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GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

EAST HILLS GARDEN CLUB. Mon
Hudson, 1920 B street Sc.
CAPITOL HILL GARDEN CLUB,
Tuesday, 8 pm, home Of Miss Frances
Andrews. 90S Massachusetts avenue
n E., hostesseS Miss Catherine Coleman,
Mrs. Byron Scott and Mrs. Nina
Warun. Color slides of various coun-
tries by John C. Leukhardt jr.
GARDEN SECTION, woman's Club
OF Chevy Chase, Md. Tuesday, home Of
Mrs. William A. Boone. 1920 Wyndale
English. Preview Of clubs spring flower
Park.
HOLMES RUN GARDEN CLUB,
Tuesday, S:15, home of Mrs. Robert
Ewing, 1920 Bent branch road, Falls
Church, Va. Program: Film Of virginia
garden tours.
CHEVY CHASE DC. GARDEN
CLUB, Monday luncheon, 1890, home
Of Mrs. Lloyd T. Cox. 3100 Connecti-
cut avenue, cohostesses Mrs. Joseph
H. Galliher and Mrs. M. H. Uelsmann.
Club to visit garden Of Mrs. E. z. Coll
Arlington. Title of exhibitions: LET
All Rejoice at Easter"
GLENWOOD ROOD GARDEN CLUB,
Tuesday, S:l5 pm, home of Mrs. w.
PSS Seedg9 RowSsp SSgS IN ponS hrs
ship participation program: ''Interpre-
tation of Our Flower Show. The show
will be April IA at the Bethesda Meth
odist Church. Old Georgetown road at
FORT DUPONT GARDEN CLUB.
Caesar W. Bennett, 395O Ames street
NE. Progrem: Planning for field trip.
Instructor Harvard Jones.
NATIONAL CAPITAL DAHLIA So
CvKTV. ThMTGdaV "A
Natural History Building. Tenth and
Constitution avenue NV. Talk, 'Identi-
ucation and control OF Insects on
ornamentals," Dr. John O. Royell.
The Growing of SEEDLINGS" by E. R,
Phillips who has introduced many new
varieties. Auction sale of roots and
SUNSET MANOR GARDEN CLUB,
Thursday. 8 pm. home Of Mrs. Albums
F. Smith. 5SI3 Danny's lane, Alexan.
dria. Va. Bring Musical Theme"
flower ARRANGEMENTS. Hostesses: Mrs,
First annual plant sale win be May l2.
10 FoREsT T Hills R SszR GARDEN faSl cEGB eiEffs
n No+s sso Lsaacv.n 1 aons Ma Of LaacS mci
ana ALTA TTs'1Tssi VISTA GARDEN CLUB, We'd
nesday, 8 pm. Bethesda Congrega-
Sn S S SohG so BsI s9sS
Finger, assistant Montgomery County
Hilltop GARDEN CLUB. Friday.
bsnS lS;a5 9@Skcrest @ Country Club. Club TAX by
County. on conservation subjects.
COUNTRY HILLS GARDEN CLUB, !
Tuesday, home Of Mrs. Hal Costello, !
od PoIs brine TSad oRsI Rss1
RIIvERDHIIEs HEIGHTS GARDEN
CLUB; wednesday, pm, home of Mr.. |
and Mrs; 9. R. Coon, 62Os. sixty-first
NEIGHBoRHooD GARDEN CLUB,
Church, n. Nelson street and Fairfax
drive, Arlington. Talk on propagation .
ana coldframe construction by ]. Nor
NATIONAL GLADIoLUs SOCIETY,
Friday, pm. Room 43, Natural
History Hist Building; Tenth and constitq-
include All.America varieties.
BRADBURY HEIGHTS GARDEN
Morris Clarke, i6oS Twsnty-third
street tH !. sE Ss,d DssHSsCn MSS Of sDTns s5GE
Bowen road at AiabamS ave-
PISEcREsr GARDEN CLUB. Mon
dGg,,ho day; home Of Mrs. James Bprch. so29
Scstessss Mfs ar ReidsSscf adsSsofris and MRS G9
Lovewell. Daffodil and tulip show open
- sToSYs SeSIs's BRoo5k IstS5 GARDEN CLUB,
bands home Of Mrs. 'D B. 4. MsrshSh. MAJ hah
1914 Balsam drive, Mclean, Va. An
;ome to spring. Membership tea. viii
of Mrs. Rachel suSarman, 72is Gal
Iows road. Annandale. Each member
may bring prospective member.
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WildfIowers of Area
On View at Arboretum

