THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 14, 1923
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BY A OARIiEN GROWER.
DESPITE the low temperature,
particularly at night, the
gardens in and about the city
are gradually taking on their spring
dress. Tulips probably will beJ at
their best this week, although many
oi tne earner blooming varieties
showed their best last week. Tha
various fruit trees, particularly the
cherry and plum, this week have been
gorgeous and the apple soon will be.
Magnolias are blooming, the one at
Graham Glass' house. Park and Vista
avenues, having been a gorgeous
sight early this week. The rock
gardens everywhere are a mass of
axabis blooms, both the white and
the blue, the latter being particularly
effective. While the grandiflora
type of saxifraga are about over the
little dwarf variety, with its star
shaped flowers of delicate rose add
much to rock gardens. Primroses
are abloom everywhere and on Port
land Heights there are many gardens
aglow with the wonderful Lord
Beaconsfield variety. This is the
primrose which more than 2a years
ago I G. Plunder, Portlands veteran
florist, introduced in this section, and
I really think it is the handsomest
and. showiest of all nrimroses. for Its
big cluster of cream-colored flowers
are carried on stiff stout stems
foot or more in lenerth. A vase filled
(with them is effective, particularly if
1 a few sprays of spirea thunbergl
with its dainty little white flowers
are added. Scillas are coming into
bloom and both the lavender and the
blue colored types are quite attrac
tive, particularly when used in
oorcer. And speaking of borders, or
rather an edging for a border.
ininK that at this time of the year
nothing has quite the same appeal as
the forget-me-not, both the blue and
white, and when mixed in an edging
there is a dash of color most appeal
ing. It is surprising that more per
sons do not use these little blooms,
for If the flowers are cut liberally
you can have a continuity of bloom
throughout the season. The St.
iirigid anemones are coming into
bloom and they are wonderfully
brilliant. There are so many shapes
and shades that in each plant you
can find something of charm and
Interest. In the shrubbery line rho
dodendrons rank first from the
blooming standpoint and this week I
xpect the Wilcox gardens on St.
Clair street will be well worth seeing,
as the rhododendons there are about
the finest in- the city.
As, the blooming season for the
early bulbs is drawing to a close a
few suggestions as to the care of
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f Importance of proper storage and
a.re i or quids it must urst De real
ized that the flowers and resources
for the next season are garnered
within the bulb after blooming,
through the agency of the roots and
foliage. If your foliage this year
has been poor and undeveloped it
will mean that next year your
flowers will be poor or you may
have none at all, therefore in gather
ing flowers care should be exercised
in the way the foliage is sacrificed
or cut. To care properly for the
I bulbs after blooming the first thing
to do Is to leave them In the ground
until the leaves have died down. It
usually best to remove all bulbs
from the ground, and this is particu
I larly true of such bulbs as hyacinths
and tulips, although late tulips in
borders may be left undisturbed
several years with fairly good re
sults. Each year, however, the single
early type should be taken up. As
to the time for digging the bulbs it
should do borne in mind that they
should not be disturbed unless abso
lutely necessary., until the foliage
becomes brown and is in a decidedly
limp condition. From the time the
foliage becomes In this condition
until the new root system starts
bulbs can be taken up. With the
exception of hyacinths and tulips the
bulbs, such as daffodils, narcissus,
etc., should be divided as soon as dug
and replanted, but with tulips and
hyacinths It is better that they be
stored over the summer in a cool,
dry place, but even then do not re
move the foliage. It is possible that
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American Beauty aster seeds that a
friend had given me and how just as
they got above the ground and I was
congratulating myself on what fine
asters I would have a snail got into
the frame one night and by morning
all my seedlings had disappeared. I
think there is nothing quite so dis
heartening as to lose a fine stand of
seedlings, but I had no one to blame
but myself, for I had been careless.
periments Mr. Steele is carrying on at
all times to improve the types and fur
nish the seed demanded not only in
this country, but also in Europe.
Pansy growing as followed by Mr.
