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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1915)
'!! HOME ANT) FAKM MAGAZINE SECTION Few Good Plants for the DinuiR-Room Table HH first requirements or plnnts If, which uro to bo nscil for orna menting tlia dining-tnnio is thai liu small not overjslx or eight hes la height except lu rare In kccs, when pin nls lu to 12 Inchos bo used. lion mo centerpiece Do high, It bccomcH an uncomfort. obstacle to observation and con ation, ferns mo best for tablo decoration uuso tiiey are oniaii, long-lived in case of sovoral varieties, and p, us u rulo; at most greenhouses cnti buy tnein grown in two or -Inch notH for 10 conta apiece. Fhe best, or nt least tho hnrdlost, the small ferns, nro tho pterin. ftro are severnl of tliom, nnd tho Ely shaped, and, lu soino cases, iillarly mniKeu, ironcia niaitu tnein attractive. hie so-called umbrella palm nlsn tea an excellent centorplcco until trows too tall, but u sinall plant not, as a rulo, grow so fast but It cau be used all Winter. Slow Growers. Pandanns Vletchll, Asparagus aosus, vnr. nanus, tho silk oak (ovllleu rodiifltu), Cocos Wodcl la, and 1'hoeulx Iloobcllinl, excellent plants for use nn I main pluut. Althoiigli they will eventually grow large, their Iwtli Is slow, so that, with few ox- tlons. tho trying conditions found It ho ordinary houso will cause the ith of tho plants long befuro they luio loo lurgo for uso. Around bo larger plants there should bo kllur ones, to cover the soil, and this purposo tlio small ferns al ly mentioned nro excellent. Tho ill fern utiles, too, like neluglnclln lycopodluni, may bo employed In same way. Whatever tlio plants, nowovcr, must have good cure it tiiey uro prove satisfactory for more than low da)H. Only recently I ovor- ird a woman complaining to nor rlst that tho plants In her fern it, which uho was using ns a con lilt'cu, were not good plants. few questions only wore neoded tolueldalo tho fact that, as tho jan had bought tho phmtH to ornto the dining-room tablo with, had kept them on t)io tablo cou ntlv, which, of course, wnu u great ItaUc Kerns, pnlnw nnd other tnt:i must have light; therefore, en the table Is cleared, tho beat In Is to put tho plants 'in n North jthcr window, whoro they will ro ve uu ahuudauco of light, but not i direct rnys of tho sun, except, pos- fty lu the curly morning and Into crnoon Wntorlng must ulso uo L'fully attended to. Hie dishes used for table center- ccs are so small that, under ordl- ry IrcumRtances, tho soil dries out Bldly If n special dish, largo buuh lo allow tho packing of damp ibh around the pot containing tho ns Is used, a more uniform con- ton of molsturo cau bo maintained, the dish will bo so largo ns to pic tlunisy. A bettor wuy would , to have u moss-flllod dish or box a north window In which tho dish ky bo set during tho time It Is not i, the table. Hardening Plants. )ne reason why ccntorplcccs nnd tcr plants bought In greenhouses en fall to glvo satisfaction Is thnt Plants have not neon hardened to meet tho conditions found In ordinary houso. To circumvent b, get tho forn-dlah filled with such knits as you llko that will succeed f.tlie lioiiHo undor ordinary condl- IB. nnd then nsk tho florist to bp It for you a wcok or two until soft growth, It there Is any. has mi hardened off, so thnt tho plants II not wilt or tho leaves turro own shortly after they uro taken 30. Jrnamentnl centerpieces for tablo as aro to bo found In great vn- y both ns respects material nnd urass torn-dishes nro nartlcu- rly attractlvo and may bo secured as small n sum ns ono dollar. Jna dishes, attractively ornament- are usod, to a largo oxtent, and it from 25 conts up. Sometimes Is possiblo to find dainty, small 'dlnleres imported from Japan, ilch make very attractlvo centor- ces whon containing single small fua. Tlicso jardinieres como both in docp green and a dark red, nnd ro characteristic Japanese decora- silver forn-dlshes are fro- ently used, and, whllo somewhat peuslvo, aro always ornamental and 'good taste. By II, II. Houry. Trlmmlnc Grave, Vines. Hie old rulo which has become 41 established Is to trim crane es In early Spring. mat is n good tlmo to trim If the Another (liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyiiuM w Record! The Second Special Train of Automobiles for the Season 1915 Will Be Buicks of Course 100 Carloads 500 Automobiles will leave the Buick Factory, Flint, Mich.. February 20th, consigned to tho Howard Automobile Company