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Arrangement of FloiTfn.
MUCH charm can be added to
flowers if care is exercised in
arranRing them and if they ara
placed in a suitable and fitting- vase.
In these days of well-equipped flor
lnts' shops and with the larger stores
carrying special stocks, one can find
almost any shape, size and color vase
for flowers.
The real flower lover will have on
hand, a supply of containers and will
also have several baskets of differ
ent sizes and shapes so that flowers
can bo arranged in such manner that
they will not only exhibit their own
cnaractoristic qualities but also add
charm to the room in which they are
displayed. Flowers should be put
Into the ritrht kind of a containerand
they should then only be displayed in
a room with whose dominant color
note they do not clash, for by having
the colors of the flowers clash with
the color of the room you not only
dfeat the beauty of the flower but
you rob the room of its charm.
Bow ls of pale yellow or green- can
be filled with flowers of almost any
shade without robbing the blooms of
their charm. The other, day I saw a
shallow bowl of green with a yellow
lining and it struck me at once what
a wonderful thing in which to show
nasturtiums. Bowls or vases of cop
P6t or bronze are the best in which
to display zinnas or marieolds. while
lilies will exhibit much more of their
charm if in crystal or silver. Old
Jugs or bowls of earthenware should
be used for odds and ends of trailing
things from the woods, apple bios
eoms and the long sweeping sprays of
some of the popular blooming shrubs.
Baskets with their- tin liners can be
used for almost anything In the way
of flowers.
City Una Wealth of Flowers.
Hero in Portland where we have
uch a wealth of flowers practically
throughout the year blooms are now
almost as much a part of the house
hold as furnishings as the phono
graph or the fireplace or the. electric
stove. While the garden or the flor
ist's shop can supply the blooms, each
one must be the artist who paints the
pictures with the flowers. Do not
put large masses of flowers In the
guest's room, but rather a single rose,
or a spray of larkspur, or one or two
stalks of gladiolius or a modest little
vase or bowl of spring flowers. These
flowers in the guest's room want to
be merely a suggestion of some of
the beauties of the garden, which can
be enjoyed later. after the stains of
travel have been removed. Leave the
mass effect of blooms for the living
room and in It can be gathered the
big bowls of roses, or peonies, or
large clusters of asters or a basket
filled with canterbury bells.
Roses Are Individual.
In Portland where the wealth of
the garden is frequently in roses, we
do entirely too much of making mass
displays of these flowers and noth-
ing will rob a rose quicker of Its
charm and its Individual Veauty than
to be arranged in large masses and
more often overcrowded, so that the
blooms will touch. In arranging
roses no two blooms should be al
lowed to touch and if you have a
basket or bowl into which you have
been In the habit of putting- two
dozen roses, try it once with one
dozen and use some light, feathery
green as a background or filler, and
I feel quite confident you will be
pleased with the change. Koses
should always be arranged In vases
with wide mouths, so that they can
In a measure arrange themselves, for
each rose has individual character
and each characteristic or quality has
its own charm, and when they are
grouped In large quantities these In
dividual characteristics cannot bo
seen and appreciated, therefore the
rpse is robbed of Us greatest charms.
No flowers should ever be Jammed
Into a tquat, misshaped bowl or vase.
Tulips and daffodils are best shown
from a shallow bowl and arranged by.
the aid of the frogs or other mechan
ical devices for holding tnem upright
in their natural position. Allow me
to suggest that when you do so ar
range tulips or daffodils In this way,
see that the base is filled In with
some greens or small white blossoms,
and I think you will like the effect.
Tall stalks of Iris arranged In the
same way with a green base has
much additional charm.
Each room in the house should
have Its own vase or container or
several of them. These should be In
uch shades as contrast with the
color of the room, thus affording
either a focus for the keynote color
or emphasizing it through contrast
Simplicity should be the watchword
In arranging flowers. Do not bring
In too many but Just enough so that
the room will have some of the bril
liant outdoor color from the garden
Cold Soup Beneficlul.