Steele is a most absorbing business
and a pleasure and in a few weeks
I am going to give the readers of this
department some interesting data
about what is being done with pansies
In Portland, particularly as to how
continue to grow, but the cold nights
we are having are likely to upset the
most careful calculations. A week or
ten days of good warm weather
would, I feel, assure us of a plentiful
crop of roses for the festival, but I
doubt if the" quality would be of the
kind of which Portlanders have a
right to boast. A continued hot spell
would so force flowers that they
would lack the substance which is
so desirable and then also the col
ors would not have the brilliancy so
much desired. A week of warm
weather right now to give the plants
the stimulus they need and then fol
lowed by alternate days of sunshine
and clouds would be ideal for assur
ing wonderful roses. If we do have
roses for the show they will have to
come principally from the east side
and the lower sections, for there will
be practically none from Portland
Heights and the higher sections. A
few days ago I examined the hedge
at the home of Mrs. Fred H. Page,
who, for several years, has taken
prizes for the best Caroline Testout
roses at the show, and I think that
under average weather conditions as
we can expect Mrs. Page will not
have a rose to show this year. At
another point on Portland Heights I
examined a group of more than 100
Ulrich Brunner and the growth on
them is not more than three inches
long, and in the same garden is a
hedge of Frau Karl Druschki which,
if it gets Into bloom by the Fourth of
July, will be showing some speed.
In this garden are some bushes of
Ophelia which have buds on them and
some General McArthur, but I doubt
if they will be ready for the show.
Neither will be the wonderful Cha
teau CIos de Vouget roses, which
have been a feature for several years
of the display made by Mrs. John C.
Ainsworth. It will be a rare oppor
tunity this year for the east-side dis
tricts, such as Irvington, Laurelhurst,
Sunnyside and lower Mount Tabor, to
green worm has already made its ap
pearance, and every one should give
his bushes attention and destroy this
pest. Due to the fact that some of
the cold nights have curled the ten
der foliage, it is difficult to tell at
first glance whether the damaged
foliage is due to the cold or the worm,
therefore it is best that if your foli
age shows any defect whatever to
examine the bush carefully. If there
is a leaf in which a hole has been
cut or the edge of which has been
eaten away you can be assured that
the green worm is busy, therefore go
over the plant until you find him
and then give him a quick but firm
pinch between your thumb and fore
finger. Such treatment is the only
thing that will do good and while it
may sound repulsive, put on a pair of
old gloves and remember that you are
out for revenge and you will soon
overcome any scruples about such
treatment, particualrly when you find
that this insect has bored Into your
finest bud and destroyed it. At pres
ent this worm is not much over a
quarter of an inch long and about as
big around as a pin. He will get on
a leaf and by a slimy trail he leaves
glue several leaves together and then
he goes quickly to work. As soon as
he has fed up on the leaves and got
a little strength he starts for the
flower bud, bores into it in such a
way that it is either cut off from
the stem or ruined. This worm al
ways come3 in May and will remain
throughout the season, and while the
flowers may be late you will never
find this destructive pest behind time,
so if you want flowers give your
bushes a going over now. One worm
on a bush can in a few days do more
damage than can be repaired by a
week of fine weather. No spray I
know of is effective but if you check
him now you can save yourself a lot
of disappointment later.
My friend, the old gardener, dropped
in to see me one day last week, and
as usual he had some interesting in
formation for the amateur, I was
telling him about an experience of
mine with a cold frame in which I
After expressing his sympathy for the Scotch type Is being brought to
my loss, the old gardener said: "Snails
are always a bad thing and I often
wonder how it is that so many flowers
escape their ravages. Take it right
now, when the pansies are starting
to look into the world with happy
faces, but how often is an admirer of
these cheerful, bright little blooms
shocked and disheartened to find that
the flowers have been eaten up or
mutilated by some unknown force,
He looks all around to find the cause.
but there is nothing which looks
guilty. It is the pesky garden snails,
or slugs as they are sometimes called,
which do the mischief, and to catch
them is quite a task unless you are
familiar with their habits. Night
after night, unless they are disposed
of, the snails will return and chew
up., the choicest of your floral tidbits.
Some persons suggest many methods,
but the majority of them, such as
putting rings of sand, lime or ashes
around the plants are worthless in
the majority of cases. If the sand,
lime or ashes could be kept dry they
might in a measure be effective, but
you cannot keep them dry with the
kind of weather we are having, for
If we do not have rain in the night
we have a heavy dew. The only real
way of getting these snails is to have
a bucket of fresh air-slacked lime or
hydrated lime ready. This lime will
kill the snails very quickly if strewn
over them when they come out after
night to their feeding grounds. If
snails have appeared in your garden,
take this dry pulverized lime after
10 o'clock at night, when it is not
raining, and spread the lime freely
over the plants and surroundings
where snails have been observed. The
lime is harmless to growing plants,
and if you object to its appearance
you can wash it away m tne morning.
