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Evening star., 1941-02-22
The Garden Notebook
Start Your Gamma Roots Now in
Moist Ashes and Peat Moss

if left on too long many plants will
have started growth, and then the
tender new shoots may be injured
as the mulch is removed Mid
March is as early as We like to re-
move the mulching materials but in
mild winters they may need to be
removed earlier. An occasional ex-
animation will show the stage of
growth and provide a safer guide
than the calendar.
There is no point in trying to save
spent paper-white narcissus bulbs.
They are so low in price that the
time and effort needed to restore
their vigor for another Towering is
seldom justified. When f1owered in
water and pebbles the bulbs strength
is spent and it will not flower again
satisfactorily until it has had at
least a seasons growth in soil.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Sturdy Oaks
Are Much
Maligned
AreNot Necessarily
Slower in Growth
Than Other Trees

Wheel discussing oak trees many
persons exclaim that they are beau
tiful, but that it takes lifetime tc
grow them. This is not fair state
ment of the case. Oaks do grow
rather slowly at times. but If condi-
tiOns are favorable even the white
oak, which is one of the longest lived
will grow quite rapidly when it be-
comes established.
Pin oak. QuerCus paluStriS, is one
Of our native trees which grows in
rather swamp places in general II
is very beautiful tree, and does well
on higher ground provided it is not
too dry or sandy. Pin oaks grow
quite rapidly after becoming well
established.
This tree is we'll adapted to our
conditions and. after becoming
established, grows rapidly and
makes a good spreading head. 1t
has very few insect and disease
troubles. The strong architecture
of the tree withstands icestorms
without extensive damage. This is
one of the oaks which tend to hold
their leaves late, but this does not
seem a serious objection.
1t is a mistaken idea that oaks
always are slow growers. When
first transplanted. they start off
rather slowly, and a sycamore or
maple will run away from them for
the first few years. Once estab-
hshed, a healthy young oak tree
makes strong growth and natures
as a much better tree. The root
system of most oaks is deeper than
most of the usually planted land
scape trees and this enables these
sturdy trees 70 live on for genera
tions after most others in our East
ern States have de.eriorated. 1t
pays to contact a nurseryman if
you want to get one of these young
oaks rather than to try to save a
dollar or two and dig a specimen
in the wild. Nursery-gro trees
have better root system and will
transplant much more satisfactorily
Evening star., 1941-02-22

angular plaque cut of heavy card
board forms the tray for this ar
rangement. The cardboard can be
left its natural color or it can be
painted a dull green. 1t is more
effective, however, to cover the board
with green or natural burlap, natu-
raj pongee or regular straw mating
to give a finish to the plateau. The
fan-shaped background of green
fern or other foliage is placed as
shown. Bananas, lines, oranges,
avocados, grapes, etc., are piled in
front of the foliage. Arrange the
grapes so that they will hang over
the edge of the covered board as
shown in the above sketch. Soda
straw mats, made by fastening the
natural colored straws together with
two bands of sticky tape flank the
central arrangement. Two or three
brilliant flowers, such as rubrum
lilies. hibiscus or gardenias, stuck
into the arrangement enhance the
| tropical favor.
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University andSociety
Sponsor Institute

The Potomac Rose Society and
George Washington University are
sponsoring an institute OF rose
growing, meetings to be held on
March 10 and 20 at pm. in the
Hall of Government, room l01,
Twenty and G streets. The
institute is designed to provide an
opportunity for rose lovers and rose
growers to meet and discuss the
problems involved in rose culture
In this area. On wednesday eve
ming, March 10, Mr.. j. Preston
Swecker will act as chairman, and
on Thursday. March 20, DR.. Paul
w. Bowman will take the chair.
At the opening session, Mr.. Wilbur
H Youngman. president of the
Potomac Rose Society, will welcome
the participants. and addresses will
be made by Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president of George Washington
University, and DR.. T. Allen Kirk,
former president of the American
Rose Society. At the Thursday
session there will be an address by
Mr.. f. c. Allen, instructor in horti-
culture at Cornell University, pre-
ceding the round table discussion
by the audience.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Cooperative Efforts
Result in Beauty
For Community

