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Evening star., 1941-08-02
Bright Twigs
Add Color
In Winter
Many Bushes Lend
Cheerful Note
TOGarden

Many people take advantage of
the berried shrubs to brighten their
grounds in winter, but few realize
the possibilities that lie in the many
shrubs and trees that have brightly
colored twigs and branches.
Here is a list of such shrubs and
trees, grouped according to the
color effect each gives:
WHITE:
! GRAY birch (Betula populifolia)-
Bark white with dark gray patches.
Tree, 80 to 40 feet.
Paper or canoe birch CBetula
papyrifera)-Paper bark, very white
when older. Tree, 40 to so feet.
GRAY OR SILVER:
Russian olive (Eleagnus angusti-
folia)-Leaves green above and sill
yer beneath; branches are silver.
Shrub, Is to 18 feet.
Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rham-
noides) - Shrub, to II feet.
Branches gray, leaves covered by
silver scales. Orange fruit ripens in
fail and remains all winter. Flowers
are of one sex only and more than
one tree must be planted if fruits
are wanted.
Gray dogwood (Cornus panicu-
lata)-Three to fifteen feet. Twigs
gray. Moist soil, partial shade. Blu
ish- white fruits on red stems.
YELLOW:
Goldentwig dogwood (Cornus sto-
lonifera f1aviramea)-Four to five
feet. Distinct yellow bark.
Fortune forsythia Forsythia su-
spensa fortuneD-Seven to eight
feet.
RED:
Coral dogwood (Cornus alba si-
birica) alive to ten feet. Winter
bark bright red. Flowers May-June.
Fruit blush white
Bloodtwig dogwood (Cornus SAN
guinea)-Dark, dull, blood-red bark.
Less attractive than the other red
barked species. Six to twelve feet.
Red Osier dogwood (Cornus stoloni-
fera)-Branches blood-red, flowers
dull white.
GREEN:
Yellow Kerria (Kerria japonica)-
Branches are green and snowy in
winter. Five to six feet.
Greentwig dogwood (Cornus san
| guinea var. viridisSima).
Striped maple (Alcer pennsylvani-
cum-Green bark striped with white.
Twenty to Twenty-Five feet.
Greenstem forsythia Forsythia
virisdissima) Seven to eight feet.
In striving for colored twig effects,
remember that old twigs lose their
high colors. Pruning out old stems
will develop a dense, bushy plant.
Best effects occur during late win
ter and spring.
If shrubs are fed regularly they
will have more highly colored bark.
Use complete, balanced plant food.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Blooms of
Vitex Are
Pale Blue
Chaste Tree Very
Desirable Shrub;
Plant in Spring
Star Stan Photo.
BY A. G.. McLean

We lack a great variety of snowy
summer blooming shrubs, but one
that is well worth any gardeners
attention is chaste tree or vitex
In midsummer it bears spikes of
blue flowers that are quite effective,
although the individual flowers are
rather small and the spikes not
especially large Vitex is desirable,
moderate sized shrub which has
good habits. attractive foliage and
is not subject to insect attacks.
In some places the tops of vitex
are killed to the ground, but they
will grow up again and bloom next
summer If cut back the same as
butterfly bushes.
The most common of the chaste
trees is known botanically as Vitex
agnuS-castus. This type bears pale
blue flowers, but the most popular
form is variety latifolia, commonly
known in the trade as Vitex
macrophylla. This has larger foliage,
is harder, more robust, has dark
bAhS hO"CAo, 4dIlsAlAS " NlOlCb. IL IL
the most desirable of the varieties
of vitex. There are also white and
pink varieties, but they are not
nearly SO snowy as the blue. About
the only purpose they have is to pro-
vide contrast. Then, too, since blue
flowers are rather scarce in the
summer a shrub bearing them is
particularly desirable.
This shrub is rather easy to grow
and it does well on any well-drained
soil. 1t may be grown from cut
tings, and is available reasonably
from nurserymen. Spring planting
is to be preferred, for it gives a new
plant a chance to become WELL
rooted before winter sets in. How
ever, vitex may be planted in the
fall If thoroughly watered and
mulched we'll over the winter.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Check Your
SOftwOod
Cuttings

