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Evening star., 1941-03-29
News and Views of Horticultural Activities in National Capital Area
GARDEN DATES
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March 2S-May 29-North Caro-
lima State Garden Pilgrimage.
March 2S-April 5-Chicago, Ill.
Chicago Flower Show, Navy Pier.
March 29-April 6-Dallas, Tex.
Flower Show. Texas State Fair
Grounds,
March S1-ApriI 5-St. Peters,
burg, Fla. Festival of States.
April 1-Vero Beach, Fla,
flower display, Community Build
ing.
April 5-12-Detroit, Mich,
Flower Show, Convention Hall.
April S-Winter Haven, Fla,
Gardenia Festival, Cypress Gar
dens.
April 1917 - Baltimore, Md,
18th annual daffodil show of the
Maryland Daffodil Society, Mu-
scum of Art.
April 17-1S-Atlanta, Ga, tulip
show of the Tulip Study Club,
Rich'S, Inc.
April 1S-19-Alexandria, Va,
NarcissuS Show. Armory.
April 19-Alexandria, Va. Tour
OF old and historic houses, spon-
sored by the Alexandria Asso-
citation
April 19-Washington, D. c.,
Annual meeting and luncheon of
the American Horticultural So
clety, Shoreham Hotel.
April 25-WaShington, D. c.,
Wesley Heights Circle, Florence
Crittenton Garden Tour.
April 25-26-Jacksonville, Fla.
Flower show of the Garden Club
of Jacksonville.
April 26-Washington, D. c.,
Gardens at Dumbarton Oaks to
be opened for the benefit of the
Home for Incurables.
April 2S-29-New York CITY.
NarciSsus Show, 598 Madison ave-
nue..
April 28-May 3-Garden Week
In Virginia.
May 2-11-Maryland House and
Garden Pilgrimage.
May 7-Washington, D. c.,
Flower Mart sponsored by All
Hallows Guild, Washington Ca
thedral.
May 10-May 17.-Washington,
D. c., Annual Georgetown Pill
grimageS.
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Green Moss

Nj Wi 1VlOOO
Do not think that because there
is green moss growing on garden soil
that the soil is sour. Green moss
will grow in any soil that is moist
and not In direct sunlight.
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Virginia Garden Tour

For the convenience OF make the annual
tour to gardens and old homes drno
garden Week April 2SMay g. lStingS OF those available in
certain sections WtH the garden page
prior to the dates OF the tour.
This year the proceeds of the tour 1uhh sponsored by
the Garden Club OF Virginia. donated to the relief Of
rtdt Fun information and guide booklets be obtained
rom special booths at the MayfoUer Hotel Shoreha
Hotel and the American Automobile Association
IN all cases ercept Where specifically stated the admission
10 9draen ana house W be so each includes the
oenSe tdr OF cents Indicates CHARGE Gardens
homes are open from to p AlavS Uatch for oreen
drro10S Shoa0tng Ohere to ledue main highways.
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Golden Rain Tree
VERY Ornamental

In summer, when most other
Towering trees have finished flower
ing, Koelreuteria paniculata-a tree
native to far-off Asia, which is
sometimes called golden rain tree
unfolds its panicles of bright yellow
flowers. Because it is hardy in the
Northern States, golden rain tree
deserves consideration by gardeners
who plan to plant an ornamental
tree this year.
Golden rain tree is very satisfac-
tory in many locations where a small
tree is wanted. Although conSid-
cred small, it will eventually reach
a height Of 80 feet in a favorable
location. The tree is rather easy to
grow in well-drained soil The fol-
lage is fine in texture and attractive
Evening star., 1941-03-29
Planting Vine Crop

There is one class of seeds which
do not repay early planting; they
are the extra tender vine crops
cucumbers, squash and melons
and the lima beans. They refuse to
germinate until the soil warns up,
and if the weather is damp and
cool, they may decay before sprout-
ing. So wait with them until the
soil Is warm.
Evening star., 1941-03-29

who joined forces to display more
than 100 varieties of this plant
which has a family spreading out
over more than 500 species. Near
their exhibit was another of out
standing interest prepared by Henry
I Faust, Inc, of Merton, Pa, con-
SiSting Of foliage plants and vari-
colored small Towering plants, pro-
viding the setting for an attractive
and cooling pool.
Evening star., 1941-03-29