This is true story taken from the
columns of great metropolitan
newspaper and it shows that a true
garden lover recognizes no obstacles.
Also it contains an object lesson for
the rest of u.s.
It's the story of a country woman
"a woman who loved gardening and
had had the Solace of a garden all
her life, until circumstances made it
necessary for her to take up resi-
denCe with a sister in an apartment
house in the city. There was no
available garden spot on this prop
erty where they resided, and the
lady and her sister started looking
about the neighborhood for some
available site. They ascertained the
names of the owners of various va
cant lots in the neighborhood and
approached the owners with the idea
of free use of the lot in return for
Identification of same. 1t didn't
take them long to find an owner who
was perfectly agreeable to the ar
rangement.
why can't we nave more OF tnlS
sort of cooperation in our cities?
1t benefits the lot owner and en-
hances the value of the property;
it gives the ambitious but landless
gardeners a chance to exercise their
talents and it adds considerably to
the attractiveness of neighborhoods.
Wouldn't it be splendid project
for garden clubs to start such a
movement in their towns and bring
the owners of vacant lots and the
energetic souls who want garden
together through some system of
registration?
If your club decides to give the
plan a trial, won't you let me know
the results? I venture to say there
will be host of interesting develop
mentS
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Bv Frances Jones

By Frances Jones
No. If you think longingly of
verdant tropical foliage at this time
of the year, why not make your own
Southern scene? The generally
ignored and extremely inexpensive
Boston or fiat fern at your florists
is the striking keynote of this ar
rangement. Make a fan-shaped
pattern by sticking the sharpened
ends of six or eight fern fronds
into a chunk of modelling clay or
grapefruit.
No. Pin true tropical fashion,
our fiat arrangement shown will be
elevated on pile-like columns. These
are-or have you guessed it?-ice
cream containers surrounded with
soda straws. 1t is ever so simple to
do. Place the straws around the
carton and tie them in place with
two bright bands of yarn, string or
raffla. The effect is like that of a
bamboo-veneered shaft.
No. 3-An irregularly shaped til
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Native Trees
Decorative
And Hardy
PersimmOn Grows
In Well.Drained
Situations
Bv A. &. Mclean

Another native tree that might be
used more for ornamental purposes
is persimmon. The scientific name
for this distinctive tree is Diospyres
virginiana.
The tree is not particularly hard
to grow. It's soil requirements are
rather simple. as 1t asks only we'll
drained situation. OF course. it will
not grow in dry lands unless it is
irrigated. AS an ornamental tree
it is rather handsome, and there are
not many diseases or insect enemies
that attack it. 1t has good foliage
and the patterned back is very fas-
cinating The leaves are rather
tropical in general effect; they are
glossy and beautifully rounded.
Be sure to get an American per-
slnmon if you want a tree that will
live in our climate. japanese per-
simmons are quite handsome also
and bear much larger fruits. While
a few specimens are found north of
here. in collections of gardeners
who like to experiment, they are not
reliably hardy north of Philadelphia.
You can obtain these trees from
nurserymen, especially those that
are growing nut trees and have
selected named varieties. If you
wait until there is a good, sharp
frost, the fruit is thoroughly ripened
and quite palatable, although quite
sweet. Before frost it has consider
able tannin in it and is rather
puckery. 1t used to be favorite
stunt of young people to get some one
to eat green persimmons and then
watch his expression.
PerSimmon is one of the native
trees that is not very common, par
ticularly in the North. 1t is well
worth growing not only as an orna-
mental, but also for its fruit. The
fruit may be Objectionable TO some.
but this need not be a bar to their
use, as one may purchase the sterile
form as we'll as the fruitiug form.
Be sure when purchasing a tree you
specify which you want.
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GARDEN DATES
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March 1-2-Houston, Tex. Sixth
Annual AZalea Trail of the River
Oaks Country Club.
March 17-22-Boston, Mass. 10th
Annual New England Spring Flower
Show, Massachusetts Horticultural
Society, Mechanics Hall.
March 17-22-New York City. 28th
Annual International Flower Show,
Grand Central Palace.
March 22-30-St. Louis, Mo.
Greater St. Louis Flower and Gar
den Show at the Arena.
March 22-April 6-Natchez, Miss.
10th Annual Pilgrimage of the Gar
den Club of NatcheZ.
March 23-30-Seattle, Wash. Ma
tional Flower and Garden Show Of
the Society of American Florists.
March 24-29-Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia Flower Show, CONNER
cial Museum.
March 28-April SChicago, Ill.
Chicago Flower Show, Navy Pier.
April 28-May aGarden Week in
Virginia.
May 2-May IL: Maryland House
and Garden Pilgrimage.
Evening star., 1941-02-22

