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Evening star., 1940-04-16
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. April 16.-The ex-
plosion of rubber container Of gas
which had been used to anesthetize
her for an operation yesterday killed
Mrs. Duncan D. Sutphen, jr., 80, Of
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.
DR.. Raymond B. Miles, assistant
medical examiner. said the explosion
ruptured Mrs. Sutphen's windpipe
and bronchi (the tubes leading to
the lungs) and added that the
chances Of another such explosion
were one in a million.
Mrs. Sutphen was a patient in the
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Two Dead, Two Injured
As Plane Falls in Forest
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HIGGANUM, Conn, April 10
Two men were killed and two others
were injured early today when a
privately chartered plane crashed
and burned in thick forest here.
State Police Sergt Irving T. Shu-
bert said the dead had been identi-
fled as Harry E. Noyes, Al, a promi-
nent Boston automobile dealer, and
Robert Rideout, one of his employees.
The injured, Charles Smith, 40,
of Marblehead. Mass, also an en-
ploye of Mr.. Moves. and the pilot,
John R. Hartwell. %, of Brookline,
Mass, suffered bone fractures and
cuts. The condition of neither was
critical.
The men were flying from Boston
to Palm Beach. Fla, where Mr.
Noyes maintained a home. After
Mr.. Smith stumbled from the woods
seeking aid, it took searchers two
hours to locate the wreckage.
Mr.. Noyes, an ardent yachtsman,
maintained four yachts, and only
two months ago his 72-foot T1oga
won the annual Miami to Nassau
race in 10 hours 37A minutes.
Egypt spent more than 81 1,OOO,0 900
month for products from the
Evening star., 1940-04-16

to Mexican eastern ports for trans
shipment across Mexico to western
ports, where it is again picked up
by Russian ships for transport across
the Pacific.
Evening star., 1940-04-16

Army camps In South Australia
have been equipped with milk bars.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
.Technocrucy MEETING

"The Flow of Money" will be
analyzed at a meeting of the Tech
nocracy Round Table Discussion
Group at o'clock tonight at the
branch library, Seventh and D
streets NE. Burton j. M. McKinnel
will lead the discussion.
Evening star., 1940-04-16

Portugal" at the Constitution room
OF Healy Hall, Georgetown Uni-
versity. -
Evening star., 1940-04-16
TRAVEL.

American leather is being extern
sively used in shoes made in Mexico
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Evening star., 1940-08-03
Gladiolus Show Is
To BE Presented

The Takoma Horticultural Club
will present it's Goth annual gladiolus
show at the Takoma Public Library,
Fifth and Cedar streets, on Wednes-
day, August 7, and Thursday, Au-
gust 8.
The library will be open for the
reception of exhibits at o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, and all flow
ers must be in place by pm, as
the show opens at 8 o'clock that eve
ming. On Thursday, the exhibits
will be on display from 8 am. to
pm.
The show is open to all amateur
growers and should offer a number
of unusual and interesting exhibits.
First, second and third rating will
be awarded for the best gladioluses in
the show. and the clubs certificate
of recognition will be awarded for
the outstanding exhibit of the show.
Mr.. C. w. Moore is chairman of
the show, with william H. England
and Oliver E. Sweet acting as chair
men of the Exhibition Committee
Members of the Gladiolus Show
Committee include Miss Marjorie
Anderson, Edward Bailey, r. H
Burtner, Maj. NJ H. Davis, Miss
Freda Egbert, Mrs. Harry Fried
man, Roy G. Jones, Joseph F. Rose
Miss Isabelle Smith and Miss Lois
wellington. Marion l.. Boat Is presi-
dent of the club.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
successful Methods of Thp Control Restoring Gadouse
Propagating
Roses Is
Simple
Softwood Cuttings
May Be Made at
Present Time
BY EDWIN H. PERKINS,

