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evenings and oil DAY SATURDAYS.
Paid on commission basis Only
experienced need apply Gail III.
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AUTO MECHANIC

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work In our modern fully-eouipped
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WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS and
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Mum Book Tells
Readers of Manic

Cornelius AckerSon, in his
preface to THE Complete Book
of Chrysanthemums," states it
is easy to succumb to "Chrys-
anthemania" and then goes on
to explain how success may be
won by the amateur who grows
them for garden display alone,
or for exhibition purposes or
for commercial uses. pub
lished by American Garden
Guild and Doubleday
His book is of great help to
the novice because he explains
the different classifications
and, moreover, illustrates the
classes by pictures and draw
ingS.
Anyone can grow these most
satisfactory fall flowers but as
he gains in an understanding
Of their cultural needs he can
grow even finer flowers.
w II "
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Plastic Sprays Protect
Evergreens From Injury

Plastic and wax sprays are
the newest ways to winter pro-
tect evergreens.
They are equally beneficial in
preventing winter injury to
newly transplanted trees.
Since growth of tops of trees
and shrubs has finished for the
season. the sprays can be APP
piled now, according to DR..
Philip L. Rusden of the Bart
lett Tree Research Laboratories
Filmy coatings of plastic or
wax prevent winter winds from
robbing needles and stems of
moisture. 1t is this loss of mois-
ture that cannot be replenished
when the soil is frozen, which
results in winter injury.
Both broad and narrow-leaf
evergreens should be winter
protected. Paintings at corners
of buildings. particularly ar
borvitae and lockwood. need
safeguards.
Sprays of plastic or wax can
be applied by any home owner
without fuss or muss and much
faster than setting up the old
fashioned burlap windbreak
Follow directions. Do not spray
when 1t is too cold or too wet.
The coatings do not inhibit
growth next spring. They sim
ply slough off when leaves ex-
pand and new shoots appear.
DR.. Rusden said such sprays
are very helpful during sum-
mer drought as moisture con-
servers.
He suggests also that ever
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Clinic Will Sponsor
MEETING on Soils

Clayton Werner, assistant
county agent of Prince Georges
County, will present a film and
speak on methods of improving
and maintaining soil structure
at the Laurel Md Library
Thursday at 8 pm. 1t will be
an open meeting for the public
sponsored by the Garden Clinic,
a division of the Laurel Wom-
ans Club. Questions from the
floor will be answered.
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THIS WEEK
IN THE GARDEN

install a tile drain to carry the
excess water away from The
bed. Roses will not thrive in q
waterlogged bed.
Lilies Require Drainage
This is lily planting time and
the gardener might well ap-
praise the cultural requirements
of this group of garden gems
Lilies like to be in the sun
Except the Turks Cap and l.
Philadelophicum) all need a
we'll drained situation and, if
possible, protection from strong
winds. The drainage is all
important. so if it is not pos
sible to provide it try to conf1ne
the paintings to such shallow
rooted kinds as the Madonna,
the Turks Cap and the Coral
lily which may be planted in
raised beds.
Plastic Pots Indoors
Plastic flower pots are a boon
to the indoor gardener since
there is no loss. of moisture
through the sides of the pots
by evaporation. Thus, the root
ball stays moist its entire width.
In a clay pot, unless watering
is most carefully done there is
an area on the outside of the
ball that is too dry for good
root functioning. Clay pots
may be used satisfactorily in
doors by placing them in a
planter box and surrounding the
pots with peatmosS.-W. H. Y.
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.HoIlies Book
Has Articles
By Is Experts

The American Horticultural
Society has achieved al OUT
standing publication dealing
with hollies. one that will rank
well with its "Azalea Hand
book" which is considered by
many the outstanding contri-
button in the field.
The HANDBOOK OF HOL-
LIES (American Horticultural
Society. Inc. 1857: So is the
work of some IS leaders in this
popular field, is not only we'll
written but also freely illus
trated. Some contributors, such
as Harry w. Dengler, secretary
OF the American Holly Society
and a member of the Univer-
sity of Maryland staff, and DR..
John L. Creech. an outstanding
propagation. who is superln-
tendent of the Glenn Dale Plant
Introduction Station of the
United States Department of
Agriculture, are we'll versed on
local problems of holly grow
ing.
The handbook starts with an
interesting chapter on the folk
lore Of the holly. Most of the
known hollies are briefly de-
scribed. although considerable
more space is given to the
American. English and Chinese
hollies. The review of the ORR
entail hollies is the work of DR..
Shiu-Ying HUI, an authority.
Brief descriptions are given for
ia American Qlex opaca) and
lis English Il. aquifolium)
varieties.
The culture of the hollies is
freely treated from planting to
pest control. Both propagating
and hybridizing are discussed.
To complete the treatise the
use of hollies in landscaping
for the hedges. screens, and
barriers is covered as well as
the growing of holly for dec
orations to be used inside and
out. Some space is also given
to the holly orchards of the
Pacific Northwest, the Middle
Atlantic area and the South.
Gardeners who are interested
IN this popular field, who did
not receive a copy as a member |
OF the American Horticultural
Society, should certainly con-
slider buying a copy for refer
ence purposes.-W. H. Y.
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Fun
Explored in Book