It is essential that the ground and
plants be dry, for if the lime gets wet
it will be harmless to the snails. If
you have ever studied snails you will
find that when the lime strikes or a
snail runs into it the snail will at
once start to emit a liquid to neutral
ize the caustic effect of the lime, and
also turn around and try to escape.
Therefore, if the ground is well cov
ered the snail will soon curl up and
die. Another method I used that I
found most effective was a flash
light and a pair of scissors, with
which I would go over their feeding
ground between 10 and 11 o'clock at
night and when I found one he was
easily despatched with the scissors."
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son's flower if a little care is exer
cised. Dig the bulbs with a spade, !
going deep enough so that the roots !
of the bulb are disturbed as little as
possible, also exercising care to see
that the leaves are not cut or crushed.
Have prepared a shallow trench and
One contention I have often made
is that Oregon grown seed has great
er vitality and therefore better ger
mination quality than seeds from
many other sections and in support
of this contention I want to call at
tention to the fact that last week
I picked up one of the great journals
published for the florists' trade and
found thetre ample evidence. In this
paper 34 firms in the east who spe
cialize in growing pansies for the
wholesale trade advertised and of
these 19 were users of Oregon grown
pansy seed and as further support 14
of the 19 advertised that their pansies
were raised from seed produced by
E. J. Steele of Portland. Of course,
there are many persons who know
that Mr. Steele specializes in pansies
at his two tracts on the Powell Valley
road, but I believe there are very
few who realized in what high esteem
this Oregon produced seed is held by
the professional growers of the country-
That it is of higher worth and
germinates better is evident from the
fact that the Oregon grown seed com
mands a higher price than does pansy
seed produced in other sections. It
has created such a demand that this
year Mr. Steele is enlarging his out
put and driving by his place a few
days ago I judged that he had a
million or more pansy plants under
cultivation. I stopped long enough to
look over his selection beds which
contain between 300,000 and 400,000
plants and these occupy a very small
section when compared with his two
main plantings. Pansy growing, par
ticularly on the scale as followed by
Mr. Steele, is a whole garden story in
itself and I doubt if there are more
than a half dozen persons In Port
land, outside of professional growers,
who really know what makes a good
pansy and the trouble and pains it
requires to make selections to get
proper types. I also doubt if there
are more than six persons in Portland
who know of the vast number of ex-
perfection unuder our advantageous
climate.
As the blooming season for various
flowers is approaching it is probable
that Portland will have several ex
hibitions in addition to the annual
rose show. The Garden club of south
east Portland is a live hustling or
ganization and has made plans for a
peony exhibit to be held during the
second week in June, the exact date
to be selected later. This exhibit will
be held at the home of Mrs. Hugh
Graham, 1131 East Thirty-eighth
street. The club is very active in
promoting gardens in that section of
the city and holds frequent meetings
in the Woodstock branch library. The
exhibit this year will be largely on
educational lines as many of the resi
dents are growing unidentified va
rieties of peonies and; experts will be
present to identify the type and give
them their proper classification.
During the last few years iris has
increased in popularity and now
number of Portlanders boast of their
collections. There are still a number
of persons who not being familiar
with the new types of Iris and the
wonderful shades produced, regard
many of them as little superior to the
old-fashioned purple "flag, never
stopping to consider the improve
ments which plant breeders have
wrought in shape, substance and im
proved blooming quality, to say noth
ing of size and color. Some of the
delicate pink shades of the modern
day iris are equal to most orchids and
already there is talk of organizing
an iris show. In past years some iris
have been shown at the rose show,
but this is not the proper place, for
no one can get the real value of the
iris as a garden flower unless it is
shown in competition with flowers of
a similar type.
A few days ago I received the fol
lowing letter from an amateur gar
dener of Salem, which contains a sug
gestion that some Portland organiza
tion might adopt with profit and
benefit the city:
"As you seem to be interested in
gardens and landscapes, I wish to
write about a condition in Portland
(and this from a Salemite) that could
be greatly improved without any
great expenditure. Have you ever
noticed coming into Portland on the
different trains the dreadful condi
tion of property, vacant lots used as
dumping grounds, etc.? Tes, I know
this property belongs to the individ
ual and the kind that is too indiffer
ent to care about looks and then
trains hav the way of always going
through the most unattractive part of
the city, but cannot something be
done to insist upon some improve
ment? Portlanders are not so apt to
see these defects as travelers and the
traveler forms his impressions from
what he sees and the majority from
the car window. And here is a sug
gestion that might be feasible.