Several weeks ago we started to
root the softwood cuttings removed
from forsythias and other spring
Towering plants in a box of sand,
or sand and peat moss, which was
stood in the shade. The errors we
made and are continuing to make
in roofing this material will now
become apparent.
Our aim was to keep the sand
mixture constantly moist around the
planted cuttings to encourage the
little breaks on the covering of the
cuttings to form here real roots
If the box was stood in q place
where there was little air circula-
ton and If water has been normally
supplied, some semblance OF roots
will now be apparent On the cut
tings. The term normally sup
Piled" however, may have given rise
to trouble. If we have been toe
heavy-handed with the water, there
will be evidence of mold growing
on the surface of the sand mixture
In all probability, this parasitic
growth will kill the cuttings before
they can be suitably rooted.
If the indication points to this
it is recommended that the boz
shall be heavily soaked with 9
diluted solution of potassium per-
manganate. AS much of the chemi.
cal as can be placed on the small
blade of a pocket knife, dissolved ir
a quart of water, is about the right
proportion.
If the cuttings have been KEEP
excessively dry, they may have dried
beyond recognition. If they are ir
the halfway stage, try more vigorous
watering.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
GARDEN DATES
81 ss ssessSe " Iftyssszs RI! 3

August 6-7-Takoma Park, D.
C. gladiolus show of the Takoma
Park Horticultural Club, Fifth
and Cedar streets NV.
August 9-10-Chicago, H., Md
west gladiolus show
September 19-2O-Washington,
D. c., fall rose show, Potomac
Rose Society, New National
Museum. Annual meeting, Amer
ican Rose Society, Raleigh Hotel.
Pan American Rose Conference.
September 24-25-New York
City, annual exhibition American
DahIia Society, American Mu-
scum of Natural History.
August 4-Hyattsville, Nd,
Gladiolus Show, HyattSville Hor-
ticultural Society, Episcopal Par
ish Hall.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
The Garden Notebook
Plant the Oriental Poppies and
Madonna Lilies This Month

Towering plants. Rooted In sand
they will make vigorous young
plants for indoor use.
This is an opportune time to
start other house plants. To secure
fresh stock. if you don't want to
bother with cuttings, get young
plants from florist near you. Most
people start house plants too late
to get them in good shape for win
ter and they don't get much bloom
until spring. Florists start winter
blooming plants in the spring, and
1t is none too early now to get house
plants ready for next winter.
Even If you grow bulbs for win
ter flowers, early planting is an ad-
vantage. You can buy paper white
narciSSuS, freesiaS, anemoneS, and
Ranunculus from your dealer.
Planted in August. they will become
well rooted and be ready for early
winter blooming. Very soon narcis-
sus, some English hyacinths and tu-
lips will be on the market. Pot these
early. and sink the pots in q cool
shady place until well rooted; you
can bring them in the house after
the weather has turned cold. It is
not necessary to let the pots freeze:
all they need is a good chilling to
start top growth.
If you want Madonna or Candidum
lilies, 1t is better to order now, for
the French supply is out of the
market and there are not too many
English and American bulbs availa-
BILE. They do better from early plant
ing, so it is advisable to order at
once.
This is a good time to lift and
divide spring blooming perenrials.
This includes a good many garden
flowers that bloom before the first
of June, such as early Towering
asters, primulas and pyrethrums.
BY dividing such plants now, re-
setting and giving them a good
start, you can have strong plants
for next years bloom. This may
be done any time up to September
l, but the earlier it is done the
better the plants become established
for next years flowers. Remember,
however, that columbines do not
divide successfully; it is better to
raise a good supply Of these from
seed.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Stray Phlox Plants