Starting seeds indoors is a faSci-
mating sport and worth trying.
However, to produce strong husky
plants that will give good account
of themselves in the garden, seed
lingS should be tranSplanted at least
once, kept well watered and growing
vigorously in a cool (60-65 degrees)
sunny place.
When pruning roses it is well to
have a bushel basket handy and
to drop the cuttings into the basket.
This is a surer method of removing
all trimmings from the garden than
raking.
Even the home gardener is going
to feel the effects of the war-un-
less he is far-sighted and buys his
garden hose and tools now. The
makers of these articles. like many
other manufacturers. are working
on defense orders, and hence re-
stricting the production of the things
you and l will need in caring for
our gardens.
Use quantities of humus in the
preparation of flower and rose beds.
Cornell University reports that plant
growth improves with humus con-
tent as high as so per cent. Del
phinium, lupineS and roses, plants
that do not always do as well as
we should like to have them bene-
flied especially by the addition of
large quantities of humus.
Plan to dig and reset fall Towering
aSterS, chrySanthemumS, phySoSte-
gia and the hardy phlox this spring.
Put them in well-enriched beds and
note how well they do. Break the
clumps apart and plant small divi-
sions, spaced well apart to allow
for growth and for air circulation.
Part Of our trouble with the con-
trol of disease in the garden is that
the plants are too crowded and not
enough sun and air reaches the
foliage.
Instead of raking all of the leaves
from under the azaleaS, dogwoods
and rhododendron it is well to cover
the leaves with some well-rotted
compost or leafmold They not only
need the decaying leaves for food,
but the thick layer of humus keeps
the soil cool and acid-conditions
needed for good growth and flower
ing.
Now that old man winter has
taken last vicious fling at us we
can begin to think about uncovering
our perennial borders and roses. Do
Evening star., 1941-03-29
FREDERICKSBURG DISTRICT.
Information Booth-PrinceSs Anne Hotel


KENMORE Fredericksburg Built by Col Fielding Lewis for
hi nue T Of 6t bs neyod sqs
lea aho famous Washnon gingerbread served Admission to
OF WaShlngton mother May interior Admission
RISING SUN TAVERN-Wen preserved Colonial Inn Admission
HUGH MERCER APoTHECARY to be Oldest drug
store in America. Admission, cents
JAMES MONROES LAW OFFICE-Contains importan naners
portraits, silver, etc. Admission, 25
THE DoGGETT HoUsE-Eghteenth century dwelling. con-
Thomas R Boggs Admission, so including
THE WEXFORD HoUsE-Built prior Admission IS
BEIMoNT-In Falmouth Hilltop garden Home of the late
Car whose paintings are there display Garden
all week Admission 40 Studio
and Saturday Admission to studio and garden Both
AQUA cHURcH-1757
NORTHERN TIDEwATER DISTRICT.
.S GAYMoNToon u s. Route II Arrow shows turn about 1s
Can interior
MARdIoN-Bult prior to 17o for John Fitzhugh
room in American of
turn left and follow county 500 to entrance
owners S' ''' NIL anu MIS- H. carter N 'f'meS
BELLE GRovE-Brthplace of James Madison U S Route II
out of Fredericksburg Route
James Madison Memorial Bridge
Saturday ~ ~
WAKEFELD-on River east of Fredericksburg off
State Route Arrow shows turn Memorial house site of George
miles east of fredericksburg off State
Route Fine old house entirely restored Gardens by the
will be served the log dining pm
SABINE HAIL-Of $780, one west of Warsaw
old estate gardens
fan iy
THE PAMUNKEY RIVER.
ELSING GREEN-Open Thursday and Friday. Take U. S.
Route 800 from Richmond appahannock Highway right
first road 618 past Manqun follow
Colonial
Mr. and Mrs Beverley
so cents including defense tax.
RICHMOND DISTRICT.
Information BootS-Jeferon Hotel, John Marshall
Automobile Club Virginia. obtained
ran
VIRGINIA HOUSE-In
of Richmond House brought England
and house.
AGECROFT HALI-In Windsor Farms. State Route 47 west
of Richmond Brought
House and garden Monday Wednesday
and Mrs David c. Morton,
THE OAKS-In Windsor Farms State Route of
location Fine woodwork Can interior Miss Lizzie E. Boyd
Admission included.
WILTONOf State Route 175O,
site by the National Society the Colonial the
State of Virginia Grounds Handicapped the Club
Virginia Admission to grounds and house, Is cents.
AMPTHIIL HOUsE-Of State Route 147 west of Richmond
Built In 1892 Can interior Mr.
Admission to grounds and house. SO cents, included.
FAIRFIELD Thursday Friday only.
River Richmond. Take
Robert Preston Admission cents
included
WINDEMERE-Modern Garden Cary Street Road Houte
47). grounds fine rock
Wander Admission,
HICKORY HIII-About Is miles north of Richmond; at
Ashland State 54 east of Magnificent
walk Mrs. H 7, W1ckham,
Evening star., 1941-03-29
ASPARAGUS