for distribution on the Pacific Coast. This will be the most valuable shinmentof firsfc-class frcierht ever mnde in the world, and breaks the former record of 88 carloads established by the ' Howard Automobile Company in 1913. $550,000 or more than half a million dollars is the value of this trainloa'd of -Buicks. The freight alone will be over fifty thousand dollars. Our second trainload for the season. REASON? BUICKS SELL! Howard Automobile Co. MEL. G. JOHNSON, Manager Phones Main 4555 and A-2550 Fourteenth and Davis Streets. woathci or something elso does not Intorforo until tho vines nro full of snp, and bleed profusely wheu tho trimming Is done. Aftor tho fruit nnd follngo Is off tho vines, tho sap returns to tho roots, nnd then Is tho best tlmo In tho wholo year to pruuo tho vinos. Lato In Novomber, or during tho month of Dccombor Is nn Ideal tlmo to 'pruno thoroughly und proporly. Scarcely anyono Is willing to trim n grnpo vino ns much ns It actually noeds. It looks too much llko ruin ing tho vinos to remove tho surplus growth that should come away. mm, i,. iw vinoa nut well. Ilomovo ovory dead or diseased portion, nnd much of tho growtn mauo aunuK mu past season. Thin out so tho light .nn fln,1 Ita OTV tlirOUCll IlCXt SOUSOU when tho now growth appears, and tho follago is neovy. Placo tho vluos ovor and nbout tho t.nlllc nr-nrhnr nu vnll wish tllOHl. OUd tlo up carefully so tho Wlntor w'lndB cannot beat tho vines about and In jure tho wood. V ntnnna nt Till nlinn leather wrapped i, ,,,. tt, vinn nml tucked to tho arbor mnko good retainers, but caro sliouiu oo iniion not w .v too tight. J. T. T. Old-Fashioned Peony Is Again a Favorite TUB peony is becoming ono of tho popular flowors again. Tho oldtlmo garden was not complete without a generous supply of largo doublo pconlos in red, whito nnd pink. Today thero aro hundreds of varieties, varying greatly in form and embracing almost ovory shade from pure white to tho darkost violet red. Odd and beautiful as many of theso now sorts are they do not greatly excel the old favorites, and I would ndvlso u liberal uso of the old standard doubles, for they nrc not so oxponslvo as tho new sorts and probably somewhat hardlor, forming strong clumps In a shorter tlmo. Peonies llko n dcop rich loam, high enough so water will not stand around their roots, and tho surface soil should contain sufficient decay ing vogotablo matter to prevent Its becoming compact or forming n crust. Stir a liberal supply of thoroughly rotted nianuro or sonio bono menl Into tho soil just boforo growth be gins in tho Spring, and later glvo a light mulch unless you Intend to glvo thorough cultivation throughout tho season until thoy havo matured tho eyes for tho coming year. Tho hardiness of peonies and their compact habit of growth make them especially valuablo to plant with shrubbory. A background of ever greens sets off tholr magnificent blooms to advantage. Planted along tho edgo of a clump of splrca Van Houttol, or Ilrldul Wreath as It Is usually called, thoy form pretty mnssos, but they should bo fitted Into nooks lu tho outllno of the shrub bory rather than a solid row In front of It. for tho Ilrldnl Wreath has graceful drooping branches which would not show' to good ndvantago over a row of Btlff peony plants. Tho best tlmo to set peonies Is nf tor they becomo dormant In tho Fall and buforo they begin to form tho tender shoots from tho huso prepara tory to starting tho Spring growth. Ah this Is done very early It Is woll to get tho work douo during somo warm spoil lu Winter. Do not dis turb tho clumps when onco plantod for sovornl years, for thoy do not tako kindly to hnvlng tholr roota disturbed, often refusing to bloom for u year or bo. i On-hard mid Garden Notes. It pays to pick up tho fallen fruit Just ns soon as It bognns to Fall. Oo ovor tho orchard each wook and . gather tho "drops" and feed to tho hogs. Ily so doing you will destroy many Insect pests. Never cut a limb from a fruit treo unless you know just why you do It. ' If tho rabbits havo only gnawed the outer bark wrap tho wound with cloth. Cowpcas or. votch makes a good cover crop for tho orchard, Blow Out Your Stumps TROJAN POWDER WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. It will not cause a powder headache. It will not freeze. It is safe. Write for information and prices. Trojan Powder Co. 11AIMVAY I3X01IANRI? 1IUI.1HNU, I'OllTliAMI, OHUUO.N, I he l'onder 'Without u llrailnrhr. fM MHW1HHPWWWWgWtWWMW'WffPW -"..-T-.. --..