and so the committee can take
advantage Of slope and water
for these special projects.
BulldoZer Cheated
Not only does this project give
US a wonderful opportunity to
see wildflowers, but it has in
some instances salvaged plant
material from under the blade
Of the bulldozer and kept it
alive for all to enjoy.
For example, an entire colony
of the trailing arbutus was
transplanted to the Fern Valley
with only days to spare before
the bulldozer leveled the friendly
bank where they have thrived
for untold years.
Perhaps those interested in
wildflowers will cooperate with
Mrs. Donnald in saving others.
OF course, most of the COM
mon wildlings have been re-
ceived in sufficient volume.
There are others, such as native
lily Gilium grayii). that is
needed for the collection and
there are not enough specimens
of the mountain andromeda
(Pieris floribunda), Of the wood
lily IL. philadelphicum), of the
birdsfoot violets ". pedata) -,
and the Yaupon Il. vomitoria)
and the possumhaw Il. de-
cidua). Undoubtedly. Mrs. Dom
nald could, and would if given
the opportunity, add to this
list of the things she would like
to see growing in Fern Valley.
The best way to help is to de-
eide what can be obtained and
then to contact her or one Of
the staff at the Arboretum and
decide what and when salvaging
and gifts can best be handled.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
Common Potuto
Originated in
South America

The common potato. often
referred to as the Irish potato,
did not come from Ireland, but
from high up in the Andes
Mountains Of South America.
The Spanish found the
potato in cultivation when they
explored Central America in
the 18th century. Archeologists
find the potato pictured on
ancient pottery. Burial pots
with representing Of the potato
go back 1000 years indicating
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JonquiI Misused
AS sGeneroI Term;
'DuffodiI'.Is OK

The early spring Towering
snowy bulbs are often mis-
spoken Of as jonquils. Botani-
cally they are all narcissus, for
which the common name DAFT
fodil might well be used.
The jonquil is only one small
division Of this large. and most
popular family. The jonquil
usually has two blooms to the
stem, they are a deep rich
yellow, and very fragrant. The
stems are round like those of
the onion, while the stems of
all other daffodils are flattened.
To be correct use either the
botanical name narcissus or
the common name daffodil.
This includes the paperwhites
which are normally grown in
pebbles and water.
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ComeIIio Beeonios of extra
large size in scarlet, white,
pink, oron9e, yellow, purple.
each, 49c
Cornotion Beeonios in scor-
lei, white, pink, orange, yellow,
and purple. 8 for CSC
PenduIo Hanging bosket)
Beeonios in scorIet, white,
pink, orange, yellow, purple.
2 for 79c
Evening star., 1962-04-08
Green Thumb
Tips for Planters

Pole beans, the kind you
train upward, are not as hardy
as the bush varieties. so should
be planted later in the season,
after the soil has warmed and
the weather settled.
Extremely fine seeds, such as
those of petunias, do not need
to be covered after sowing. Just
press them gently to the soil
with the palm of your hand.
If you like artichokes in SAL
ads or as a vegetable, it is pos
sible to grow them in your
garden. Start the seeds indoors
in flats, transplant seedlings to
pot after the first true leaves
appear, and transplant once
more to the garden when
weather is warm. Artichokes
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that the tuber was important
to these primitive people.
Because the potato was not
mentioned in the Bible, it was
denounced from the Scottish
pulpits as unfit food for Chris
tians. Others believed 1t was
the forbidden fruit of Genesis.
The potato became so i'm
portant as an item Of food in
Ireland that starvation followed
crop failures due to blight and
diseases in 1845-47. This is the
well-known potato famine.
Many migrated. The population
Of Ireland fell from 8 million
to 4 million as the result Of
starvation and migration
From The Saturday Leaning
Post" Mems Garden Club Of
Montgomery County (Md0.
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are really perennials, ordinarily
grown where frost does not oc-
cur. Up north they must
be grown like ANIMALS and
therefore need the early start
in the house to assure flower
heads in early September.
- -
The varieties of tomatoes
that grow small plants should
not be pruned. Growth is never
sufficient to permit reducing it.
Slightly larger seeds tn a t
need only a light covering of
soil may have soil sifted over
them, using an ordinary small
flour sitter for the job. Fill it
with either sand or sieved soil.
%& -
Gardeners whose consciences
hurt when they pull out seed
lings in order to thin rows of
plants should SOW seed as
sparsely as possible to avoid
thinning at a later date.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
GLADIOLUS