Where the railroad has cut through
high embankments and left the bare
ground exposed, could not native
shrubs be planted without injuring
the property? Think how a hillside
of Scotch broom, clothed in its golden
robe, would attract the tourist, espe
cially those who are not in the habit
of seeing this rank though beautiful
shrub grow out of the conservatory.
Then our mock-orange and ocean-
spray, evergreens galore, Oreg"on
grape, snow-berry, wild roses and
countless others, all found so near the
city and yet not always in the most
conspicuous places could not these
be planted most effectively, or would
the railroad company not allow such
fool notions' tried on their property?"
Notes of the Garden.
Mrs. A. Sturgess of 306 East For
tieth street, North, has added to her
garden this year a large planting of
gladioli, representing a number of the
standard varieties and a few of the
novelties of this year.
Mrs. George Nevins of 1059 Cumber
land road, will have as a feature of
her garden this year a planting of
mammoth verbenas and pansies, hav
ing selected for the latter some of
the new smoky shades, interspersed
with beautiful yellows.
Mrs. W. A Hunter of The Dalles
has added considerable shrubbery
and a number of roses to her garden.
Among the roses she has put in a
planting of Miss Lolita Armour, the
chrome yeliow and fawn rose which
have dug them, including the soil,
seeing that they are spaced sufficient
ly apart to permit free air circulating
around the foliage, so it will aid in
th ripening process. If possible heel
the hulbs in a half-shady place.
Just one suggestion about handling
tulips, and that is it is safer to lift
them too early than too late, and
you cannot always tell from the foli
age but you can usually tell the time
for lifting from the stem. If you
notice that the stem is drying but
the leaves are not curing, watch the
stem, and just before it gets wholly
dry then dig your bulb. If this is
followed it is more than likely that
the protective covering of the bulb
will remain while the bulbs are out
f the ground. Darwin tulips, par
ticularly, have thin skins and if the
bulbs are left too long in the ground
the protective skins frequently come
off, and without this protection the
bulbs have a tendency to become soft
during the resting period.
In taking up narcissus you can do
so even if the foliage has not all
withered, but if you divide and re
plant right away do so without cut
ting oft' the foliage. I feel that In
growing bulbs there is nothing quite
So important as to the care of the
foliage, for all the good we hope for
In the next season comes from the
leaves. If you are partial to using
the natural foliage with the flowers,
and there really are no prettier or
softening shades of green, I would
advise that you plant in one corner
of the garden some of the cheaper
varieties for foliage purposes only,
but on your fancy flowers never cut
a leaf, for if you do you may be dis-
appointed next year, in storing the
bulbs, clean them thoroughly and
then spread them out on trays if you
have a good cool place, or you can
cure them by storing them in dry
sand or dirt in the basement, but do
not pile or heap them.
About every third person one meets
these days has the same question to
ask, and that is, "are we going to
nave roses for the Rose Festival?"
I am not a prophet, but the question
is one that is debatable if such a
subject as weather is debatable. Ac
cording to the record of various gar
dens in Portland it takes an average
of CO to io days for a rose to ma
ture after you can first see the flower
bud, and as buds have been notice -svble
for a week or more and it is
about 25 days to the Rose Festival,
X would say there is an opportunity
to have roses, provided there is no
Mrious change in present weather
conditions. As long as the tempera
ture does not get below i0 degrees
during the day time the rose will j
THE MARRIED LIFE OF HELEN AND WARREN
BY MABEL, HERBERT IRXER
HELEN IS LURED TO A HARROWING ADVENTURE BY AN AUDACIOUS AND CRAFTY RUSE
A
SILKY night. The breeze-stirred
darkness seemed a cooling pal
liative after the sun-scorching
heat of the day.
Half-past nine by the window-clock
in the corner drug store, yet the quiet
street suggested a later hour.
Again Helen glanced over her
shoulder, nervously conscious of the
heavy steps that for several blocks
had been keeping pace with hers.
A rough-looking man, his hat pulled
low over his eyes, was just a few
yards behind. Her heart beat riot
ously as he gained' upon her.
Warren's admonition to take a taxi
she had economically ignored. and
the street cars were so crowded. Sure
ly she was safe on this well-lighted
thoroughfare.
Yet the menacing steps were now
ominously near. With an effort, she
kept to her brisk walk to run would
be an absurd confession of her fear.
"Good evening! Out for a walk,
girlie? Not so fast! I'm good com
pany.' A h story hand gri p p ed her
arm.
Terror-stricken, she tried to jerk
away, but his steel grasp only tight
ened. "Let me go!" in panting fright. 'TU
call a policeman!"
