
of the local Knights OF Columbus,
will be toastmaster, and George
OConnor is in charge Of entertain
ment.
Other committee chairmen are
George E. Case, reception; Carmthe
Garofalo, seating; John J. Keegan.
decorations; Earl P. Ready, tickets;
Harry P. Somerville, hotel arrange
.ments, and j. Fred Brady, publicity.
Besides Mr.. Murphy, officers Of the
general committee are John G. Cart
land, vice chairman; G. Philip Wer-
ner, secretary, and James B. Flynn.
treasurer.
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Weather
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below zero in Indiana, 1t spread over
Kentucky.
Owensboro froze in a tempera-
ture of IL below zero and at Louis
vile the mercury dropped to
minus l..
The cold nodded the first ice
bridge of the season at Niagara
Falls. At Kane, Pa, the "ice box"
of the State, it was 9 below zero
and winter sports enthusiasts were
out with skis and toboggans.
Freezing weather extended nearly
to the gulf, with temperatures re-
ported as low as . above at Nash
vile, 18 above at Birmingham, 26
above at Macon, Ca, and SO at
Pensacola.
Deaths attributed to the cold in
the last two days rose to eight
three in West Virginia, two in Ne
braska and one each in Illinois, In
diana and Kentucky.
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Ortiz Regrets Breakdown
OF NEGOTIATIONS

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 6. R).-
President Roberto M. Ortiz declared
today that negotiations for an Ar
gentine-United States trade treaty
had come to a dead end because of
insufficient information and in
complete understanding"
He said he felt President Roose-
velt would favor resumption of the
negotiations in the near future and
added that "for my part, I fully
desire it."
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aged ITO miles an hour. H. B. Ben
der of Toledo was second, Russell
Hay Of Pittsburgh third and Will
liam Coddington Of Charlotte, N. c..
last.
Jack Snodgrass of Waterloo, Iowa
won small plane 10-mile race fol-
craft of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT displacement
or under, which was one of a series
OF qualifying trials for the $500
Firestone Trophy race tomorrow
He was clocked at 104 miles an hour
Carnahan was second and Altar
Jones of Cincinnati last.
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in a balanced budget in two or three
years. That, he said, would be a
great accomplishment, although it
would not be possible to pay of the
national debt.