Jumbo GIodioIus with new
loree size in Benjonin Britton
purple, Florence Nightingale
white, Uhu rust Orange gold,
SPic and Span pink, San Souci
scarlet. s for 69c
Butterfly GIodioIus with new
shape interest in Elf opricot
with scarlet. Bib ivory with
pink and cormine, Coo Dor
salmon scorIet, Little Diamond
apricot with brown, Melody SOL
mon with orange, and Summer
FoiY soImon with maroon.
8 for CSC
Evening star., 1962-04-08
DAHLLAS

Decorative DohIios in pur-
pie, white, yellow, pink,
orange, and red with white.
each, 39c
Coetus DohIios in red, white,
yellow, pink. dark red, Ioven-
der. each, 3oc
Pom Pom DohIios in red, white,
yellow, pink, purple. each, 39c
Evening star., 1962-04-08
By WILBUR h YOUNGMAN
Star Garden Editor

ny WILBUR NJ 1OON0MAGN
Star Garden Editor
| The spring beauties are in
bloom and perhaps you may
see some Of the trailing arbutus.
OF course. the skunk cabbage is
about gone. but there will be
a whole parade Of others. Un-
doubtedly the best place to see
the many wildings native to the
Washington area Is at the
Arboretum. Fern Valley, as it
is called, is q wonderful place
in which to see the unfolding
parade Of wildflowers-annuals,
perennials and shrubs.
The Fern Valley project Of
the National Capital Garden
Club League, under the leader
ship Of Mrs. Morrill, Donnald,
has undergone something of a
metamorphis. The gifts from
wildflower lovers have been SO
wonderful that the whole area
has been subdivided into areas.
There is one for the northeast
states, another for the mid
Atlantic, another for the nearby
south, and one for the deep
south. In each area the plants
are grouped 50 that you see
some Of the trees, the shrubs,
the wildflowers and the ferns
native to that especial area.
OF course, this is a growing
project and will not be finished
for some time but, it is far
enough along so that one may
visit the Arboretum and stroll
through the trails where the
well-marked plants are easily
seen.
Illustrated Markers
1t may be a bit bewildering
to the uninitiated to see wild
ginger such as is native north
Of here in one section, our local
ginger in another, and the
Florida ginger in the area rep
resenting the Deep South.
Nevertheless they are already
happily growing in their new
homes, and II you don't recog-
nize them it will be because
you did not look at the illus
trated markers that line the
trails.
There is a guide pamphlet
available at the Gate House
which describes many of the
major plant groups and in
dicates by marker numbers
where they may be found along
the winding trails.
This whole project is a valu-
able addition to the Arboretum
and all are indebted to the work
of the Fern Valley Project
Committee. Not only have the
women worked long hours in
their Jeans" but they have
had a vision that has developed
into a most attractive develop
ment Of a rather unpreposses-
sing area in the Arboretum.
Sloughs have been turned into
plant beds where flowers grow
and bloom. Eventually there
will be real bog areas for some
Of the rare orchids to thrive in
and "scree" beds made espe-
cially for other plants that have
special demands. Fortunately
Fern Valley abounds in springs
Evening star., 1962-04-08
MISCELLANEOUS

Gallo Lilies in red, white, or
pink. each, 5oc
Holland Hybrid AmoyIIis in
white, salmon, seorIet.
each, 2.o8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
Youth in Crime

That the problem of crime among
the youth of the Nation is of growing
seriousness is attested by the prelimi-
nary annual crime report just released
by Director ]. Edgar Hoover of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. The
figures, compiled from 1861 police
records in all parts of the country, show
that the crime rate among persons I'M
der 10 far exceeded that for the adult
population.
The overall crime trend for 1861
was upward by per cent over 1860 But
arrests of persons under 10 rose 6 per
cent in cities of more than 100000 and
4 per cent in suburban areas. The adult
increase in such cities and suburbs was
only per cent.
The preliminary report did not at
tempt to explain these ominous trends
OF youthful crime. However, Mr.. Hoover
in the past has charged that parental
delinquency" is largely to blame for
juvenile delinquency. He has defined
parental delinquency as failure of
parents to exercise proper disciplinary
control of their children, failure to set
examples of good citizenship, failure to
keep tab on the whereabouts and as
Sociations of their children and similar
neglect of parents responsibilities. The
alarming statistics on youth in crime
ought to give pause to every parent who
may have been guilty of such neglect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
For Safer Drivinq