A considerable portion OF
Beneath the Greenh ous
Roof" by Charles H. Potter
tells how to select the site, type
and size of a proposed green
house and how to construct II
and equip it with heat, light,
water and shade. published
by Criterion Books.)
The author goes farther, and
gives a chart of plants that
may be grown from seed in
the greenhouse. such as arger-
alum, petunias, phlox, etc., and
gives the desired temperatures
as well as days of termination,
times of sowing and blooming
dates.
One chaper is given to ported
plants, another to orchids, and
a most interesting one is de-
voted to forcing perennials and
shrubs, and another to starting
early vegetable plants.
OF course. due consideration
is given to the very real prob
lens Of Watering always
enough and never too much,
and to that ever-present prob
lem of insects and disease.
The author has found the
whole business of greenhouse
gardening great fun ard he
approaches the whole problem
in that cheerful manner. Moth
ing is too much work If you like
to do it and have the know
how. H. Y.
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Propagation Handbook
ellis Latest Methods

An excellent resume of meth
DDS by which plants can be
propagated is contained in the
latest Plants and Gardens
Handbook of the Brooklyn b.
tanic Garden, 1000 Washington
avenue. Brooklyn rs, N. Y.
CHandbook on Propagation, "
100 illustrations. 80 pages,
price. 81
Eince fall Is a season for COL
lecting seeds and for making
cuttings of many plants. the
book is especially timely and
significant. Twenty experts
have written for it, covering
such subjects as softwood cut
tings. hardwood cuttings, graft
ing. air-layering, budding, rails
ing plants from seed, root stock
selection for fruit. mist propa-
cation methods and the use of
hormones.
Special groups of plants are
treated. such as perennials.
tree peonies, chrysanthemums
and ornamental crab-apples,
and considerable information is
condensed in reference tables
notably on the propagation of
100 house plants and 80 herba-
ceous perennials.
Plastics figure prominently
today in plant propagation.
George Taloumis demonstrates
that polyethylene plastic sheet
ing. used to make a miniature
greenhouse. is a blessing to
most home gardeners today as
it has greatly simplif1ed the
roofing of cuttings. In fact,
most other methods have be-
come obsolete since the plastic
tent method was discovered.
Illustrations cover every step
In this process.
Some seeds Of woody plants
will fail to terminate unless
given a period of cold treat
ment first. Cold treatment is
called qualification and is ap-
piled to seeds of woody plants
which have been gathered when
ripe and freed of their fleshy
coats.
Seeds can be stratified in
damp sand. shredded sphag-
mum, peat moss, or a mixture
OF moss and sand. The medium
must be moist but never sat-
urated. Glass jars or plastic
bags are most easily stored
containers. Seeds needing
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GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