An area about 20 feet square or
a row so to rs feet long will supply
plenty of asparsg gus for a family Of
five or six persons.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
If War Comes to the American Home
By S. F. Porter. New York: William

By S. F. Porter. New York: William Mcbride & Co.
Whether not America live In world at
and must the price that inevitably exac What that price
will be- how the defense likely affect American home
and is the story Mrs Porter he 81 for SYLVIA has tried
The picture of rising prices heavier and lowered standards
of living ahead pretty But Harry Scherman points
introduction wholesale preparation should be
psychological the popeno whipping
of modern
daily existence millions little families
A business already starting
anything experienced this but with
running lowering
living standards growing regmenaon of all actv
money drastic living habits
clothing entertainment tastes further violent shifts in
nfaionary period
business activity.
And what do about ' Mrs Porter simple
help the Nation the dual task supplying civilian
military make Improvements rather than later
the commodities to build
backlog
fitting with defense needs shifting
fields home buying ongtem leases
and buy Treasury bonds to aid financing the defense effort
financial columnst of the New York Post has written
economic situations in easily terms And though the
inclined but should
invaluable to the small business owner
eona who what sacrifices he is likely to be called
make for the defense of his country BELMONT FAIRIES
Evening star., 1941-03-16
The Pordners
By John Weld.

By John Weld. Ne1p York:
Charles Scribner'S Sons. -.
California in the days of the 40
gold rush is the scene of this novel,
which is a blend of sentimentality,
melodrama and homespun philoSo-
ply. It's about a camp of ostensi-
bly, rough miners, each with a
heart Of gold beneath his. burly ex-
terror. There is the story of a
man called Savannah" Che came
from there whose wife did him
wrong. He went West to forget and
remained to save young New Eng
lander from the clutches of a beau
ticul South American spitfire. The
Yankee youth was no dope-just in
experienced-so it is hard to work
up much sympathy for Savannah S
heroics.
A second story-there is no visi-
BILE connection-concerns the ro-
nance of brawny, two-fsted noble
who answered to the name of Car
oline" Che came from there) and
the coy Eastern widow of a miner
who died fighting the Indians. This
one sounds like Richard Harding
Davis In the Wild West.
The historical background of
THE Pardners" is not impressive,
but there are several bits of folk
lore which are good, particularly
an anecdote about gold being dis
covered at a burying.
EDWIN TPIPpIT
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Brief Reviews