The dense fog which blank
eted the entire East Coast
on the night of February %
served to accentuate a prob
lem long evaded by State
and county road officials.
Namely:
Some State roads and al
most all county roads have no
white center line. Yet the
center line is the most ele-
mentary and necessary of all
forms of traffic protection.
Why this neglect? Road
authorities have long had a
stock answer: 1.-THE traffic
count does not justify the
expense of a center line"
Traffic count indeed! 1t
only takes two cars to create
an accident and one car to
run off the road on a dark
and foggy night. The small
err the road, the greater the
need for a luminous center
line.
1t is high time action was
taken on this problem. Con-
tinued neglect of it consti-
tuteS nothing less than Grim
nal negligence.
James M. McHugh,
Colonel, USING (Ret.).
Knoxville, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05

names containing the words
insured"
Finally it confers upon the
director of the Department of
Assessment and Taxation full
authority to deal with the
activities of the associations
and to examine into their
organization and compliance
with the law. 1t clothes the
director with the power to
obtain injunctions, to sub
poena, to conduct exam
nations and to regulate
appraisals, advertising and
evaluation of assets. 1t en-
powers the director to petit
ton the court for the ap-
pointment of conservators or
receivers.
In the words of the Gov
ernor when he vetoed the
original bill, this bill does
not cure the ills for which
it was designed and in fact
may lead the general public
into the erroneous belief that
the institutions are being
properly regulated and con-
trolled by a proper State
agency when such is not the
case"
Sidney ]. Brown,
President, First National
Realty Corp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05

especially the first two RS, is indicated
by the announcement of the National
Council of Teachers of English that 70
per cent Of American colleges and
universities have to provide remedial
work in English and that 100000 stu
dents failed college entrance tests in
English last year. Many of today's
high school graduates are poor spoilers,
poor readers and weak in composing
themes or completing satisfactorily
other writing assignments.
Project English, If approved by
Congress, would provide Federal guild
ance and advice to States, counties
and cities through series of teacher
training Institutes Present methods
of teaching English would be reviewed
and appraised and proposals for i'm
provement considered. The main OBJ
jective would be to so strengthen
English instruction in the lower schools
as to draStically reduce the number
of college applicants who funk basic
English tests and thus are rejected or
are admitted subject to remedial make
up instruction. The program merits
widespread public support.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
DisrneH VS.. Gladstone

In his speech to Congress Col. Glenn
recalled the anecdote of DiSraeli's visit
to Faraday's laboratory demonstra-
ton of electrical phenomena prompted
the Prime Minister'S question: But
what possible use is it?"
Faraday's response: "Mr. Prime
Minister, what good is baby?".
We've heard it another way. It was
Gladstone, in our version, who watched
Faraday wave magnet near proper
ly arranged" coil of copper wire, produc-
ing electricity.
What in the world can you do with
it?" Mr.. Gladstone asked.
The reply Some day, Mr.. Prime
Minister, you will be able to put a tax
on it,"
The locale and Col Glenn's audi
ence, in our opinion, make the Glad
stone version more lucidly apropos than
the Disraeli version.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
Steel Stock Tokino?

The recess" in the steel industry's
labor contract negotiations is disap-
pointing, but not necessarily dismaying.
1t is disappointing because it seems
to impair the hopes of reaching an
agreement well in advance of the June
80 expiration of the current contract.
One potentially harmful effect of SuS-
pending the negotiations and of prolong-
ing uncertainty as to whether an agree
ment will be reached without strike
is the possibility that steel consumers
will feel forced to step up their stock
piling. Above-average buying inevitably
is followed by below-average buying, a
sequence which in itself upSets efficient
production schedules and employment
The suspension is disappointing, too, in
Sofar as 1t may reflect wide no-man's
land between the two parties to the
negotiations, with the implication that
attitudes and even tempers may harden.
At the same time, it is too early to
become overly gloomy or pessimistic
The very fact that management and
labor representatives began their talks
so far in advance of the D-date preSum-
ably has been worth something, at least
in terms of defining their positions. 1t
is noteworthy, too, that in simultaneous
announcements of the recess, neither
side INDUCED in bitter accusations.
David Mcdonald, president of the United
SteelworkerS, did say that no under
standings had been reached and that
continuance of the talks at this time
would only create false optimism" R.
Conrad Cooper, the chief industry
spokesman, said the union proposals
thus far would increase costs to point
of impairing the industry's competitive
position and even endangering employ
ment security. Still, MIR. Mcdonald said
labor is ready to meet again Immediately
after the original negotiating date CT
May l, and Mr.. Cooper said the industry
team is available Eat any time"
Against this background, weight
must be given to the fact that President
Kennedy is most anxious that there
should be an early settlement and, most
of all, no strike Attainment of this
objective unquestionably is top priority
goal of Labor Secretary Goldberg. Mr..
Goldberg understands the issues and
problems in this particular case. He
should, without debating terms, be able
to help both parties find an area of
agreement that is in the national
interest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
To Stress the First Two Rs