WASHINGTON GARDEN CLUB: To-
morrow, home of Mrs Rene Taylor.
1851 Lowell street NV; speaker. Mime.
floral arrangements. Club president is
GLENCARLYN GARDEN CLUB:
Tuesday, 8 pm. at Carlin Hall. 57l1
Eourtn street South; guest speaker,
bana International, a demonstration
NATIONAL GIADIOLUs SOCIETY:
TUESDAY. p. m,; in Capital City Bldg.
Island avenue NE. The public is in
vited.
ALTA VISTA GARDEN CLUB: We'd
nesday, p. M, 1T Gustin Gardens;
and demonstrate Dried Arrangements
and Mrs J. C. Pulliam. cohostesses
NATIONAL CAPITAL DAHLIA So
ClETY: annual meeting. Thursday. s
pm, in Natural History Museum. cleo
tion OF officers, talk on storing dahia
roots by Forrest Minor and color
slides slides Of iinntroductions by Roy Webb
sUNNYsIDE GARDEN CLUB: Dis.
tributed TO. two hospitals ana shut-ins
during National Flower Week bouquets
from, the. Allied Florists supplemented
by donations from Club members;
VALLEY GARDEN CLUB: Tuesday,
home of DR.. and Mrs. Merwin Hummei
OF Sumner speaker. Max c. Kearney.
nDumoarton oaks" Members will bring
THANKSGIVING arrangements.
BRADBURY HEIGHTS GARDEN
CLUB: Thursday. at the home of Mrs
Quteen Berry, 1875 Forty-sixth street
Sc; talk demonstration by Mrs. Al
PINECREST GARDEN Clue: To-
morrow. 8 pm. at the home of Mrs.
R. F. Davis. -64l7 Braddock road:
speaker, Mrs d. H. Patteson- Knight,
'Azaleas. Their Care and Culture"
Cohostesses. Mrs. E. v. Johnston and
Mf WARREN Ii 0 WooDs GARDEN CLUB.
Wedinesdayi $40, pm. at the home
Mare drive, Fairfax va: business
SUNSET MANOR GARDEN CLUB:
Thursday. s pm, al TN nom Uf
Mrs Mae Harlow. 1901 Paul street.
Alexandria. Va; talk on the winter
care and storage of corms and tubers
by the program chairman, Mrs Robert
Gere. The club will beautfy the
Manor by planting Towering crabapple
trees near the entrances to the devel-
opment next fall.
HILLANDALE GARDENERS: To-
morrow. ! pm Hillandale Firehouse:
Berries for Winter Color; roundtable
led by Thurza Parsons, Esther Fleck
and Frank Pohanka
WOMAN'S CLUB OF CHEVY CHASE,
MARYLAND Garden Section: Tues
day, at the Clubhouse, , pm; talk
illustrated with slides "Chrysanthe-
NUNS" by Judge Carey Quinn.
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LIFE IN
THE COUNTRY
DOG and Skunk Make Trouble
BY JAMES BlRCHFlELD
4:

Don't set a dog to catch q
skunk! That is, if you want
to stay in the same part OF
the country for the next few
days.
We had a skunk interrupt a
peaceful afternoon walk, and
Tar. the Labrador, hasn't re-
covered yet.
Thank goodness. the en-
counter took place some dis
lance from me. But I was
aware of it almost Immediately
and started a hasty retreat
toward the house.
I was too late. however. Tar
overlook me. She would roll
on the ground now and then,
in an attempt to remove the
perfume, and would then in
sist on coming close so that
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as you like. The colors. heights,
and forms are there to make q
brilliant showing in any garden
Except a water GARDEN.
Remove in the Spring
With the exception Of the
species most kinds and varie-
ties do their best the first year.
After that they begin to decline
and usually ought to be dis
carded after the third year.
Even with this fact before US,
we dig them in the spring and
replant in the fall in order to
achieve these results. Our soils
are too hot during the sum-
mertime and rot will take place
under such conditions. The only
alternative that this writer has
found to this situation is to
plant the bulbs IL inches deep.
This is a spartan treatment
and few will want to undertake
it, and even then it will fail
unless the soils have good sub
soil drainage.
The usual method is to plant
the tulips at least 6 inches
deep in soil that has been well
enriched with compost or peat
moss and bonemeal. Other
types Of fertilizers tend to pro-
duce splits" That is, the bulbs
subdivide and produce more
and shorter stems with smaller
flowers. Heavy feeding with
nitrogen or nitrogen containing
fertilizers produces very disap-
pointing results. A spring feed
ing with the usual commercial
fertilizer likewise is not recon-
mended. However, a good heavy
mulch in the spring will keep
the soil cooler and will have
some beneficial results in the
way of improved size of the
bulbs when dug. The mulch may
require some nitrogen to sup
ply the bacteria which work
upon it, but the feeding should |
be light so as not to cause
the bulbs to make VeQetative |
growth.
You Can Hardly Fail
No mention has been made
of the varieties for best results
in the Washington area. Ac-
tually. almost any variety will |
give a spectacular display.
There are many new varieties
from which to choose as we'll /
as the old dependables.
1t is quite likely that City of .
HARLEM and Pride of Harlem, |
If well grown, could give most |
of the new corners a run for
their money. On the other |
hand. there is a great deal of
enjoyment gained from trying
out the new varieties and we
will all want to try one or more
this season.
Visit your dealer and select |
some of the dependables. those
that have proved desirable, and
then try one or two of the
newer ones so that you will
have as pretty a display of
spring color as can be had from
such little expenditure OF |
hobby money"
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Symposium Sessions
Set at WILLIAMSBURG

