Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13


preparation. It's planting time for
oriental peoples and Madonna ILL
lies. And, there is still time to tuck
in few more iris. Preparation, If
not already made, should be start
ed for the new lawn, for seeding
time is less than a month away.
Place orders and prepare beds for
the early ring-flowering bulbs
and, it is not too early to revamp
the early spring Towering section
of the perennial border.
For the fall vegetable garden,
planting this week may include
garden peas, turnips, kale. mus
tard greens. radishes, lettuce and
spinach. The ground is bit on
the dry side so the seed should be
planted deeper than in the spring.
It is helpful to firmly pack the
soil about the seed. Leave the sur
face soil loose, and scatter avail
able compost or other material
over the seed rows to keep rain
from packing the soil.
September is not far away. That
is daffodil and peony planting
time. Better place your orders now
for some Of the better varieties.
Some Of the newer daffodil varie-
ties are great Improvements over
the older ones. If space does not
permit extensive paintings, try
buying one or two bulbs each Of a
few choice varieties. Within a few
years they will have multiplied
into sizeable clumps. Several va
|rieties should be selected to pro-
vide for a long season of bloom.
Early and midseason varieties Of
peonies are more dependable in
thi sarea than the later boomers
which occasionally suffer from hot
weather. The singles and Japa-
nese varieties are we'll worth grow
ing and provide an interesting
contrast to the heavy headed Chi
nese type which Is so widely grown.
1t is interesting to note that a
number of our local rose fans are
busy budding new roses. Early
in the spring they planted the
root stock CRosa multifiora) and
now is the season when they in
sert the buds of the desired va
rieties into the root stock. Next
spring the bud will start into
active growth and develop into q
hybrid-tea bush such as one
would buy from nursery.
This is the season for taking
cuttings of azaleas and placing
them in a propagating bed filled
with q half and half mixture of
peatmoss and sand. The period
for taking cuttings lasts for sew
eral weeks and varies between the
evergreen varieties. However, the
earlier the cuttings are taken the
better, since they should have
time in which to develope root
system; be transplanted into a
growing medium. and attain as
much maturity Of wood as pos
sible before freezing weather.
Late August and early Septem-
Der is the fail planting season for
evergreens. Here again, the
earlier the better, because the
success Of fall planting depends
upon getting the trees or shrubs
into place and well-rooted before
freezing weather stops growth.
The gardener should. at this sea-
son, make his selections and Or
der delivery for the last week of
August. Then he should prepare
the planting sites. Incorporating
liberal quantities Of peatmoss or
compost into the soil. Additional
supplies Of compost should be
ready with which to mulch the
newly planted specimens.
The late blight of tomatoes is
prevalent in the Washington area
so gardeners should keep their to-
mato and potato vines sprayed or
busted with one of the effective