In view of the deplorable decline
in the related arts of writing and read
ing, the decision of the Federal Office
Of Education to put more emphasis on
the teaching of English grammar and
composition in the Nations schools is
timely and worth while The under
taking, to be known as Project English,
will be directed toward improvement
Of English teaching at all levels, from
elementary grades through high school.
That there is need for such a re-
turn to the fundamentals Of education,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
New Juvenile Judqes

During the Juvenile Court battle
IN, Congress the Department of Justice
opposed legislation spelling out qualifi-
cations for juvenile judges. Deputy
Attorney General White argued that
the question of qualifications should
be left to the President, and said that
the three qualifications set forth in
the then pending bill were "too per-
sonalized to allow the appointive power
the desirable freedom of action"
d Congress, rightly We think, did not
agree with this view, and retained the
three qualifications. They are that any
nominee must meet certain residence
requirements, that he or she must have
been member of the District bar for
at least five years prior to appointment,
and must have broad knowledge of
social problems and procedures as
well as an understanding of child
psychology"
Surely the first two raise no prob
lem. Nor should the third requirement,
while its language is on the fuzzy side,
create insuperable difficulties.
After long struggle, Congress has
authorized two additional judgeShipS
for the Juvenile Court. If these ap-
pointmentS are treated as political
prizes, or if they should go to incompe-
tents, the work of the court will suffer,
and its critics will enjoy an I-told-you-
so field day. We hope the Department
or Justice and the President will
approach the making of these nomina-
tons with the singled minded purpose
OF finding the best possible people for
the posts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05
Flight Engineers

s. The flight engineers union, which
was widely censured for its Gripping
air line strike last year, has had lot
of luck since then in its struggle to sur
vive as an independent union-and the
luck has been all bad. According to the
union, however, its SetbackS have not
been matter of luck, and it has asked
Congress and Secretary of Labor Gold
berg to look into number of charges
of unfair treatment.
Among other things the union as
Serts that it was treated unfairly, and
contrary to established rules, by the
National Mediation Board last year in
an election in which the union was
ousted as bargaining agent for flight
engineers at Western Air Lines. During
the February, 1861, strike, Western had
fired the striking union members, and
refused to rehire them when the strike
ended. Some months later, these bar
gaining rights were sought by another
group, the Second Officers Association.
According to the union, it asked the
National Mediation Board to permit the
discharged strikers to vote in the repre-
Sentation election, in accordance with
"a board rule requiring that discharged
employees who are seeking reinstatement
before proper authority be permitted
to vote" The board again in the words
OF the union, refused to follow it's own
rules" The request was denied and the
election, of course, was won by the Sec
ond Officers Association. Asked by The
Star about the circumstances of the
Mediation Board action, and the policies
involved, a spokesman for the board
refused to comment
Clearly this is not good enough If
there is no substance to the complaints,
there should be no hesitancy to say So
Perhaps in the long run the good of
everyone concerned would best be served
by merger, as has been proposed wide
~, between the flight engineers union
and the Air Line Pilots Association. At
the moment, however, the engineers
union is still struggling to keep from
being gobbled by the much larger union.
AS long as its members consider that it
is in their best interests to retain their
unions separate identity, the complaints
OF unfair treatment deserve the con-
sideration not only of Secretary Gold
berg, but of members of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-05

@. In the feudal age in
England, what was subin-
feudation of land?-H. B.
A. This was the subletting
Of land by a vassal to an
other person, the grantee to
hold the land as vassal of
the grantor Chat is, as a
vassal's vassaD. In feudal
days all land belonged to the
king. He kept what he wished
for royal or crown land, then
granted the rest to the high
est mobiles as his vassals and
tenants in chief. In turn,
these sublet parts of their
holdings to lesser mobiles, who
thereby became vasSals of the
kings vasSals. The process
continued downward, each
grantee becoming a vassal of
the man whose land he held.
Eventually the system became
so unwieldy that it was abol-
ished by law, in 1890. There
after, the man who held a
piece of land, no matter how
small, became a vassal of the
original tenant-in-chief, who
was in turn directly respon-
sible to the king.