The cold weather and the snow of
last week has been most beneficial
to the gardens. Millions and mil
lions of pests which next summer
would have bothered us have been
destroyed, but best of all, the cold
snap forced the plants into a dor
mant state which they needed so
much. The long continued mild fall
and winter was Just about to play
havoc with many things, for in some
Instances spireas were breaking into
blooms and they had had no rest
whatever. The leaf bud3 of roses
were swelling. In fact, everything In
the garden Just seemed to be on edge
but along came the cold snap, drives
back the sap and the plants now can
enjoy a much needed rest. So far I
have heard of no injury the cold
weather has wrought, therefore feel
it has been beneficial.
I'nlng Fallen Leaves.
I eee In many eastern papers agita
tion about the annual waste of leaves,
for there is nothing which will grieve
'the soul of a real gardener more than
to see the etreet cleaning gang dump
truckloads of leaves in out-of-way
places simply to get rid of them. In
Portland I am happy to report that
the park department under ,the direc
tion of Superintendent C. P. Keyser
has stopped this waste. Today you can
visit almost any park in Portland
and you will find tons and tons of
leaves, great miles of them stored
away for future use. Thjs co-operation
between the park bureau and the bu
reau of street cleaning is not only
saving a great amount of money but
better etlli is giving us more beauti
ful flowers in our parks. The park
bureau cannot use all of the leaves
but what a great amount would be
saved in the street cleaning fund if
our own citizens each year gathered
up the leaves around their placesajid
on the streets adjacent to their homes.
They would not be so much helping
the city to save money as. they would
be In improving their gardens. Prop
erly composed with soils or stable
manures leaves become one of the
most valuable fertilizers. They con
tain a very high percentage of fer
tilizing elements In a proportion which
is especially useful to the growth of
flowers.
Gardens of Wild Flowers.
Are native wild flowers more beau
brought close to civilization and
planted in our own gardens? This
Is a question which had caused end
less discussion. Some varieties would
not thrive under cultivation while
others no doubt would Improve. The
question of establishing gardens of
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native flowers is being quite aotlvely
agitated In the east and a few weeks
ago Kenneth E. Gilbert, In a lec
ture before the Massachusetts .hor
ticultural society Btated that while
the cultivation of wild flowers is no
new venture It Is because the people
have not learned their uses or ap
preciate their beauty. He is confident
that the time Is not far distant when
Indigenous plants will come into their
own and wild flower gardens, where
only wild flowers prevail, will rival
In popularity formal gardens.
Around Portland we have a number
of gardens which contain wild sec
tions, or rather section where many
of the wealth of wild flowers of Ore
gon prevail. Mrs. S. S. Montague In
her garden1 at Hillsdale has a wide
selection of Oregon wild flowers. Dr.
A. E. I'.ockey at Riviera, has many
wild flowers and the MacMaster gar
den, near the Waverly Golf club, is
full of native plants. The seed stores
are now offering for sale seeds of
native wild flowers, so there is really
no reason why we should not have in
our gardens representative of the
great natural outdoors.
Possibly the reason more persons
do not grow many of our native wild
flowers is because they lack informa
tion about them and then also be
cause we accept the printed Informa
tion in the catalogues of the nursery
men, but if our colleges would take
up the matter of developing our wild
flowers It would not be long before
our nurserymen would find the means
of supplying plants, in fact you can
find today In nurseries around Port
land many specimens of native plants
which are highly ornamental and
satisfactory.
Advocates State Displays.
To give the publio Information re
garding plants and flowers- of their
own section Mr. Gilbert, in his talks,
said: "The public should be taught
the true value of our wild flowers.
I believe this could best be accom
plished by the establishment' of a
public wild flower -garden, where a
large variety of native plants could
be grown. If a garden of this sort
could be kept up by the state or the
city it would offer for all who desire
to know wild flowers to study them'
at first hand. Such an undertaking
would be of value, not only for the
Information It might disseminate, but
also for the interest it would create
among those who perhaps now know
very little about their native plants,
anese gardens. Italian gardens, Greek
gardens and French gardens, but ex
amples of the American garden, where
only American plants are used are
comparatively few, despite our wealth
of material. Our woods, our fields and
our mountain sides are wonderful.
Let us use some of these wonder in
our gardens."
Carnations and Dusty Miller.