Phlox plants, which keep coming
up here and there throughout the
garden, should be pulled up and
destroyed. There is great tempta-
ton to leave them, but these plants
almost invariably will produce
flowers of an unpleasant magenta
color. Many gardens are ruined be-
cause owners fail to observe this
precaution. r.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Stake Perennials

Well-grown perennials which have
not made very strong growth should
be supported now, using inconspic-
uous stakes and tying them some
what low so that they will not have
an awkward appearance. 1t is best
to use light bamboo stakes painted
green, if they are available, and,
frequently, best results are obtained
when four or five stakes are used
for q single plant. -
Evening star., 1941-08-02
By the Master Gardener

By the Master Gardener
plant OF c
points that experienced gar
will result trer securing
period of bloom and satisfaction and pleasure
devote to this modest attractive flower
produces Its
S display spring. in late and fall
it best buy plants from the scotsman
unless used in soil preparation and during the gerna
rather
plants concerned However where
wanted it is desirable buy good strain Of seed
several firms specializing
from them from other reliable
germinae poorly.
choice seed
little
small there in such small
Evening star., 1941-08-02

This is the month for planting
Oriental poppies and Madonna lilies.
1t is not too early to prepare beds
for bulbs and peonies. The fall
planting season really starts in
August, but general planting does
not start until late in September
and October. 1t we take time by
the forelock we will have time to
properly prepare the beds for plant
ing later on.
Speaking of the Oriental poppies.
if you are going to add a few to
your perennial border do not over
look the list of recommended va
rieties issued by the National Poppy
Society. Until one has had consid-
cradle experience with the plants
it is best to follow the suggestions
of the recognised leaders.
Hot, dry August weather is hard
on the growth of such fall bloom
ers as the gladioluses dahlias and
chrysarthemums. If you wish to
have strong, beautiful flowers now
is the time to water them. A good
soaking once week is much better
than light sprinkling each day.
The new dahlia- -howered sun
flower (Helianthus), should make a
desirable addition to local gardens
The flowers are fully double and
the not-too-large foliage is a good
healthy green. For the hot, dry,
garden the sunfiowers are useful
perennials.
Mildew is appearing in many gar
dens and it is well to use either
sulphur sprays or dust. Sulphur is
an excellent disease preventative
but cannot be safely used on tender
foliage during periods of high tenn
reratureS. However. it will not in
jure the foliage of lilacs, which seem
to be suffering the most from mildew
at present.
August is evergreen planting time.
Most of the narrow-leaved ever
greens are, dormant in that they
have completed their summers
growth. August planting will give
them plenty of time in which to
become established before cold
weather stops growth.
In selecting varieties of peonies
for fall planting do not neglect the
singles. Some of them are exceed
ingly attractive and as garden deco
ration they do not suffer from the
heavy rains as do the double Chinese
varieties. Early and midseason va
rieties are more dependable than the
late ones which sometimes bali
during hot, "muggy" weather.
Use lead arsenate or rotenone
freely on China asters, and other
flowers that are infested by the black
"aster" beetle. They are voracious
feeders and unless the flowers are
kept well covered with a stomach
poison only the stems will be left.
Cuttings may pe taken OF be-
gonias, geraniums and other winter
Evening star., 1941-08-02
August Chores

Early in the month go over
the garden and cut back all
overgrown and exhausted plants
of ANIMALS. Give them feed
ing of a complete, balanced
plant food and watch them
spring to life again to give you
bloom in September.
Feed the hardy chrysanthe-
NUNS.
Cut back and feed phloX and
delphiniums and they can often
be persuaded into a successful
second blooming season.
Disbud and feed dahliaS.
Give roses their last feeding
of the season in early August,
keep cultivated and watered,
and you will have a wonderful
fall display of flowers. Water
the plant food well into the
soil. Do not feed roses after
August Is.
Evening star., 1941-08-02

