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Evening star., 1941-12-20

with Floyd McCord, chairman. was
appointed to complete the building.
The structure will have seating
capacity of 225.
Others who will participate in the
conservation services are DR.. T. j.
Lambert, who was presiding elder of
the Alexandria district when the
church was organized; DR.. A. P.
Williams, present district superin-
tendent; the Rev. John w. Lillaston,
Mr.. McCord and the Rev. Walter M.
Lockett, jr., pastor.
Open house will be held Sunday,
December %, from 4 to pm.
Evening star., 1941-12-20
Murderer Among Six
Fuvored for Parole
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 20.-A con-
victed murderer was among six con-
victs recommended yesterday to
Gov. O'Conor for parole by Parole
Director Herman M. Moser.
Wilson Jones, jr, was sentenced
In 1887 to II years for the second
degree murder of Mrs. James w.
Morris Of washington, fatally stab
bed while sitting in an automobile
with her husband in Calvert County.
Others recommended for parole
included Donald Tobin and Louis
Roberts, each sentenced to 18 months
for larceny in Prince Georges
County.
Evening star., 1941-12-20

Bishop w. w. Peele, resident
bishop Of the Richmond area, will
preach the conservation sermon at
II am. tomorrow in the new Com
munity Methodist Church, Key
boulevard and North Bryan street,
Arlington, Va.
Work on the building, which rep
resents a total investment of $40, 900,
was started in 1887, when the base
ment unit was built. For almost
four years the congregation held
services in the basement. In June
of last year a Building Committee,
Evening star., 1941-12-20
Winchester Hospital
Opens New Floor
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. 90
Crowded conditions at Winchester
Memorial Hospital had been relieved
today with opening of the second
floor of new addition, providing
for 81 additional beds, according
to Bennett Mccarthy, superintend-
ent. The total present capacity is
IT'S beds. Erection of the wing
was made possible by gifts of the
late Mrs. Llewellyn Bull of New
York and the late Charles M. Ebert
of Frederick County.
Evening star., 1941-12-20
Sons of Veterans Appoint

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Dec.
20 R.-Mark v. Pence Of Char
lottesville has been named Virginia
commander Of the Sons of Con-
federate Veterans by Comdr. IN
Chief McWhorter Miner Of Atlanta.
Evening star., 1941-12-20
Plant Worker FutuIIy Hurt

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Dec. 20
R).-Dave Ragland. So, was crushed
by line shaft and fatally injured
at the Alberene Stone Corp. plant
at Schuyler yesterday. Surviving
are his widow and four children.
Evening star., 1941-12-20
Court Shifts Sessions

ROCKVILLE, Md, Dec. 20 (Spe-
ciaD. - The Orphans Court for
Montgomery County will not be in
session Wednesday of next or the
following week, but will sit Monday
and Tuesday both weeks, it has
been announced.
Evening star., 1941-12-20
Toll In Previous Months.

In December, Beware Of:
1. The hours between S and
10 pm. Ten Of the 13 traffic
victims in December last year
were killed within this five
hour period.
2. Crossing a street at some
point other than a crosswalk.
Three pedestrians lost their
lives in December, 1910, while
doing this.
Evening star., 1941-12-20
Arm Bands Ordered.

Although no funds have been
made available Cor equipment for
wsrdens, those in the American Uni
versity Park section have been pro-
vided with white arm bands by Off
cis,ls in charge Of the areas civil
ian defense program, and those will
be used during tomorrow's alarm.
In Alexandria City Manager Carl
Budwesky, civilian defense co-ordi-
nator, said the test alarm will be
given shortly after 8 am. tomorrow
and will last for 10 minutes.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Amateurs Teaching
Noyices How to
Grow Dahlias

Interest is running high among
novice dahlia growers of Virginia,
MARYLAND and the District as they
look to graduation" from the
ranks Of novice growers to amateur
standings at the National Capital
Dahlia Show to be held in Harding
Hall OF the Government Printing
Office on Saturday and Sunday,
September 27 and %.
The novice section is open to all
dahlia growers who have never won
a ribbon at any dahlia show. Be
cinners in dahlia growing are visit
ing the gardens of the large
amateurs to learn how winning
blooms are grown. Rapt attention
is paid to instructions for cutting
back plants to time blooms, disbud-
ding and fertilizing.
Many amateur growers have each
taken several novices under their
wing to instruct them in the art OF
raising show blooms. There is
great deal of friendly rivalry in that
stage of the instructions, as the
amateurs are now vying to see whose
proteges win the most ribbons.
Both novice and amateur growers
report dahlia plants in fine shape
and If Dame Nature does not go to
extremes, many fine blooms will be
exhibited. Growers in the Baltimore
area, Delaware. Pennsylvania and
New Jersey say plants are looking
better this year than for many years
past and are looking forward to the
National Capital Dahlia Show and
promise to be here with their best
blooms.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Potting Up
Seedlings
Advised
Surplus Material
May Be Stored
Until Needed
By Edwin H. Perkins