Usually In arranging carnations,
because the grass Is so far from the
blooms, greens of some kind are em
ployed to bring out the beauty of the
bloom. Asparagus Is very largely used
also various, kinds of ferns, but re
cently I saw a combination with white
carnations that was quite striking.
This lady, in arranging the vase,
which was a w!de-.mouthed one, so the
carnations could drop gracefully, used
for her foliage combination Dusty
Miller. It was quite a striking1 combi
nation and If you have never used it
would suggest you try it some time
and note the effect.
Garden Odds and Ends.
Late pruning can be done in De
cember and through the winter. Trees
especially should be pruned during
their dormant period, after the sap
has left the limbs and gone down to
the roots.
Qulteglowing descriptions are given
of the new'gladlolus LeMarechal Foch
and no doubt in a few years it will be
found in many gardens. The state
ment Is made that this plant origi
nated by P. Van Deursen of Holland.
Is a cross between America and Hal
ley. It is strikingly vigorous and bulb
lets develop many bulbs of more than
an inch or larger. The characteristics
of the new gladiolus is that it has
the earliness of Halley, with the bril
lancy of America, but in lighter shade
of pink with less throat markings. As
to size it is described by some as twice
as large as America.
In a letter from friends in the
United States department of agricul
ture at Wiashlngton they tell of the
results accomplished in the stimula
tion of plant growth by chilling for
a period. In the greenhouse of the
experimental station ripe blueberries
have been produced from February
to April. To accomplish this from
midsummer to autmn plants were
placed in artificially chilled frames
and then moved later into the green
houses, where they began flowering,
and made rapid growth. The expert
There are numerous examples of Jap-1 menta really amount to putting the
plants through a winter season
artificially created.
In talking with a home decorator
recently he remarked that many per
sons, In placing" flowers in their liv
ing rooms or some other rooms, fail
to observe the dominant note of the
furnishings, therefore strlk most
discordant notes. He pointed out
that calendulas. yellow zinnias.
marigolds, acacia and other yellow
flowers, should never be brought into
a room if the prevailing tone of the
furnishings is old rose or some other
r..lue of red.
New Giant Daffodil.
It does not always take a big place
to make a fine garden, as is evident
from tho wav which Mr. and Mrs. H.
D. Lotz have arranged the grounds
surrounding their home at Richard
son road and Falling etreet in rr
rose. I am awaiting with Interest a
visit to their garden in the spring,
fur Mr. T.ntx has nut In a large plant-
lng of daffodils, consisting of King
Alfred and Consort. The latter is
th nvw s-iant daffodil. Is addition
to this he has also a number of other
bulbs and also a fine selection of
perennials.
Steep banks are always more or
less a problem, and in me ihjjl iow
years many Portlandsers have adopted
the plan of planting their banks with
finwArinor ninnts. One of the most
Interesting examples of this type of
landscaping has been adopted Dy airs.
F. D. Webber at 1968 East Flanders
street. The bank is filled with many
suitable hardv flowering plants, and
among those I noticed were some of
Scotland's finest feather pinks In dif
ferent colors. In addition to this
there are well-arranged plantings or
violas, prostrate veronicas, primulas,
coral flowers, purple rock cress, as
well as silene and rock rosea.
Plants) to California.
Again during the week I noticed a
large shipment of plants going to a
large nursery at Sacramento and I
asked the Portland grower wnai
caused Oregon plants to be in such
demand in California, when that state
Is constantly advertising its hortl
cultural resources. The reply I got
was that California growers like the
Oregon young stock, because it Is
better than they can propagate ai
home, and has more life. I really
think that If the young stock shipped
from Oregon was followed it would
b found that the California nur
series buv the voune stock here be
cause of superior root system, and
workine on this and using the
natural heat of California, finish off
the nlants and sell them in the east
as a California product. In the ship
ment I noticed going forward last
week were a great many genista, red
begonias, young rubber plants,
calseolarla, abutillion, primula ari
cula, lavenffer lobelis cardinalis.
huechera, cinceraria. ferns and roses
without number. In a year or two I
would wager many of these plants
will be in eastern gardens with a
California labeL
Portland Roses for Seattle.