Massachusetts; Mr.. Alfred Maclay
Florida, ala Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Scott
Pennsylvania.
PatroneSSes for Mr.. Wright's lee
ture, tickets for which are being
handled by Mrs. Lloyd P. Shipper
include Mrs. Owen J. Roberts. Mrs
Stanley F. Reed, Mrs. Claude r
Wickard, Mrs. Dean AcheSon. Mrs
j. Lawrence Houghteling, Mrs. Fred
erick H. Brooke, Mrs. Whitman
Cross, Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin
Miss Cecil Lester Jones, Mrs. Will
liam Corcoran EuStis, Mrs. George
A. Garrett, Mrs. Louis S. Greene
Miss Bell Gurnee, Mrs. Cazenove
Lee, Mrs. Henry Leonard, Mrs
Thomas H. B. Mcknight, Mrs. Keith
Merrill and Mrs. David Wing.
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Raising Plants From Seed Task That Appeals Ambitious Gardeners
Clocks Telling Time With
Green Things Growing
Marvels of Ingenuity
Washington Has Distinction of
Claiming Largest 1imepiece
Of This Kind in the World
By GwendoIrn VI. Aaberg

With the arrival of spring enough for hothuse plants
floral Lincoln will bloom
pebbles
will cooru
actually tell the time Of day! Once
visitors will Badensbug road beyond
flowers John Hix described in his Strange Seems
Probably the clock tell about
the whole world Counting
in the United States Canada and those England Scotland
Switzerland total both here abroad they all survive
half dozen floral clocks"
they right mound Of earth while
nothing hints the intricate electrical works hidden cement vault
natural the effect that at first sight scarcely
realize little stalk carefully placed there by hand
floral clock equally beautiful design though
smaller Springfield Mass actually earlier than
Mr Hamar
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Greatest Difficulty Lies in
Keeping Soil at Correct
Degree of Moisture
Average House Temperatures
Are Too High for Seedlings
To Make Proper Growth
By W. III. Yonnqmdn

engthenng
tin in
taken the activity
There are many gardeners however who for the sake OF the pleasure
making still plants. Then
there always the difficulty
kinds varieties if
would them,
all ambitious
and plants to flower fruit early before ee in
which
slow maturity that they started early they
all
leamod
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Tickets on Sale
For Lecture

An admission charge Of so cents
will be made at the benefit lecture
to be given by Mrs. Ikko Greger
at Hurst Hall, American University
at $3.50 pm. on Tuesday. Tickets
may be purchased at the hall, or
at Horace Mann School, whose
Garden Committee of the Parent
Teacher Association is sponsoring
the lectuTc. -'rocs2ds will 60 to
the development Of the school gar
dens.
Evening star., 1941-02-22


are in park plan cemeteries, on the
sites of historic backgrounds. but
those elsewhere are located in
municipal parks or resorts.
In Europe on two occasions the
erection of such a clock has COM
memorated the crowning of King!
In 1902 in Edinburgh, Scotland, at
the coronation of King Edward VII,
the slope at East and West Princes
street gardens was laid out in the
shape of a crown, which later be-
came a clock, with just one hand.
The second, or minute, hand was
added in 1904, and year later a
cuckoo" sound effect.
In England, at the coronation of
their majestieS King George vi and
Queen Elizabeth, another floral clock
with musical chimes was built on
the Cliffs, Southend-on-Sea, in the
setting which earlier inspired most
of the Turner landscapes.
1t is highly appropriate in SWitzer-
land, where Matchmaking Of the
highest type has prevailed for cen
turies. to find one of the loveliest
floral clocks high in the Alps, in the
shadow of the SnoW-topped jung
frau, at Interlaken, as well as one
at Les Avants, nearby, above Mon
treux, in the vicinity so we'll remem-
bered by Byron's poem.
With the exception of the Swiss
makes, most floral clocks are cleo
trio. Practically all have the
mechanism directly underground in
a cemented vault about feet high
and large enough to hold man In
a standing position. So noiseless is
the machinery that no sound OF
ticking or humming ever reaches
ones ears.
The clocks in Springfield and
Montreal were produced by Cana
dian firm. the one in Washington
by a well-knoWn New England watch
concern and those in Europe by
Scotch or Swiss clockmakers. OF
whatever type, the mechanism must
be a very perfect one indeed, to
Keep dGtul dlC lllllc III NlONho VA SNSAA
giant dimensions and bulk. espe-
ciallv when they are exposed to all
kinds of weather and must operate
under a heavy load of growing vege-
tation.
The foliage used for the hands
grows in light soil in a zinc trough,
but the plants in the dial and base
take root in the mound of earth.
From 1000 to 10000 or more sep
arate plants are required, depend
ing on the diameter of the clock, and
all the foliage must be clipped when
it reaches a certain height, usually
212 inches. to prevent the weight
from impairing perfect movement.
The growing season lasts from May
or June until September or october,
when in the colder climates the
plants are stored in greenhouses
Evening star., 1941-02-22