Frequently the gardener grows
more seedlings than are absolutely
necessary for his own needs. This
excess of seedlings comes about
from making several soWings. Far
too often we believe the earliest
soWn seed is not going to come
along early enough, and We make
second planting. Surprisingly, both
sets of seeds may pop out of the
ground at one time. When this hap
pens, the gardener generally has a
lot Of work on his hands: but it is
pleasant work. Transplanting seed
lngs under hot August sun is not
an easy job. Transplanting them
into pots is an operation which can
be done in the shade of shed,
where conditions are not so ag-
gravating as in the bright sunlight.
For this purpose the use of 2-inch
pots is recommended. This size pot
takes minimum of space and yet
contains sufficient soil to allow the
plant to grow freely. Try potting
up few even if you feel that you
will have no need for them at the
minute.
Eventually you will find that some
of your friends or neighbors are in
need of the varieties which you
have in excess, and an exchange
can be conveniently arrived at. Since
the material is potted. both parties
to the bargain are given reasonable
guarantee that the material will
transplant successfully.
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Tube Label
Identifies
Seeding
Is Impervious to
Water and Will
Last for Years

When the seedlings are trans
planted from the beds into perma-
nent quarters, many Of them may
closely resemble others, and I'M
less extreme care is taken, quite a
mess will result. Acting on the
presumption that they were prop
erly labeled at the time they were
planted, this should not come about.
1t will be a year from now before
many of the perennials bloom, by
which time the ordinary plant la
bells used in the seed beds will be-
come illegible. To prevent this, one
may use copper or zinc labels, on
which the proper plant names are
painted with fine brush, using the
special inks sold in the seed shops
for that purpose.
Many gardeners are now using a
homemade label which is highly
successful. 1t Is easily made from
a piece of bent wire and one OF
the small vials, such as your apothe-
cary uses when he sells small guam
titles of essential oils. The bottle
is wired to heavy wire stake with
light copper wire. The name of the
plant, typewriter or handwritten
with indelible ink, is inserted in the
bottle, after which the whole is
tightly stoppered. Such a label is
impervious to water and will last
for many seasons.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Fall Good Time to
Plant Peachleaf
BellhOWers

Among the most satisfactory sum-
mer-blooming perennisls is Cam
panula persicifolia. peachlesf bell
flower. This plant usually grows
around 2 or 2i2 feet high, and
blooms in late June or early july.
If the faded blooms are cut back,
the lovely blue or white flowers ap-
pear practically throughout ths
summer. Peachleaf bellfowers are
long-lived and they grow we'll in
almost any well-drained soil that Is
not too acid
Among the better forms OF Cam
panula perSicifolia are moerheimef
with double white flowers, Telham
Beauty, a large, light blue, and Lad
hams Giants, of which there ars
several strains which are very large
Towering. Plants of some of thess
are not yet available in this country,
but seed can be obtained.
Peachleaf bellhowers NAV bs
raised from seed or one can buy
strong plants from most nurserv-
men. ouble-flovering forms do not
come true from seed and very littls
seed is produced by the true doubls.
NurSerymen maintain their stock
OF the choice double kinds by divi-
sion and by taking cuttings.
FAN is a good time to plant this
bellfioWer, although it may also be
cone In the spring. Seed sown now
should make plants large enough to
bloom next summer-but remem-
Der, don't plant except in a WELL
drained location that is not too acid.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Wooden Fence Posts
Should Be Set in
Concrete Bases