In a nurseryman's place the other
day I noticed that Thomas J. Acheson
of Seattle Is eviently going to try and
win honors in the next Seattle rose
show, as a large shipment of choice
Oregon-grown roses were being sent
to Mr. Acheson. Another shipment of
roses I also noticed was going for
ward to Mrs. E. B. Hanley of Seattle,
who is again enlarging- her already
fine garden.
Frank Kerslake at 503 East Thirty
sixth street has arranged to put in a
large planting of perennials this
spring.
C. LeBlan at 669 Roselawn avenue
has enlarged his garden by plantings
ofLos Angeles and Hadley roses.
MacMaatera Garden Improved.
Although he has one of the finest
and largest gardens in this section,
I notice William MasMaster Is in
creasing his plantings of various
deutzias and also making additions
to his perennial garden near the
Waverly Golf club.
E. W. Mercereau at 853 Bryce
avenue, In the Alameda district, has
greatly improved his place by the
planting of a number of fine Lawton
cypress trees.
Mrs. B. Moreland, at 753 Mason
street, has again filled her flower
boxes with wall flowers, which can
stand the rigors of winter and pro
vide brilliant flowers and delightful
fragrance in the spring months.
Planted Imported Bulbs.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Walker of
E56 East Sixtieth etreet North have
planted a fine assortment of the bet
ter evergreen shrubs around their
home and have provided for a strik
ing spring effect of brilliant colors
by planting many hundreds of im
ported bulbs' between he shrubs.
J. A. Sheffield of 1058 Raleigh
street has used old English prim
roses and hyacinths for filling his
window boxes for earlj spring blooms
and fragrance. He has also In his
flower beds put In a large planting
of the new giant daffodil and quite a
number of narcissus bulbs.
Last year the boxes enclosing the
front porch of the home of Julius
Pincus at 499 East Twenty-fourth
street North were a riot of brillant
colors, due to a fine planting of wall
flowers. These attracted so much at
tention and were eo successful that
Mr. Pincus has planned to restore
the same planting this year.
I enjoyed your articles very much. In a
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Teddy, the popular dog who stars in Mack Bennett comedies, received per
mission from his producer to help the Salvation Army collect funds during
Christmas week, with which to cheer the poor and needy on Christmas day.
Like other stars who give their time to worthy causes. Teddy appeared with
out make-up. Kvery time he shook his tambourine money was thrown in.
The police department suggested that Teddy's stand be moved every half
hour because of the crowds which gathered at his corner.
Mack Bennett will start a new series of special two-reel comedies probably
this month. In which Teddy will he the star, with child actors as his support.
Ing an English mountain with Sild flowera
I wondered whether the primula Bulleyana
got Its name from him. I raised them
from seed this spring and am Impatiently
awaiting time for them to bloom. I was
asked once whether they had called it
"bully" for a Joke. These primulas look
very nnhappy at present, so unlike the
ordinary ones with their upstanding green
leaves. At planting time I found the roots
quite the prettiest things, almost a foot in
length, rather fleshy and a pretty pink
to the very tips. Do you know the va
riety? I see you recommend fist. Bridget's
anemones, but you forgot to tell people
how easy they are to raise from seed. One
packet gave me 50 plants and some
bloomed this fall from spring-sown seed.
Until the cold snap the rose-colored one
was In bloom. Can you tell me what was
the matter with the snapdragons and the
cure? The leaves on the" underside cov
ered with rust and the foliage destroyed.
Not all in the garden were affected, but of
course the choicest ones, that beautiful va
rioty, "Searchlight." I am glad of your
department In The Oregonlan. Perhaps
you will tell the desperate flower lov
what to do when there is hardly a square
Inch ofspace left on a city lot, the alterna
tive of moving to the. country not being
available. MRS. R. B.
Kamed for A. K. Duller.
Answer You are quite right in as
suming that the primula Bulleyana
was named after A. K. Bulley of Liv
erpool. As the founder of the big
seed house, Mr. Bulley has explorers
in all sections looking for new 'things
and in 1909 one of his explorers
named Forrest, while in southwestern
China discovered a new primula and
named it In honor of his employer.