and the clock is laid with mosaic
for the winter months.
The plants used are all of the
dWarfed, or lOW-groWlng, succulent
variety, not blossoming ones at all,
but Just beautiful foliage. 1t would
be more nearly correct to speak Of
foliage clocks" instead of floral but
the name has become an accepted
term and will persist even though
slightly misleading For the color
scheme there might be such Sc
lection as this:
Grayish blue,
bronze ----- Echeveria Secunda,
Glauca and Me-
taluca.
Blue Lobelia.
Green and
bronze ----- Sedum.
Yellow ----- Pyrethum, Alter
nanthera.
Gray Antennaria
Red, pink
brown --- Alternanthera.
Cream color red
CIce Plant.
The Ice Plant grows abundantly
on the southern beaches of Califor-
MIA as well as the MojaVe Desert
and has greenish-red foliage which
seems to be frosted with ice par
ticles glittering in the sun. Another
plant often used is the American
AloeS. of the low growing variety, a
heavy. prickly plant of the lily FAM
lily. Some of the designs are also
surrounded with Golden Moss. At
Southend, England, in the spring
the foliage used for the floral clock
consists of various kinds of Primula
and Polyantha, together with early
Towering bulbs that do not grow
very high, but this is probably the
only instance in which real flowers
are actually used rather than foliage
plants.
The clock at Fort Lincoln, in
Washington, D. c., has the distinc-
ton OF being the largest OF all.
When it was first erected it meas
ured y feet in diameter. but since
then it has been enlarged to meas
ure 26 feet across, which is 6 feet
wider than the one in England.
Next largest is the Springfield clock.
Is feet in width, and the one in
Montreal. y feet across. The Scot
tish clock and those in Switzerland
are more dlmmutlve.
Corresponding in size with the
diameter. the hands usually weigh
several hundred pounds. When
filled with foliage and earth they
are very difficult to control, so that
plain metal hands without foliage
are found to be more practical.
With three years of successful
tlme-telling to its credit, the floral
clock Of Washington is fast becom-
ing a permanent attraction. Espe-
cially now. in view of the perils of
all artistic effort in Europe today,
We may be glad that on this side of
the Atlantic We have preserved such
a refreshing example OF floral
beauty
Evening star., 1941-02-22

1t is not too early to get out your
Gamma roots and start them into
growth. This is easily done in a
mixture of ashes and peat moss.
Water them we'll and place in a
warm place until the new shoots
appear, when they should be moved
into the sunlight. If left in a dimly
lighted place the shoots will be
spindling and lack vigor.
The feeding of shade trees and
lawn can be done whenever the
weather permits. The feeding Of the
shade trees is best taken care of by
drilling or punching holes about II
to IS inches deep and putting a very
small handful of fertilizer in each.
The usual rate of application is a
pound of a complete fertilizer such as
4-8-5 or 1864 inch of diameter.
The holes should be spaced about 2
feet apart and should be scattered
over the area where the feeding roots
are most likely to be found, namely
below the tips of the branches.
The lawn should be fed early in
the season to give the grass a good
vigorous start and thus enable it
to smother weeds. An application
Of from to pounds of a complete
fertilizer per 100 square feet of area
Is recommended.
Do not be in a hurry to remove
protective mulches. They help to
keep the ground frozen and re-
tard growth. On the other hand,
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Maryland Pilgrimage
Set for MAY 2.11

The Maryland House and Garden
Pilgrimage of 1941 is scheduled for
May to II, inclusive. This is the
eighth of these tours, held annually
to provide funds for the maintenance
of the Hammond -Harwood House
in Annapolis, which has been pur-
chased by the Hammond-Harwood
House Association, Inc, under the
inspiration of the Federated Garden
Clubs of Maryland. The mansion,
which is one of the most beautiful
examples of Georgian architecture
in the United States, is open to the
public as a museum. Further in
formation about the tour may be
obtained from Room 300, Hotel Bel
vedere, Baltimore.
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All.Expense Tour
Being Arranged

The Garden Clubs Of Washington
have arranged an alL-eXpense tour
to New York to attend the Interna-
tional Flower Show being held there
March II TO %. Reservations for
the trip, March II and l8. should
be made early. Tickets will be on
sale from March 10 to Is. inclusive,
at the shop of George C. Shaffer,
Inc, florist.
Evening star., 1941-02-22

comparatively easy matter to pre-
pare for the seed-sowing. If you
we're not foresighted enough, how
ever, you can buy rich soil at the
seed store or florists without diff
Guilty.
The choice of container for start
ing seeds is of comparatively little
importance. Many gardeners prefer
the bulb pans-shallow flower pots
commonly used for forcing bulbs.
A to inch bulb pan will hold as
many seeds of one kind or variety
as the average garden can use. 1t
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Go Slow