Novels.
ALWAYS THE LAND. BY Paul
Engle. New York: Random
House.
Novel Of American farmers and
horse breeders. Good sturdy sort
of stuff.
ROYAL WILLIAM. By Doris Les
lie. NeU York: Macmillan.
Romance on the life of England's
King William ". Substantial his
torical piece.
GUN SMOKE ON THE MESA. By
Davis Dresser. New York Carl
ton House.
Western story.
MORNING IN THE LAND. By
Jessicd Nelson North. NeD
York: Greystone Press.
A novel of the northwest in the
middle years of the 18th century,
following the adventures of a pioneer
family.
ANN THoRNE COMES TO AMER
ICA. BY RoSamund Bertram.
NeU York: Nelson.
English girl reporter having ad-
venture in the U. S. A.
STUDENT NURSE. By Renee
Sham. NeD York: Carlton
House.
Love in the operating room. Prac-
tically sure-fre.
LET DARKNESS FALL. By L.
Sprague de Camp. NeD York:
Holt.
Modern archeologist gets bump on
the head and returns to the Rome
of Justinian. Amusing adventures
follow.
NIGHTFALL IN VIENNA. By Car
olyn Darling. New York: Ap-
pleton-Century.
Novel of Nazi occupation.
UNCHARTED ROMANCE. By Mary
Howard. NeW York: Doubleday,
Dorun.
The R A. F. appears in fiction.
LIKE A RIVER FLOWING. By
Ida L. Moore. NeU York:
Doubleday, Dordn.
Story of pioneer family in the
Carolinas.
THE MILLION. By Robert HichenS
NetD York: Doubleday, Dordn.
Light, amusing tale of middle
class Enghshwoman who wins l.
000,00O francs in a lottery and goes
in for the gay life. Just entertain
ment.
JOAN OF THE TOWER. BY War
Uick Deeping. NeU York: Nc
Bride.
Romance of medieval England
Usual Deepine performance.
GHOSTS ON THE RANGE TO-
NIGHT. By Cuddo Cameron
NetD York: Carlton House.
Western stuff.
LOST ROAD. By c. E. Scroogtns
Nep York: Doubleday, Dordr.
Four people lost in the jungles o!
Brazil. Good adventure stuff.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
KobIoono

NQUfOVUO
By Gontrnn de PoncinS, in
collaboration apith LeDis Ga
lantiere. Ne1D York: Reynal
& Hitchcock.
The author of this book is a
Frenchman, descendant of Mon
taigne. Under the monarchy, he
would have a title. He began his
adult life in the first World War.
After that experience he went into
the silk trade as an apprentice IN
an italian factory and had become
head of the British branch of the
business before he was 80. He then
gave up business and the world to-
gether and became a solitary wan
derer.-
He went sailing alone through the
South Seas, he drifted about the
Orient. He wrote no books-he was
not travelling for royalties. Finally,
he went to live among the Eskimos
of King William Land, people
whom commerce and the radio have
not much changed from the primi-
tive status. After IS months actual
residence as the only non-Eskimo
in an igloo camp, he did write his
book k-"Kabloona," the Eskimo
word for white man. This was in
1888. He returned to France to
fight the Germans Immediately after
his emergence from the Arctic, and
has not been heard of since.
His book is fairly long and is de-
voted almost entirely to the period
of his residence among the Eskimo
people. OF the journey in and out,
there is little account. 1t is a plain
record of the activities in which the
primitives engaged, and a running
commentary on their psychology.
M. de Poncins went fishing through
the ice with his Eskimo host, he
went on bear hunt, he hunted
seal, he lived in an igloo with an
Eskimo family, he thoroughly
adopted the Eskimo life, in fact.
And he tried to understand the
primitive people, but without ever
feeling that he had succeeded.
They we're childish, vain, jealous,
stupid end incredibly filthy, in his
telling-and he rather liked them,
too. That is all he could make of
them.
He writes with great charm, he
has a true style and there is moth
ing In his straightforward account
that does not ring true. 1t is some
thing of an experience to follow
the mind of cultivated French
man through the strain and squalor
of an Eskimo day and night. The
book is, indeed, a rare travel VOL
ume. 1t is es far from the beaten
track of travel volumes as is its
locale. It marks the author as an
individual. One hopes that he is
alive and safe. NC. r.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Br Firman WiIson,
Assistant, Fine Arts Division,
Public Library.

