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Coos-C'ry Museum
ing to grow and produce its blos­
Brookings Harbor Pilot som. Even th e lowly onion is a
TH U R SD A Y , OCT. 22, 1953______ bulb. Once a friend of m ine v is it­
ing in B erkeley w as brought a
lovely m ixed bouquet in w hich
T he C oos-C urry M useum lo­
w as a blossom or tw o she p a rtic u ­
cated in C oquille has ta k e n on a
larly adm ired. H er donor didn’t
m ost a ttra c tiv e app earan ce w ith
know its nam e but w hen th e flow­
By R U TH B. S M IT H
•ts new in te rio r paint, thorough
ers had been in th e w arm house
clean
u p and its new a rra n g e m e n t.
T he barom eter is dropping and for a tim e the arom a of th e bou­
th e predictions are for a storm q u e t betrayed th e re m ust be T his w as rep o rted S a tu rd a y at the
headed this way. If this b e true, g arlic som ew here w ithin — th at noon luncheon m eetin g of the
a ll the m ore need for haste in w as th e un-nam ed posy! The
g ettin g all those things planted corm , exem plified by th e gladio­ alw ays did — though stran g e ly
th a t we bought at the Garden lus is a solid, fleshy bulb and each enough, he p lanted both.
Club plant sale last Thursday.
new season an e n tire ly new corm
C onsult
th e
catalo g s,
your
F o r a display w ith a gorgeous grow s to ta k e the place of the n u rse ry m an o r th e public lib rary
v a rie ty of color and form w ith one of th e previous season. Each i for types of bulb, th e ir colors and
th e m inim um of effort, by all corm bloom s for but a single s e a ­ th e d ep th s for planting. T he
m ean s p la n t bulbs. Som eone re ­ son. T h en th e re is th e tu b er
( ’rocus and th e Snow drops, first
m a rk e d , "A ll you do is p la n t th e p o tato w ith its eyes for signs of spring, the S cillas of all
th em , cover th em and forget them j sp ro u tin g o r the dahlia from varieties, th e G rape-hyacinths, th e
u n til th e y rem in d you by th e ir whose tu b ro u s root the sp ro u ts re g u la r H yacinths, th e D arw in or
bloom ing in th e sp rin g .” They a re ap|»ear only from the neck of the th e P a rro t tulips of all shades,
b e a u tifu l in d rifts o r m asses, in root, a re good exam ples.
M adam e B ackhouse w ith its deli­
clu m p s of five to nine against th e
In the N arcissus fam ily a re the c a te pink tru m p et, th e B ersheba,
g re en of y o u r tre e s o r in a sm a lle r j Daffodils and th e Jonquils w ith a re ju st a few d eservin g y o u r a t ­
g ro u p beside th e p ath . T he re ­ th eir tru m p e ts of varied sizes j ten tio n and which should stim u ­
q u ire m e n ts a re good drainage, a from th e large, stu rd y , dependable la te your desire for m any others.
c irc u la tio n o f air, and a soil a d e­ K ing A lfred to those w ith the T he m ore d elica te r a re r bulbs
q u a te ly s tre n g th e n e d w ith org an ic larg e o r short cup of different should not be overlooked. Buy for
m a tte r of som e kind. (C au tio n :
q u ality ra th e r th a n q u a n tity and
colors.
B ew are of m a n u re !) 'Die top soil
The tu lip was first known to add to y o u r initial o u tlay g ra d u ­
m ay lx* m ixed w ith peat moss, and
ally.
You will have a lastin g
bulbs like at least a half-day of W estern E u ro p e about th e m id­ investm ent w hich, if properly
dle of th e six teen th ce n tu ry w hen
sunshine, too.
planted, m ay be enjoyed for m anv
T h ere a re really th re e classes an am b assad o r from A u stria first years. T he p leasu re dividends are
saw
the
flowers
bloom
ing
in
the
I
g e n e ra lly called “bu lb s”. A tru e
enorm ous, spreading over a long
b u lb is com posed of layers of open fields n ear C onstantinople j period of grow ing th ro u g h the
ov er-lap p in g scab 's w hich divide and brought back th e ir seeds. T he spring and su m m er m onths.
from th e m o th e r plant and form bulbs w ere costly but the flowers
new bulbs but w thin each bud is w ere so b eautiful people b a tte n 'd
th e flow er in m in ia tu re ju st w a it- for them . One brew er trad e d his
b rew ery valued at th irty thousand
francs for a single bulb, a n o th e r
traded a ra re bulb to r a Hour mill |
and it is even said th a t one young ,
m an w as m ore th an satisfied to
receive, as his bride's dow ry, a
lone tulip bulb. T im e w as w hen ,
A m erica relied on H olland for its
stock but now the bulbs a re !
grow n in this country. Long j
PLANER ENDS
Tsland, N ew York, M ichigan and
the Pacific N o rth w e st, B rookings
included, provide th e right type
of soil and clim ate for q u a n tity
Easy S treet
grow ing.
Do you know th e ra n u n cu lu s
and the anem one tru ly b eau tifu l
in th e ir v aried colors? T hese m ust
be p lan ted before th e big fall
dow npours o r they will rot before
w ell s ta rte d . T he flow ers a re I
som ew hat sim ilar but th e bulbs
look q u ite d iffe re n t: the ra n u n ­
culus to lx' planted w ith th e ir
prong side down, w hile the a n e ­
m one m ust have its fuzzy spot
right side up w ith care. Those
we used to buy for ourselves i n '
S o u th e rn C alifornia never seem ed
to th riv e but if we bought th em
from th e Jap a n ese g a rd e n e r they
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Newly Renovated
Along Azalea Row
Coos C u rry P io n eer and H isto ri­
cal Association. M rs. M ary R a n ­
dlem an and Mrs. R alph S tephens,
of th e M useum co m m ittee also r e ­
p o rted th a t J. P. Beyers, C oquille,
had p resen ted th e m useum w ith a
larg e collection of e a rly day pho­
to g rap h s w hich he had tak en d u r­
ing th e tim e he served Coos and
C u rry as a trav e lin g p h o to g ra­
pher.
T he A ssociation expressed a p ­
p reciatio n to those who had
w orked for such a low ch arg e in
th e cleaning up. th e p ain tin g and
the p rin tin g of th e le tte r heads,
also to M ason H a rd w are for th e
donation of th e p ain t.
T he follow ing w ere appointed
to go th ro u g h th e old se c re ta ry -
tre a s u ry records and elim in ate all
u n n ecessary m a te ria ls: Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. N orton, Miss M arion
H orsfall and M ar R andlem an.
Those p resen t w e re :
G race
Cain, H enry A. S chroeder, J. H.
McCloskey, Mrs. J. H. M cCloskey,
Mrs. Jam es G. M aple, N ellie H ay-
don, M arion H orsfall, M ary R an ­
dlem an, Jo h n Nielson, A. N.
Gould, Em il R P eterso n , C lara A.
StaufT. G race D etlefsen, Ed D et-
lefsen, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. N orton,
J A. Lam b, Mrs. C arl A nderson,
Mrs. R alph S tep h en s and Mrs.
B ruce P urdy.
T he next m eeting of th e Asso­
ciation will be held at noon S a tu r ­
day. Nov. 14, at th e C oquille Ho­
tel. All in te re ste d a re invited to
atten d .
TO H O S P IT A L
F ra n k B lachley left M onday
night for B arn es h o sp ital in V an­
couver w here he w ill undergo
tre a tm e n t.
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