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. Nov.
9 tSpeciaD Spring in Virginia
will be heralded for the 18th
season by the Williamsburg
Garden Symposium in two
three-day sessions. March ST.
and March 1914. Morning
seminars will be devoted to
garden design and plant explo-
rations, and afternoons to
tours of restored 1Sth-century
gardens of Williamsburg and
historic sites in jamestown and
Yorktown.
Special entertainment include
gardeners banquets, honoring
the Colonial Virginia Botanists
John Clayton and John Gusts,
and a candlelight concert in the
ballroom of the Governors
Palace.
Registrations for both ses-
sions are being accepted by
Mrs. Cecil Cunningham. SYM
postum registrar. Colonial Will
liamsburg, Williamsburg, Va.
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greens be mulched to reduce
the range of thermal fluctua-
ton. Mulches prevent deep
freezing of soil in winter and
overheating during summer.
But do not place a winter
mulch too close to the stem or
trunk. This will provide house
keeping nests for mice and
other rodents and next spring
the base of the plant may be
seriously girdled by the hungry
pests.
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door. and the breezes would
watt in that overpowering odor.
It took four days before the
smell was gone, and even then
a little dampness would bring
it back again.
Skunks are fine animals.
They catch rats and mice, and
l wouldn't think of bothering
one. for more reasons than one.
But I had just as soon my
skunks would remain to them
selves and that my dogs would
learn that a skunk is a danger
Gus and unpleasant animal to
approach.
- 4
The reason that we met the
skunk was that I was looking
for a horseshoe. You know,
for lack of a shoe the horse
was lost. ="
And I can tell you that a
horseshoe is a pretty hard thing
to find in a big field. The
trouble is that I can't seem to
put myself in a horses place,
and SO determine where, if 1
were a horse, / would have lost
a shoe.
Naturally, I didn't find the
shoe, or haven't yet, but I'm
still looking. But I did find
the halter.
The halter was lost last sum-
mer. and was looked for dill
gently for several weeks. 1t
refused to show itself until a
new one was bought, and then
it showed up, right out in plain
view.
That is the way with the
shoe. AS soon as 1 get a new
one put on, the old one will
turn up = probably right out
side the stall.
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GARDENS
G A r DEN
G U|D ANC E
\ Tulip. Is Sure to Satisfy
By W. H. YoUNGMAN

Z Tulips, gayest Of spring
flowers. should be planted now.
They are a packaged deal; that
IS. the bulb contains a flower
and a supply of plant food. No
matter how roughly you treat
1t, 1t will put on a gala display
next spring. Small wonder
tulips are the most universally
loved of the spring flowers.
We delay the planting of
these bulbs for one reason only.
Namely, if planted early the
foliage frequently pushes
through the ground and is buff
feted about by the winter
breezes. The buffeting spoils
only the foliage. not the bloom
that will come on schedule next
spring. Daffodils, if planted late
in the season, are bit tardy
with their spring display, but
not the tulips.
The time of blooming of the
tulips will depend upon the
kinds and varieties planted.
Some. such as the varieties OF
Kaufmanniana, are very early,
while the Darwins, the most
widely planted, come later in
the spring. These are only two
of the many segments of the
tulip family with which we
might we'll be acquainted.
There are several lovely spe-
cies-the Lady Finger (Clusi-
anal, the lovely yellow T. syl-
vestris often called the Wood
or wild English tulip, and a
host of others besides the Kauf-
manniana mentioned above.
The latter are called the water
lily tulips. The point in men
tioning these species Is that. II
we'll planted. they will persist
and multiply. This we cannot
expect of the more commonly
planted types which need a
cooler soil and spring in which
to develop.
For forcing, we normally pot
up the single earlies and the
double earlies. They fall in be-
tween the species and the Cot
tage or Mayf1owering in sea-
son of bloom. They are not as
tall-growing and consequently
have a place in the front OF
the tulip bed if we want an
early Towering border.
The Cottage or MayflOwering
are supposed to flower before
the Darwins or the Breeders,
but that Cleavage is not as real
as it used to be. The breeders
in their work of developing
newer and better varieties have
done so much hybridizing that
most of the old characteristics
are gone We used to look upon
the Cottages as the only source
of yellow tulips, but today there
are yellow Darwins and yellow
Breeders. Similarly. we looked
upon the Breeders as the only
source of bronze and puppies
but that too is changed.
Now we have Powered
tulips, Parrots, and a host of
other types and forms. Really,
1t is a bewildering array of
color and beauty that we must
select from-you can go as far