While the propagating OF roses is
work for the specialist rather than
the amateur gardener, the subject
is fascinating one. Most amateurs
enjoy the thrill of having raised
their own rosebushes. Instead Of
propagating the difficult sorts, the
amateur is generally satisfied to grow
stronger roses which thrive on their
own roots. Hardy sorts like Radi-
ance, among the rose bushes, and DR..
Vap Fleet, among the climbers, are
easily propagated.
LaSr'in the year roses will be
propagated from hardwood cuttings.
AT this season we use softwood cut
tings.
Hoftwood cuttings, also called
greenwood cuttings, may be made
between the present and the time
when the rose branches mature in
preparation for their winter rest.
Strong. healthy shoots, regardless
of whethy they previously bore
flowers, should be cut. Select ma
terial that is entirely free from
disease. Cuttings should have three
or four eyes, two of which should
be planted under the soil.
Remove the foliage from the two
lower buds and reduce one-half the
foliage on the portion to protrude
above the ground. This allows for
only. partial evaporation of mois-
ture.
Prepare box with sand into
which the cuttings are to be placed.
or select a garden spot known for
its light, sandy soil, and insert the
cuttings so that the two bottom
eyes are completely covered in the
sand or soil. If the cuttings are
started in box of sand, a sheet Of
glass can be used for a cover. If
they have been inserted in the
ground, mason jar placed over
the cuttings will retain moisture
until such time as roots have formed.
when the rooted cuttings can be
transplanted to another garden spot.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Time Now to Start
Making New Lawn

The best time of the year for
making new lawn is rapidly ap.
preaching. August Is to early Octo.
ber is the season. The advantages
which come normally at this season
are summed up in good seeding
growing conditions, since damping-
off fungi are not generally present
and the extremes of heat and dry
ness are not the general rule.
Successes or failures with new
lawns generally reflect the energy
and care that the gardener exercises
in his soil preparation. Drainage
must also be given some minute at.
tention.
If you want a new lawn a poor
drainage situation should be REM
edied quickly. Drain tiles will cor.
rect mucky areas while small water
excesses can be removed with heavy
layers Of large stones. These must
rest 6 or more inches under the soil
surface.
Tough, sticky, clay subsoil can be
modified by large additions of sand,
or by screened ashes. You will have
no difficulty in cutting through this
soil if you tackle it while fairly dry.
A pick will break large clumps and
spading fork, when used intelli-
gently, will do as good a job Of
pulverizing as will the farmers disk
cultivator
Start these operations now II you
want a new lawn.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Coat Hangers Make
Very Practical and
Strong Plant Ties

Male gardeners are generally an
ingenious set of tinkerers who derive
pleasure from making garden &C
cessories. Woman gardeners are sat-
isfied with plant ties made by cut
ting discarded silk stockings on the
bias. While it Is true these ties are
soft and, if not too loud in color,
are not inharminous, it is also true
that plant tying could be done
quicker and less laboriously.
Taking tip from plant tie avail
able at seed stores, one gardener
has designed a homemade plant tie
which at the same time gets excess
coat hangers out of his wardrobe
closet. Each time a suit was re-
turned from the cleaners it hung on
a heavy wire hanger. These wire
hangers consist of hook to go over
the clothes rod and shoulder ar
rangement to fit inside the coat. The
first thing necessary was to change
the angle of the loop arrangement
that goes over the clothes rod. This
is easily done by laying the hanger
on a work bench and raising the loop
so that 1t stands at an angle Of
90 degrees to the rest of the hanger.
Then squeeze the wire so as to
form smaller loop. Next. reshape
the shoulder supporting part so that
it is nearly round.
In garden usage a stake is driven
in the ground alongside the plant
to be supported and the small loop
pushed down over the stake. Adjust
it at height where 1t surrounds
the plant. If it is inclined to slip
down on the stake reduce the size
of the small loop. AS the plant
grows, adjustments for height can
be made by raising the support
higher on the stake.
Evening star., 1940-08-03

fall show one would normally apply
fertilizer in late August even though
a certain amount of winter injury
might be expected as result.
Plants for late summer planting
in the shady garden should include
the bleedinghearts and bloodroot
(Sanguinaria canadensis9 The
snowy bleedingheart Dicentra
spectabilis) thrives best in a moist
shady place. The plumy bleeding
heart ID. eximia) is a graceful
little plant that will stand more
sunlight than the snowy bleeding
heart and Is we'll suited to the rock
garden. 1t has a very long season
of bloom.
The hardy chrysanthemums need
to be kept cultivated, watered, and
given an occasional fertilizing II
they are to be at their best next
October. Stakes may be set at any
time now among the taller growing
varieties. At the first signs of
aphids a spraying of nicotine sui
phate or of rotenone should be
applied. These pests will suck the
sap and stunt the flowers unless
kept under control Remove and
burn dead and diseased leaves.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Water Lilies Rank
| AS Gross Feeders;
Easily Starved