poet Horace deplored how there was
little room for garden vegetables
and a general lack of interest in
them.
But the value of the. rose is not
limited to romance and legend or
even literature. 1t is not alone in
my lady's boudoir that it holds pride
of place; it enjoys Importance in
the kitchen and the sick room, too.
In Pliny's day, and for long there
after, the rose had high medicinal
value, being a component of "em-
plastres and eye-salves." He gives
80 remedies made of its leaves and
petals. and has left us his own
prescription for rose wine. which
was a sleep inducer and nerve
Soother.
Our grandmothers depended on
roses in dozens of ways. Rose leaves
were salad ingredient and they
also provided a garnish for meats in
preference to parsley or cress.
Homemade cosmetics of oldest
days included rose cream, rose oint-
ment, rose essence and rose lotion,
while rose vinegar was a refreshing
headache cure.
The expression under the rose''
which we have inherited from past
ages, has an interesting origin. 1t
means lin secret" and is derived
from the custom of suspending a
rose over the table when weighty
matters were being discussed, affairs
that were on no account to be
repeated.
In Article XII, the final one in
this series. the legendary history
of the rose DiH be continued aud
some information given about the
different DdrietieS OF roses by
Which the fUe rose States are
reTTeseutpf
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Remove Tomato Shoots

Remove the side shoots of tomato
plants In order to make strong
plants. When these are removed
the plants bear morgTruit.
Evening star., 1941-08-02
Flowers of the States
Eleventh Article in Series Is
Devoted to the Rose Areas
BY Gael Renfrelp.


NORTH DAKOTA the
this
Queen Flowers through the centuries the held the forefront
of popular favor literature that unchaenged
symbol
Evening star., 1941-08-02
News and Views Horticultural Activities National Capital Aes
Propagation of Pansies
From Seed Advisable
In Some Instances
Especially Important When
Unusual or High Quality
Flowers Are Desired

Editors noteTh the first in series OF D articles on ne
culture pdnseS The second UH appear on w
page merit SaturdayD
Evening star., 1941-08-02

Cuttings may pe taken OF be-
gonias, geraniums and other winter
Evening star., 1941-11-02
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
MAN OF STEEL
Continued from poss fourteen

been working ahead of me all day"
They checked among the men then.
and Peewee was missing. One cater
pillar was missing, too.
Jackie heard the quick. sharp talk.
And the people were all real people
to her, men who had eaten out of her
hand. Peewee Evans was the little
puff-faced runner who had the repu-
tation for being so smart at the con-
trolls of the huge cat. A little guy who
had very neat patches in the washed
out blue of his shirt and jeans. And
Jackie realized, then, with that ter
rible sinking feeling. that he was mar
ried. He had shown her the picture
of his children once. Three. A girl of
seven the Oldest.
1t was Red who said, We'll, let's
60. boys" But he went in the wrong
direction. He started forward toward
where his shovel sat. Clyde stopped
him. "It's okay, Red. Leave it there.
There's nothing to be done about
Peewee, and to hell with the equip
ment.'
He was talking about Reds shovel.
1t was a $4,000 tool. but it didn't
look like two bits under the balance
of that cliff Funny how different
things looked when you took the prop
out from under. And that's all the
slide had been. just like taking the
prop out from under. taking it out
from under the whole damned hill. ..
Red said, "Im going in. There's
good steel in those cat cabs. 1t might
mt have got him. Maybe he's just
pinned
Evening star., 1941-11-02