Mld-August is fence-building time.
Old fences are repaired and new
ones Installed. Fences, you will re-
call, make for good neighbors; but
when you are putting up a fence,
make 1t attractive Plant q hedge
alongside it, or train vines over II:
and you can probably work out an
arrangement with your neighbor
whereby each can share in the own
ership of the fence. Then YOU have
some guarantee that the fixtures will
be attractively kept.
One of the often-neglected points
In fence building is the failure to
set the wooden posts in concrete.
While some woods have a longer life
than others when set directly in the
soil, none of them are as permanent
as when they are set in concrete.
In setting the wooden posts, dig
a hole nearly round and fill it with
concrete. Place the post in this and
tamp concrete around it. Then
support the post until it hardens.
The wood will last almost indefi-
nitely under this treatment, instead
of rOtting out in a few seasons, az
1t will be bound to do unless this
precaution is taken.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Rose of Sharon Is
Snowy Shrub for
August Bloom

One of the best August blooming
shrubs is the hardy Hibiscus, COM
monty known as Rose of Sharon. It's
proper name is Hibiscus syriacus.
Hibiscus is a large group of very
snowy plants containing both
herbaceous and woody subjects.
Hibiscus syriacus is the only one
that is hardy in the North, and this
is a native of Eastern Asia. All the
rest Of the woody forms are tropical
shrubs or small trees with very
snowy flowers.
Rose of Sharon comes in both
double and single forms and varying
from white to rose and almost
purple. The single forms are gen.
orally more desirable, for they are
freer blooming. Shower and the
petals break clean so that the shrub
does not look untidy after the
flowers are finished blooming.
There are several worthwhile
varieties available, and one of the
largest is William r. Smith. a large
white flower with purple throat.
When well grown the bloom will
reach to 4 inches across.
Another good single form is
coelestis. This is supposed to be
blue, but 1t is a rather purplish blue.
and it has quite large flowers. 1t
is very snowy and an addition to
any lawn.
Rose of Sharon will grow in almost
any place, but prefers full sun, where
it can bloom fully. 1t may be cut
back rather severely each spring.
for it blooms on new wood. About
its only drawback is that Japanese
beetles are very fond of the flowers,
out in many places the beetle menace
is getting less, so this old-fashioned
shrub can be used more freely. 1t
can be raised from seed or bought
from a nursery-but insist on getting
single form-and We feel you will
appreciate this shrub much more
than you have.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Chimney SCOT
Aids Color
Of Roses
Proves Valuable
If 1t Is Spread
Around Base

Roses now need an unusual
amount of care. From your expert
ence, you will remember that they
grew well in the cool nights of spring
and the early hot days of June but
seem to diminish greatly in quantity
OF blooms at this season. There are
many causes for this. but the prin-
cipal one is generally improper cut
ting of the blooms.
When cutting the blooming stems
Of hybrid tea roses, the cuts should
be made back to the second leaf
of the shoot. This will encourage
buds to push forward and continue
the flower display.
Other aids to the continuance OF
bloom are good feeding and an
abundance of water when necessary.
and eternal viligance with the spray
material to keep the plants free
from infestation.
In some communities, the practice
of cleaning out the chimneys prep
aratory to winter firing of the fur
mace is done at this season. Rose
gardeners have found the SCOT
which is collected by the chimney
sweeps intensifies the color of the
rose blooms after it has been spread
on the ground around their bases.
Up to year ago, seed houses
stocked a product called Scotch
SCOT, which was collected from the
chimneys of England There should
be no difference between that prod
uct and the one collected from our
own chimneys.
Evening star., 1941-08-16