Water lilies should be at their best
during this month, yet many pools
are filled with the yellowing foliage
of hardy and tropical water lilies
The cause is generally starvation.
Water lilies rank among the gross
est feeders in the vegetable kingdom
You will recall that the plants grow
in proportion to the amount of food
and soil made available for them
Here is the evidence which should
spirit you into feeding them-espe-
cially if they are confined in small
containers.
Lifting and resetting is not good
practice at this time. Nor is it feasi-
BILE to remove part Of the soil and
replace it, because. in spite of all our
care, we will break the white, rope
like feeding roots. We can, however,
feed them with rich chemical fer
tilizers.
A most satisfactory way of doing
this is to fill small muslin sacks
with half pound of 5-10-5 fertilizer
Allow four sacks to each confined
water lily root. Using dibber, poke
four holes in the soil surrounding
to root to be fed. Into each hole
poke the muslin sack containing the
food and close the hole by plastering
it with stiff clay. Three or four
days after this is done you will
note an Improvement in leaf color
and within q week extra flower buds
should be appearing.
Evening star., 1940-08-03

stamens and the latter always a
prominent feature Out OF a num-
ber Of the semi doubles I have in
mind, the three following should
do very well here:
Marie Joaquin" Large, midsea.
son. This is a pale pink, becoming
white, with big clustsr of yellow
stamens in center.
Mary Hollis" This is an old
variety, but very good. 1t is large
and OF bright, vivid pink color. The
cupped stamens in the center are
irregular and blotched with white.
Sylvia Saunders" A very early
variety and of medium size. Abun-
dant in its production of cup shaped,
clear rose-pink flowers. Very effec-
tive in the garden.
Coming to the full double type
we enter the field in which the
varieties are very numerous and
their quality high. To name the
best group of, say 10, in this class
would be hard matter. I am going
to mention several, bearing in mind
their ability to produce bloom in
this section. The following forms
good collection and may be pur-
chased at a reasonable price:
Alice Harding, white; Kelway's
Glorious, white; lie Cygne, white:
Mrs. Edward Harding. white: Mrs.
A. M. Brand, white: Philippe
Rivoire, red; President Wilson,
pink; Walter Faxon, pink; Therese,
pink; Tourangelle, pink.
Another list which will give you
full enjoyment might contain Mons.
Jules Ellie, pink; RENE Hortense,
pink; Modesto Guerin, dark pink;
Festive Maxima, white; Nine. de
Verneville, white: Richard Carvel,
red; Cherry Hill. red; Adolphe
Rousseau, red; Mont Blanc, white.
Other good varieties which do
well here and which do not suffer
by comparison with any of the above
are Souv. de Louis Bigot, pink:
Henry Avery, pink; Ball O. Cotton,
white; Avalanche, white; John M.
Good, white: Duchesse de Nemours,
white: Baroness Schroeder, white;
Longfellow. red; Karl Rosefeld, red:
Priscilla Alden, white; etc.
The varieties of peonies mention
ed herein are all adaptable to this
locality and If properly planted and
cared for should well repay the
grower.
DR.. E. B. White of Kensington,
who was elected president of the
American Peony Society at the
annual meeting of the society held
at Rochester, Mimi, June 21, has
just returned from an extended
Western trip following the national
show at Rochester. He reports this
show, at which he was chairman
of judges, to be one of the best ever
held from the standpoint Of quality
OF bloom and number of entrants
in the larger classes. DR.. White is
primarily interested in producing
peony hybrids and says that one of
the outstanding features of the show
was the collection of hybrids dis
played by Lyman Glasscock, an en-
thusiast from Ellwood, Ill.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Colchicum Has Odd
Habit of Bloom;
Lovely in Fall

For a bit OF springtime landscape
In early fall plant Colchicum. 1t is
probable that when you go to buy
them under this name they may not
be obtainable. since most dealers
other than the specialists, prefer
to call these plants meadow saffron
You might find them incorrectly
called autumn crocus, since they bear
q striking resemblance to the crocus
Of spring. Incidentally, the crocus
is not in the same family with the
saffrons despite the connection in
the minds of gardeners.
Meadow saffron should be planted
at least 2 inches under the soil,
the corms resting on cushion of
sand. Rapid planting is accomplished
by pushing dibber into the soil to
q depth of or S inches, rounding
out cone-shaped depression. Place
a small quantity OF sand in this
depression and on top of it, rest
the meadow saffron CORN, which you
may prefer to call bulb. Then
fill up the depression with good gar
den loan free of manure. Small
quantities of complete fertilizer may
be scattered on the loose top soil
and raked in.
Several weeks after the corms have
been planted spindly stems will
emerge from the soil. These will
be topped with beautiful flowers. No
foliage whatever will appear this
fall. Next spring, however, a sizable
amount of leaves will develop. They
will die before hot summer weather
arrives. Toward the end of August
the spindly stems will again emerge
and will again be topped with flow
ers. Peculiarly, Colchicum do not
bear foliage and flowers at one and
the same time.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Sow Seed Of
Perennials
Early
This Will Allow
Strong Growth
Before Winter