land; piling up at the base of the cut.
And the dust was still rising like
smoke - huge clouds of it. mush-
rooming upward, deep yellow against
the hazy blue of the afternoon sky.
People were scurrying forward from
everywhere. drawing slowly into
little knot around the pile of debris,
hurrying as if they were afraid to
arrive. Clyde was there already. push
ing them back, waving his arms and
yelling, Keep back! Damn it, that's
only starter! Keep back, all of you!
Can't you see?"
They all looked up then, and they
saw Tons of dust and rock had fallen,
and some trees. but now there really
was menace in that wounded hill.
1t wasn't steep wall any more, Near
vertical There actually was an over
hang to it. since the slide. Hundreds
of tons of impending rock and dirt
and oak trees were ready to come
Crashing QOWn.
Yes, some guy had been caught in
the slide Buried under it. Eddie
Perdue had seen him 60 in. 1t was
Peewee Evans and his bulldozer. He'd
been working ahead of Eddie all
day, cutting out so Eddie could pick
up a load in the carryall.
II yelled" Eddie said. when l
saw it coming yelled. But there
wasn't nothing else could do. Peewee
heard me- He looked up but he could
MT get out in time. l saw him start
to jump and then crouch under the
cab. Then the dozer went out of sight.
Yeah. it must have been Peewee He's
Evening star., 1941-11-02

Clyde put both hands on his arm.
Listen. fellow. why kid yourself?
Why kid anybody"
Red never stopped. Over his shoul-
der he said, "A man with a wife and
three kids isn't dead till the doc says
so!'
He went on across that shaded No
Mans Land and climbed into his
shovel. The ambulances began COM
ing then, and the police, but Jackie
had no eyes or ears for them. All she
could see was Red Conover leaning
Evening star., 1941-11-02
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into the controls till his body became
part of them, urging into motion the
deliberate. elephantine tracks, spread
ing the fanged NAV of the bucket.
those huge. reaching jaws of steel,
operating it with the delicacy of
matchmaker. working with incredible
tenderness into the chaotic mass
which hid the fate of Peewee.
1t was like a game of jackstraws,
each piece to be cleverly juggled free
without disturbing the Others. with
out shaking down that hanging noun
tain. The boles of oak trees hung on
with tangled, octopus roots. The mas
sive. stubborn shapes of boulders re-
sisted. But one by one Red swung
them clear, with an unbelievable
skill and speed, the motor turning
quietly, Juggling on the lift, but with
sure, soft strength behind each
piston-thrust.
NED CoNOvER was running the
shovel like a statesman who speaks
in a great crisis in low and even
voice. Jackie didn't know how long
she stood there. rooted in the soft
dust.
Hypnotized. Because there was no
measure of time, until the first yellow
streak of the caterpillar began to
show. and then a tremor passed over
the crowd.
Rock by rock. Red uncovered the
oumpled cab. transmitting at each
move an increasing gentleness to the
steel jaws of the hoist.
Then, finally, there were Others who
took the big chance and went in with
torches to cut the top off the twisted
wreckage of the cab. Under it they
found Peewee, the breath squeesed
out of him. but hardly bone broken.
and able to stand up after a slug of
whiskey. and grin and wave.
Then they all got the he'll out of
there before the hill came down.
! KNOW" Jackie said you don't
have to tell me. Heavy on the c,eans!''
She carried the mug carefully and
set it down carefully, trying not to
spill a drop. Because that afternoon
she had seen what care could mean.
Only at last she did slop the coffee
a little, because her hand was trem-
bling.
Nov, Jackie" he said, look what
you did,"
She was glad there wasn't anybody
else in the Oak Knoll at the moment.
She felt so shaky. She had got the
sign at last. and it was more than a
girl could take, all at once. 1t had
something to do with when suddenly
you find out who you can trust. 1t
had something to do with the truth,
even unpleasant truth.
He was looking at her, and she had
to turn away. He reached across the
counter and tried to make her come
back, turn around.
He said, "Why, monkey face Don't
60 and cry! It's all over but the shout
ing!'
1t was, too. Here was a man who
would never. conceivably. thank God,
tell her she had lovely eyes! Such as
they were, he was kissing them now.
Kissing them. even where the tears
were.
He said. "It's funny, Jackie. l
always wanted to do this to you! Why,
l wonder?" And for better, for worse,
Jackie knew she could believe every
word of it.
The End
Evening star., 1941-11-02
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