Of all garden roses to grow and has
no serious faults. Like La France"
the first hybrid tea rose, 1t is a two
toned pink, and neither its form
nor color have been duplicated.
The fact that, with millions of these
Radiance" rosebushes grown In the
home yards Of America, there have
been so few sports, indicates not
only the popularity but the inherent
stability of this rose variety.
The name Radiance" appears to
be one Of the most appropriate
names ever given to a rose. Since
its production it has found its way
into millions Of home gardens in
all parts of America and abroad.
1t is, indeed, the right name for
the worlds bestowed rose.
The local families concerned with
the production of these outstanding
roses are the Cooks of Baltimore
and the Guides of Washington. D. @.
As has been noted, Radiance" came
from Baltimore, where 1t was pro-
duced by John Cook, in the course
of his careful rose hybridization
Using two of his own varieties,
Cardinal" and 'Enchanter," Mr.
Cook, then in his 77th year, raised
and named Radiance" 1t is to be
noted that this wise grower chose
simple and euphonious names. He
gave not only Radiance" and its
parents their pleasing names. but
Panama, My Maryland" Admiral
Schley" and Francis Scott Key"
In Washington the original firm
of Guide Bros, Adolph and William
grew Radiance" extensively for cut
flowers, and it was in their opera
tions that the fortunate Red Ra-
dance" sport appeared in 1916. and
was at once noted as of Importance.
In the private greenhouses of Mrs.
Charles Bell we're grown many
Radiance" roses. Here occurred
the lovely sport, of color un-
matched elsewhere, that came to
be registered as Mrs. Charles Bell
Special classes for the Radiance"
trio in specimens, vases and bas-
kets are provided at the annual
shows of the Potomac Rose Society.
These Radiance" rose classes have
proven of high interest to beginners
having small rose gardens, and to
the host of other home gardeners
who grow and appreciate these
easiest and sweetest Of all roses TO
grow.
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tirely discarded, possibly because
rose gardeners with the reputation
of growing fine roses really must
have some roses to show visitors
even during dry, hot periods. Such
dry spells may occur several times
during some seasons. When tne
pampered rose beauties fail to do
their stuff" we keep this pink and
this red rose to supply us rose
blooms. Their names are "Radi-
ance" and Red Radiance"
Now, instead of treating these
roses as the poor relations" OF the
rose family, as so many OF us do,
we should instead, 1t seems to me,
make much of their sterling merit.
and be proud of what they have
done for the rose in America. Ger
tainly, these roses should be OF spe-
cial interest to the rose gardeners
of the Washington area and TO the
Washington Chamber of Commerce.
who point with pride" to the sew
eral things for which this section Of
the United States Is famous, For
this vicinity. including Baltimore,
has in these sturdy. faithful, fra
grant Radiance" roses two that are
particularly our own.
Radiance" as is we'll known, was
originated in Baltimore in 1909. and
the second, Red Radiance" came as
sport in Washington during 1916.
There have been one or two other
Radiance" sports. but because their
performance did not compare with
that of their famous parent, they
have not come into wide favor. save
Mrs. Charles Bell, the shell-pink
bloom that made its appearance in
famous Washington garden in 1916
and completes the Radiance" trio.
The production of Radiance" was
a master stroke. 1t is the easiest
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Arlington Group
Meets Monday

The Neighborhood Garden Club
Of Arlington. Va, will meet on Mon
day at the home of Mrs. N. M.
Parker, 1700 North Randolph street.
Mrs. Sydney Lawrence, Mrs. w. E..
Crosen and Mrs. w. L. Strickler will
act as co-hostesses. Dinner table
arrangements and and inch min
iatures will be exhibited, while the
arrangement Of perennials and
preservation Of color will be the
topic Of discussion.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Fill Bare Spots in
Vegetable Garden
With Pot Plants

With the vegetable cutting season
on in full swing, that section of the
garden set aside for supplying the
table with food is liable to become
a sorry looking thing in spots. Here
is an excellent place to use some of
the potted plants which have been
growing in the frames for just such
a purpose.
Among the suitable plants for
Frightening up bare spots in the
vegetable garden are aster alyssum,
calendula, larkspur, nasturtium, four
o'clock, portulaca, or any other quick
growing ANIMALS. Perennials should
not be included since they will be
in the way of preparing the soil for
next season, and again they are not
likely to bloom this year.
Keep in mind also that the vege-
tables have extracted a heavy toll
of food from the garden soil, which
must be replaced If the potted
transplants are to flourish. Plant
food may be added to the soil in the
proportion of four level tablespoon
fuls of some high-grade fertilizer
for each plant set out. or If manure
is available, at least q quart can be
worked into the soil around each Of
the newly set plants.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
GARDEN DATES
Ms:sstA2XIegS6x.as

September 10-Purcellville, Va.
Flower Show, Purcellville Garden
Club, Purcellville Library.
September 13--Silver Spring.
Md. Flower, fruit and vegetable
show by Silver Spring Garden
Club, Montgomery Blair Senior
High School.
September IS - Washington,
D. c. Pan-American Rose Con-
ference, Pan-American Union.
September 19-2o-Washington,
D. C. Annual meeting, American
Rose Society, Raleigh Hotel.
September 20-21-Washington,
D. C. Fall rose show. Potomac
Rose Society, New National Mu-
scum.
September z4-25-New York
City, annual exhibition American
Dahlia Society, American Mu-
scum of Natural History.
September 27-2S-washington,
D. c. Dahlia Show, National
Capital Dahlia Society, Harding
Hall, Government Printing ONCE,
North Capitol and n streets.
Evening star., 1941-08-16