Perennial seeds should be sown
from this time on until about late
August in the North. Until late
September is generally satisfactory
for the South. The point in getting
them sown early is to allow strong
growth before winter sets in. Un-
less we have good root growths we
cannot feel sure the plants will stand
their first winter.
Perennial seeds, as rule, do not
germinate quickly as annual seeds
10, nor do the seedlings grow as fast.
Consequently, means must be found
to keep the seeds from washing
away until they germinate. Even
then provision must be made to
guard the seedlings against late
summer storms and burning sun
shine. A shaded cold frame is an
ideal arrangement.
If cold frame is not available or
may prove too large for your needs,
it is likely that boarded-in seed
bed may solve the problem.
A boarded-in seed bed is nothing
more than a bottomless and topless
box, about 6 inches deep, half sub
merged in a we'll drained, aired and
sunshiny garden spot. 1t is filled
with a good seed soil. Such a soil
can be made by mixing one-third
humus, one-third sand and the rest
screened garden loan.
Covering such a contraption with
a dampened burlap bag keeps seeds
dark and moist until they germinate,
after which a lath frame can be
used to provide the half shade
which seedlings enjoy. The lath
frame can be raised on sticks as the
plants grow. When they are strong
enough to Withstand the elements,
the shading may be dispensed with.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
When Purchasing Peonies
Be Sure Varieties Chosen
Are Suited to This Area
Some Types Will Not Thrive
In This Southern Locality;
List of 'Reliables' Given
By ]. STEALEY ELMS.

take thoughts from the cooling bezes the seasho
the mountain consider awhile that fayoe the
spring flowers the planning additional
varieties for garden the time make selections
and send order shipping
September
bit OF warning which guide selection
You VIII nd that great majority OF the who issue caa
located distance
throughout the Northeast North
catalogs will
this locality ordering aaog descriptions
produce bloom here Many peone find this locality far south
thrive while making
There several nurseries this vicinity which mailing
list and should be safe ordering the that
Perhaps
Single japanese anem4e
Evening star., 1940-08-03

IL
permanent locations this fall. They
may, however, be carried over winter
In cold frame.
1t will soon be time to plant
Oriental poppies and Madonna lilies
Order them now.
Delphinium seed sown as soon as
harvested terminates as readily as
radish seed. If you did not harvest
your own try to locate friend with
a surplus.
Prepare beds for fall planting OF
bulbs now. Most bulbs are left
undug for several years and so the
beds should be given a little extra
care in their preparation. In
corporate humus deeply into the
soil together with bone meal or
other plant food. If the soil is very
heavy the addition of sand or fine
ashes will be found helpful.
Clumps of dwarf phlox (Phlox
subulata), pinks Dianthus), and
other dwarf rock plants should be
sheared if they have grown too large
The cutting back will produce more
compact plants and a tidier ap-
pearance. Leggy violas will benefit
by being cut back, and if given a
feeding will produce late season
bloom.
In cutting gladioluses for the
house leave a reasonable amount
of foliage so that the corns will
make a healthy growth and mature
Use a sharp knife In cutting and q
slanting cut is preferred.
Buckhorn or narrow leaved
plantain often gets it's start at this
season of the year when the grass
is not making enough growth to
require frequent cutting. The buck
horn continues growth and the
formation of seed which natures
unmolested by the lawnmower. II
the lawn is badly infested with this
weed it should pay to run the mower
over it every week as control
measure.
Plant autumn -flowering crocus
bulbs as soon as they can be OBJ
tanned. They will flower if planted
late, but will not have time to
develop roots and make normal
growth unless planted early. Crocus
zonatus, c. sativus, and G. speciosus
are the three most commonly plant
ed all-fiowering species. c. asturicus
is fully as good and will often re-
ward the gardener with spring
flowers.
This is the time of the year ir
which to transplant the Virgins
bluebell, or Virginia cowslip (Mer-
tensia virginica) as it is sometimes
called. The roots may be obtained
from a number of nurseries spe-
cializing in wild flowers.
The last application of fertilizer
to the rose beds should be given in
early August. Fertilizers applied
at later date will produce soft
sappy wood that is very apt tc
winter-kill. Even when feeding in
early August 1t is well to use ferti-
nzers low in nitrogen and high ir
phosphate and potash. A 4-8-5 tt
4-12-4 or similar mixtures are rec.
ommepded. Two to three pounds
per 100 square feet of bed Is . de.
sirable application.
To produce winning blooms for ths
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Applying Fertilizer