The opening of the National CAL
lery of Art on Tuesday focuses pub
lie attention upon the masterpieces
of art in our country. The Fine
Arts Division of the Public Library,
Eighth and K streets NV, recon-
mends list of books, the reading
of which should add to the enjoy
ment of the gallery's pictures.
"A Treasury of Art Masterpieces,
from the Renaissance to the Present
Day" with foreword by Harry B.
Weyle, edited by Thomas Craven;
"Old World Masters in New World
Collections by Esther Singleton,
and The Story of Art-Lives and
Times of the Great Masters" by
Regina Shoolman and Charles Slat-
kin. are good background material
Renaissance Art" No. of Ellie
Faure's five-volume Interpretation
of art, contains valuable synoptic
tables which list, by date and coun-
try, historical events in relation to
the artistic production of the same
peTlOQ.
italian Sculpture of the Renais-
sance" is a well-illustrated edition
of the Charles Eliot Norton lectures
given at Harvard University by Sir
Eric Maclagen, director of the Vic
toria and Albert Museum, London.
Recent Phaidon publications in the
Fine Arts Division are Sculptures
of Donatello," The Paintings of
Michelangelo' and Hans TietZe's
Masterpieces of European Painting
in America"
Included in the library's collection
of the famous Hyperion series are
Germain Bazin's italian Painting
of the 14th and 18th Centuries, "
E. Harris Spanish Painting"
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Commend the Devil
By HoUdrd Core. NeU Yo,
DueU .SJonn q penrco

By HoWard Core. NeU York.
DUEL, Sloan G. Pearce.
Modern youth in an unstable
world, torn between cynicism and
faith in itself, is the theme of Mr..
Coxe's last novel. The author, a
newspaperman in New York and
Paris, died the day after he had
completed the book and sent it to
his literary agent.
The story contrasts a domineering
mother with her two somewhat con-
fused children, Evie, who married
badly, and Joel, who had always
evaded responsibility.
The two find themselves, if only
briefly, through a melodramatic
plot to blow up a ship carrying
gasoline to Germany. Their sub
sequent disillusionment leaves the
reader with the feeling that the
author was perhaps only slightly
less confused than his leading
characters. c. B. r.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Quest: The Evolution of q Scientist


1899 Leopold nfed coaboraed with Albert Enstei
excellent
original work he here The Evolution of Physics established
him the public mind the who coaboated with Ensten The
collaboration virtually reputation In his life history the
that he had before attained
Is
Polish
Polish rebeled
he pitted himself the gentle
university proved
provincial cities All avenues toward higher closed to
prejudice
lived little medieval devoid
shared his scientific
according
education.
part told in moving It's
psychology its ghetto really
Infeds
turn
fellowship England by which the
Polish university and slowly he reputation for his research
anti
fellowship Princeton
collaboration
Hitler
severed.
Fundamentally,
could
his light psychology,
particularly psychology sometimes call the first
1t deserves sympathetic reading
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Best Sellers

The following list of best
sellers is compiled weekly from
information obtained in WASH
ington by The Star and in New
York, Boston, Chicago and San
Francisco by the North Ameri-
can Newspaper Alliance.
FICTION.
II. NJ. Pulham, Esquire" by j.
P Marquand Little, Brown.
For Whom the Bell Tolls"
by Ernest Hemingway (Scrib-
ner's).
"Sapphira and the Slave
Girl" by Villa Gather KnopD.
Random Harvest" by James
Hilton Gittle, Brown.
'Delilah," by Marcus Good
rich (Farrar & Rhinehart).
NON-FICTION.
"COme Wind, Come Weather"
py Daphne Du Maurler tDou-
bleday, Doran).
"Out of the Night" by Jan
Valtin (Alliance).
white Cliffs" by Alice Deur
Miller (CoWard-McCann).
Behind Gods Back" by
Negley Farson (Harcourt,
Brace.
THE Wounded Don't Cry"
by Quentin Reynolds CDutton).
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Squodrons Up!
Neu York: Whittleseu House.
BIZ Noel Monks. Ne