chief sufferers from the havoc of
war. The shortage, however, is an
experience not likely to be repeated
for thousands of acres have been
given over to the growing of onions
OF course, all vegetables are being
cultivated on an extensive scale, but
if there is such thing as economic
priority" it has gone unquestionably
to the lowly root that gives the fin
ishing touch to so many foods.
What kind of stew does the best
of cooks turn out-if it is minus an
onion? The majority of soups are
apt to be savorless, too, without a
suggestion of onion flavor. Many
sauces and gravies are enhanced by
a bit Of onion and salads fall fiat
without the same. In short, a ma
tion's domestic economy seems to re-
quire onions In order to function
successfully.
Even If it were only parsley in
a flower pot, declared high placed
British official last summer, every
family ought to grow something.
And his advice has been followed
without any urging. AS early as
February of this year householders
were turning over every bit Of
ground for vegetables, and the motif
OF British garden decoration is now
represented by the modest foliage OF
carrots, peas, beets, turnips, po-
tatues. and their next Of kin.
Nor is it only in the country's gar
dens that this vegetable raising pro-
gram is being demonstrated. CITY
dWellers-those who live in flats
are doing their bit with window
boxes and flower pots. and the news
papers are giving up some OF their
precious space to stories of supplies
raised in a mere parcel OF earth.
Writing of her success as a win
dow-ledge gardener, one Scots
woman explained that "It all began
with the clump of chives friend
persuaded me to try out" These
wispy little grasslike spikes, she
found, fourished amazingly, "no
matter how often they were mown
with the kitchen scissors"
"And no owner Of fine garden" !"
she adds, could have been prouder
than I was of the resulting egg-and-
chive sandwiches"
Chives, of course, which have such
a delightful oniony flavor, belong to
the onion family, as do leeks, garlic
and shallots
This enterprising lady's next try
out was a root of thyme and three
parsley plants, which supplied sea-
sonings for meat and omelettes.
The parsley, she discovered, grew
better in the shade Of the dining
room window than on the SUMMER
parlor sill.
This years window-box gardening
has been carried out on an even
more ambitious scale-quotas Of
Evening star., 1941-08-16
Monthly Meeting of
Sandy Spring Club

The August meeting of the Little
Garden Club of Sandy Spring was
held on Tuesday at Fieldhead, home
of Mrs. G. Rust Candy. The clubs
president, Mrs. Douglas Whitlock,
presided. with Mrs. Francis Thomas
in charge of the program, which
followed the business meeting. This
consisted of a talk by Thomas R.
Keezy of Laurel, who discussed
Oriental poppies, phloX and lilies.
In the group of specimens shown,
Mrs. William Hough received the
most votes for her entry, pink
lotus, and in the arrangement dis
plays Mrs. Mahlon Kinks grouping
Of lycoris lilies in a white bowl won
highest honors.
After luncheon the CLUB ad-
journed. and will meet again at
Hardwood, home of Mrs. Dean Ache
son, in September.
Evening star., 1941-08-16
By DR.. J. A. Gamble
disease.

Most OF the rose varieties in our
rose gardens originated in Europe.
Too many of them bloom but for
year or two, die out, and have
to be replaced The replacements
are mostly with other rose varieties.
also from far places, and some OF
them bloom best only in the splen-
didly illustrated catalogues which
inspire us to possess them. Because
this costly practice has continued
on an increasing scale for many
years, the Potomac Rose Society, to
partially protect its members, has
formulated a recommended list of
hybrid teas and hybrid perpetuals
which do grow successfully here.
While the buying, planting and
losing OF many of the new foreign
beauties has been going on, there
have been growing sturdily in our
home yards the aforementioned
dependables.
Included among these tried and
true" sorts are a certain pair OF
IOSco WIFI WIlICll HiooG VI uo otdl tcu
our rose gardens. one OF them
blooming pink and the other red.
During the past dozen years these
standbys have been pushed around"
in most of our gardens in order to
give the best spots to the roses
from away" While thus relegated
to our rose garden sidelines, and
seldom especially pointed out to
visitors. they continue to grow
strongly and to bloom profusely.
Indeed, they grow so strongly that
they are often cut back in order to
keep their luxuriant growth more in
line with that of the newer and
weaker-growing catalogue favorites.
These dependables are seldom en-