Amateurs should not start hot
beds too early. The best time is
about two months before it is safe
to set tender plants outdoors in
your vicinity. Your plants should
be about ready to move when the
safe tina arr1veA
Evening star., 1941-02-22
Starting Besonias

Tuberous begonias may be started
in pots in the house now. Pot in
four-inch pots.
Evening star., 1941-02-22

15cD Free Illus, price list Of small ever
green tree. AL Trees Guaranteed 70 Live.
WEeTEKN MAINE FOREST NURSERY
n09 WS-241 rryeburg, Maine
Evening star., 1941-02-22

SPECIAL OFFER: Colo
do Blue Spruce. 4 yr.,
transplanted 3 to 8 in.
tall-only 81 postpaid.
% only So postpaid
Another Bargain: 90
Evergreens 81, postpaid
all 4 and 5 year trans
planted, 4" to IL" tall.
Ten each Red Spruce.
White Spruce. scotch
Pine, Red Pine, Black
Hill Spruce, all so for
81 wv. of Miss r add
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-05

gram. Two new books which might turn the trick are John Dos Passes "The Ground We Stand On" (Har- court Brace: $3.50) and T Am an American" Alliance: $50.
 Dos PassoS writes of the Found.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-05
LIMIT LICENSES
 AVERT SHORTAGE.
Bristol Industrial Execu- tive Offers Suggestion
 to Save Gasoline

Edward Ingraham of Bristol, president of the E. Tngraham Go, advocates a gasoline savings by re- stricting licenses to persons over 2l years of age. Tn fact he urges this action and says 1t would re- suit in vast savings of gasoline and the problem of 6 shortage in the East would be solved.
 This suggestion was proposed to citizens of Bristol about two weeks ago and he urged them to consider the gasoline problem and its pos- sible solution.
 According to estimates made by the state motor vehicle depart- lment of Connecticut, there are 47,- 900 licenses held by persons under 2l years of age.
 MT. Ingraham considers the younger element as constituting the non essential driving public and if 1t were to stop, the savings In gasoline would be enormous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-05
$1, ,725 Raised For
 Church Organ Fund
Ladies' Aid Received Report Last Nght-Organ to
 Be Played Sunday

Naugatuck, Sept. 1--A total of $l,T20 has been contributed in cash to the organ fund of the Salem Lutheran church, Miss Julia An- derson reported at Q meeting of the Ladies Aid Of that church held last night at the home of Mrs. Charles A. Johnson, 30 Quinn street.
 The organ was recently enlarged and improved and a committee con- sisting of Miss Anderson, Mrs. Vic- tor Olson and Mrs. Victor Rohs has been soliciting funds.
 The improved organ has been in- stalled but not yet dedicated. It was played for the first time last Sunday.
 It was decided to hold the aYl- nual Birthday Festival on Thurs dsy, Oct. Q. Mrs. Eric Anderson, Mrs. Victor Rohs, Mrs. Joseph Noy- ack and Mrs. George Anderson were designated as the committee in charge. Each has been assigned a quarter of the year and will send envelopes to members of the par ish whose birthdays fall within that period. Some members donate a penny for each year of their age.
 Mrs. Alex Lundin, chairman of the committee which is arranging for the Srnorgasbord supper to be held next Thursday night in the church hall, reported on plans for the affair. Mrs. John Gisslander will be dining room chairman and Mrs. Victor RohS will have charge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-05
MARINES RECRUIT REVOLVER EXPERT
Torrington Youth Willing to Bring Gown Ammuni.
 ton" to Aid Corps

Robert William Richard, son of Mir. and Mrs. William Richard, 54 Lincoln avenue, Torrington, was en- listed in the volunteer U. S. Mar inc corps reserve today for the du- ration of the national emergency. Richard attended Torrington high school. where he played baseball, football, and basketball. He bowled with the Foremen's club of Torring- ton and was a member of the New City pistol and revolver team and a holder of 8 medal for the 50 yard iron sights, revolver competition.
 He has been employed by the American Brass Co.,. for the past five and a half years, having served three years as an apprentice elec- trician. When Richard appeared at the recruiting station in Water bury, the morning of his enlistment he said to the recruiting officers, Don't you think should have brought my own ammunition?" And the sergeant retorted, Don't worry about ammunition. from now on it's all on Uncle Sam"
 Shooting is Richards chief hobby. and he says. Some day I hope to follow in the footsteps of one of the many champions that the leath- ernecks have trained"