I am not familiar with this variety,
although it is highly recommended
for climatic conditions similar to
those we have in Portland and shall
be interested in knowing what suc
cess you had with it. I want to
thank you for mentioning the ease
with which St. Bridget anemones can
be raised from seed and I am quite
sure when home gardeners get more
familiar with it and its two long
blooming seasons it will find a place
in every garden. Relative to rust on
snapdragons, would say that the flor
ists would give a fortune if they
could find some positive moans of
controlling it or getting rid of it. In
my own garden I have been fairly
successful. When I spray my roses
In the spring with Bordeaux mixture
I spray the ground around all my
perennials and the beds for my an
nuals. I do not try to grow snap
dragons as a perennial but treat it
as a biennial. In the spring I care
fully take up any volunteer plants
which may have come from fallen
seed or take up the plants from seed
sown in flats In the fall. These I put
Into four-Inch pots and plunge the
pots, taking care to see that none
of these bloom that season by pinch
ing back. In the fall I take out of
the garden the snapdragons which
have bloomed the previous summer,
spade up the bed and allow It to re
main turned over during the winter.
The snapdragons In the pots I plunge !
in a fairly dry place close to the
house for the winter and cover them
with leaves. In the spring I trans-
plant these snapdragons from the
pots and enjoy their blooms. If I .
find one of the plants at any time I
showing rust I pull it up immediately I
and burn It. Even with this icare I l
have not kept out the rust, but do !
manage to have some very satisfac
tory snapdragons. There are some j
varieties ui miuiiui ttKu.ia wmji.i ddc.h
to be particularly strong in rust-resisting
qualities and when you get
hold of one of these let it go to eeed
and use the seed from It. You may
not get Just the colors you want, but
you will probably get healthy plants
and with fine blooms. Last season
I had dark-red snapdragons nearly
four feet high and without a .blemish,
whereas gardens of some of my
friends were without a flower. Do
not try to grow snap-dragons from
cuttings, for they are weak and easily
attacked by rust, but select your seed
from strong disease-resisting varie
ties, treat them as biennials Instead
of perennials and you can probably
get rid of some of the rust. If this
does not succeed a florist friend of
mine advises to take out all the
plants. Do not try to grow any for
two or three years and in that time
the rust may have disappeared. Tour
next question about what to do when
the garden gets crowded is a prob
lem which perplexes most enthusias
tic growers. 1 am not going to make
suggestions regarding this for I
know the problem has faced many
gardeners therefore will call on the
readers -of this department to tell us
what one Is to do when the sjarden
Ls full, you cannot get a larger place
and there are so many beautiful
things crying for a place in your
garden.
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Use of Orange ISlossoms.
Can you tell me when and how origi
nated the custom of using orange blossoms
as bridal ornaments? .
PROSPECTIVE BRIDE.
The custom of using orange blos
soms for bedecking the bride is sup
posed to have been brought to Europe
by the Crusaders from the east, they
having found that Saracen brides
were accustomed to wear orange
wreaths at their marriage. A second
theory ls that nothing ls too good
for the bride and as orange blossoms
were fragrant and also costly and
only within the reach of the noble or
rich, the use of them demonstrated
the fact that the bride was of high
rank. A third theory ls that the cus
tom originated in Spain, where
oranges have been cultivated for cen
turies and from there the custom
spread to France. ,
Making a Hot Bed.
How an I make a hot bed for early
spring planting of seed?
RURAL QARDENTDR.
Determine on the size of the frame
you are going to use. Secure the
manure, preferably horse manure, as
early as possible and as soon as it
ls actively heating. Pack it In a pile
two feet longer and wider than the
actual size of the frame and from
two to three feet deep, having of
course previously excavated the pit.
Cover the manure with soli and then
on top of this you can set your flats
with their seed.
Not a New Bone.
In describing the new planting at Mrs.
D. hi. Daugherty's place on Kast Thirty,
ninth; street In last Hunday's Oregonlan
you stated she had planted Silence roses.
Is this a new variety and where can I gut
It? ' ROSB LOVER.
Due to an error on the part of the
printer, the copy editor, the proof
reader or the office boy I do not
know which, so blame them all this
was a mistake and it should have
read "Silene rosea." This is a hardy
little annual similar to a rock cross
and. is well worth trying in every
garden.
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been expecting and now it's here with all
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