Many lawns can be improved by
another application of fertilizer at
this season. 1t should be put on
when the grass is dry and afterward
thoroughly washed In with the hose.
Sulphur of ammonia, one of the
most useful fertilizers for lawns, Is
almost certain to cause severe burn
ing of the grass if used in the usual
way in summer. 1t car be distributed
successfully, however. by means Of
the device which sucks it into the
nozzle Of the hose and carries it
out with the water. Diluted In this
way it does not burn the grass.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Treating New Corms With
Napthalene Flakes Very
Highly Recommended
Soaking in Mercurial Compound
Is Also Found to Be Effective
In Eliminating This Pest
BY w. H. YOUNGMAN.

With the of the gladious trp growing
Of ds began decline Many gardeners discouraged
veness of the attempting them
well the
the thp destroyed
Now that few gardeners growing glads
of them the problem control
contributed
thp control We injurious the gladious
than the Paris formerly recommended
Whatever activity the gladiols
the of gadous the increase This should
flowers
Not only their flowers but they be smallest
culture simple,
available planting intervals
bloom
AS indicated bv the eadious shows gardeners
Evening star., 1940-08-03

is bloom with five or more petals
surrounding a center formed of
stamens with pollen-bearing anth-
ers. This is a type Of peony which
should command the attention of
every peony grower. This form is
meeting with great favor among the
peony authorities and they are urg-
ing that some of the several varie-
ties be included in every garden.
Several varieties do well here and
the following are few:
Helen" This is an early type
with a double row of broad dark
shell-pink petals and the center con-
sisting of a mass of golden stamens.
The stems are tall and erect with
dark green foliage.
Nellie" This is a lovely single
in the white class whose blooms
open shell-pink and gradually turn
white. Yellow stamens in center
and the carpels of greenish color.
Plant somewhat of dwarf with
narrow and wavy foliage.
Pride of Langport." This is
very large, midseason variety with
wide-spreading, cupped petals. The
color is a pale rose pink, the petals
surrounding center Of very yellow
stamens.
japanese Type
Is Desirable.
The above are few of the many
varieties Of good singles and, given
time to develop into strong plants,
will give perfect satisfaction and
should make you wish to have a
larger collection Of this type. From
the singles we advance to the
"Japs," or Japanese type. This
type does not necessarily take its
name because of origin in Japan,
but because the japanese people
favor this type Of flower. Like the
single, 1t has five or more petals,
but is advancing more to the double
type by its mass of stamens which
are larger and very seldom contain
pollen bearing anthers. A selection
Of varieties might include:
"Mikado." OF medium size and
midseason bloom, the cupped petals
being dark crimson. the center broad
and fiat and the thick staminodes Of
dark rose-red, the tips being pale
yellow.
Some Ganoko." Large, midseason,
the petals of a clear dark crimson,
the staminodes being very crinkly
and of light buff color.
Margaret Atwood" This variety
Is noted for its large, pure white
cuplike flowers, the center being a
ball of golden staminodes.
The anemone type resembles
somewhat the Japanese, except that
the anthers are absent and the fill
ments of the stamens are petal-like
in character. They are more or less
incurved. Two varieties which
should give you pleasure are:
"Primevere. OF medium size and
midseason. 1t Is a creamy white
flower, the center being composed of
short, narrow petals of canary yel-
low. Very similar to Laura Dessert,
another variety.
Red Bird" This is large bloom
and about midseason. The broad
guard petals and the center are of
q dull red-rose, the center being
perhaps a little darker. A good
bloomer and a vigorous plant.
Doubles and
Semi Doubles.
Now we get over to the semi
doubles and the doubles. For cata-
loging these two types are usually
grouped under one heading, the
doubles, but they are distinct types.
Flowers of the semi-double type
never become full double, the broad
petals being intermixed with the