By Noel Monks. NeW York: WhittleSey House.
to eclipse that OF
the World of dramatic powerful literature the
military censorship has been raised and time gives
tive of its extraordinary and ferocy.
real lifting of the veil which has hidden from the
to during
Advanced Air Striking
1885, until the the French
which
him from writing the
"Squadrons Up!" the of the A F. fighter
the
rolled British Armies drove
the of those squadron who them brought down
than 200 German combat apanes, most Of them within
period month.
should strike admiration enthusiasm
those who while they have had nkngs from the relatively
pilots France
conception
fighting
full OF battles which
formations outnumber
only
taking terrible toll apane the
explains British air
chilled which alone broke the
And for the first time gives
portraits fighter pilots
future histories of the present air
Monks lived with those pilots and his is which has
Evening star., 1941-03-16
Library Offers Art Books
For Gallery Visitors

Edouard Michels Flemish Painting
of the 18th Century" and Tancred
Borenius' English Painting in the
18th Century" These, as we'll as
the Phaidon volumes, are beautifully
illustrated and have excellent mono
graphs of the individual artists and
brief discussions of the schools Of
painting.
In the reference collection are
three important books on early
italian art, George Harold Edgell's
"A History of Sienese Painting"
Tancred Borenius' "Florentine Fres-
Goes" and Bernard Berenson's S
Drawings of Florentine Painters" p"
The Berenson book is an amplified
three-volume edition of an earlier
work. The first two volumes give
background OF the Florentine scene
and a guide to the drawings. The
third contains over a thousand illus
trations which show the fine
draughtsmanship of the Northern
Italian masters.
There is a larger percentage Of
Rembrandts work in America than
that of any other great master. In
the art reading room is a catalogue
of "Rembrandt's Paintings in Amer
ica," by wilhelm r. Valentiner, who
explains in his introduction that
Rembrandt speaks. strongly to the
American spirit. His paintings por-
tray the poor rich and the rich
poor. He solved the social problem
by seeking to recognize the real
worth of human beings.
Information on the Andrew w.
Mellon, Samuel H. Kress and
Widener gifts to the Nation is avail
able in reference magazines. Re
productions of many Of the works
in the National Gallery may be bor-
rowed from the circulating collection
Of the Fine Arts Division.
Evening star., 1941-03-16
ry Word-Revews of Current Publications in Various Fields
Story Of Country Squire
Shows Gay 9Os' Really
Were Good Old DAYS.
London Reporter Attached to
Royal Air Force Tells How
Britain ThWarted Nazis
Hudson Valley Squire

BIZ C. Blackburn Miller.
There's doubt about it, the 90s really the good old days
CHANGED wealthy landowner and the squire of place
Woodburn Newburgh County, N
Mr. Miller makes this plain his nostalgia of the
his paterna which has than
spirit
made admirable title this book Mr. Day hadn't had the idea first
Like the elder Miller autocrat and bit Of
hunderbolt admit his should
a racing iceboang prize fighting
breeding chicken fighting and the like
evidenced
nothing ocelot aligao
frequently doed before the living room fire.
still competitors Apparently he got just much of Kick out
matching favoite fighting fowl against of the minister
Of his mares in a race down the frozen Hudson.
Speaking minister that worthy huck
tells when fathers
after conclusion golf
he distinctly heard the minister NO. Blackburn
imagine a between st. Peter Paul"
hilarious incidents with Miller usually
a while
in tells
Italian called One Round MCGOWAN
brightest spots book skepcal
Uncle Toms Cabin" had been led believe Father
did a job in convincing that journalist!
might harder skepics
that the squire had II feet the banyard his
1915, II
athletes and dressed for the oaonwould have most college
being that something happened the Of the ~
opponent
his boys behalf For the squire sportsman but he
chump.
most the story Valley squire
family Wlds
elder Miller bought there Of
the breed of horses.
a of the good old days.
Evening star., 1941-03-16

the feel of the advanced airdromes'
and the solid background of per-
sonal knowledge of the facts. This
may not be the greatest book
which will come out of the epic
of the r. A. F. in battle, but it
should rank among the best, and
certainly none of them can be
more timely.
JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.