"Not if you know what's good for
you! You keep mum, or I'll "
His hold suddenly relaxed as some
one ran up behind them. 1
The. next second, a portly man
clutched him savagely by the collar.
"Now, beat it!" as he flung him
against the lamp bst. "If It wasn't
for this lady and the notoriety I'd
have you jugged."
Mutteringly, the ruffian slunk away
as his assailant turned to Helen.
"Hope he didn't frighten you.
There's a lot of these bums around.
I'm glad I happened along."
"Oh, I I don't know how to thank
you." faltered Helen. "I should' ve
taken a taxi but it was only a few
blocks."
"Yes, you're not safe anywhere these
days," guiding her through the in
quisitive group that had quickly
gathered. "The papers are full of
hold-ups. You'd better let me take
you home."
"Oh, thank you," gratefully. "It's
not far. Perhaps I can get a taxi at
the next corner1 I don't want to
trouble you."
"I'll be glad to I'm just out for a
stroll. Let's get away from this
crowd." turning into a deserted side
street. "Is this much out of your
way ?"
"No. not at all. but this block Is
always so dark. I was afraid to come
along here alone."
It was a residential street with most
j of the houses closed for the sum
mer. Helen, glad to ecape- the cur
ious crowd, welcomed the quiet de
sertion. "Wonder what that fellow was
after? Been following you far?" so
licitously. "Did you show anu money
cr jewelry?"
"Why, no, I just came from a friend
who's ill. I promised Mr. Curtis, my
husband, I'd take a taxi back."
"That's what you ought ve done.
No well-dressed woman is safe on the
streets alone after dark particularly
if she wears jewelry. They're keen
on spotting it. He must've seen some
thing worth holding you up for? Isn't
that a diamond lavaliere you have
there?"
"He was behind me how could he
see that? He may have noticed my
rings", turning her diamond rings
palmward. "It's too warm to wear
gloves. But you wouldn't think on a
well-lighted street with people pass
ing "
"Oh, they're bold these days. Never
been such a crime wave. I see a lot
of it. I'm a private detective for one
of the big banks1 that's why I've a
permit to carry a gun. It comes in
mighty handy sometimes." drawing a
gleaming revolver from his hip
pocket.
The next moment, under cover of
the newspaper he carried, the steel
muzzle was pressed against Helen's
side.
"111 take those rings and that lava
liere," in a low, strangely altered
voice. "Your first scream'll be your
last so keep your trap shut!"
In speechless, congealed terror,
Helen did not move as he snatched her
purse, and the lavalliere from her
neck.
"Now, the sparklers! Come across
quick!" with a threatening snarl.
Her nerveless fingers pulled help
lessly at the diamond rings.
Shifting the gun to his left hand,
ruthlessly he jerked off the rings him
self. "Now, don't open your mouth or
111 blow off the top of your head!
Backing away a few yards, he whirled
abruptly and ran down the street.
Suddenly blasting shouts tore
through the still air. Two men. spring
ing out of a dark areaway, had leaped
upon the fleeing fugitive.
A brief, profane struggle, and her
assailant was lying on the sidewalk
securely held down.
Her rings! She darted forward,
then stopped. Her rescuer had turned
out to be a footpad. Were these high
waymen, too?
"Here, ma'am, come here!" called
one of them.
As hesitatingly she approached, he
threw back his coat and displayed a only her missing rings and lavalliere
gleaming shield.
"From headquarters," briefly. "Been
trailing this bird and saw the whole
frame-up. We waited to land him
with the goods."
"My rings and lavalliere!" breathed j
Helen, quaveringly.
"We'll search him," dragging to his
The gun deftly extracted from his
feet the now handcuffed prisoner,
hip-pockets, the jewels and purse was
found in his coat.
"We'll have to keep these as evi
dence, ma'am. You'll get 'em in
court. Let's see what we have three
rings, a lavalliere, and a purse. That
all?"
Helen nodded.
"You? name and address, please?"
drawing out an official notebook.
"Oh, I won't have to appear in
court, will I?" tremulously giving her
address.
"Afraid you will ma'am. You're the
complaining witness. Ten o'clock to
morrow morning at the police court."
"Stop your cussing," snapped the
other officer, as he picked up the pris
oner s hat from the pavement and
slammed it on his head.
"Now, you walk to the corner with
us, ma'am we'll put you in a taxi.'
"Oh, if you will! It's all been so
horrible!"
"Something new in team work. A
roughneck threatens you then a
smooth guy does the rescue act says
he'll escort you home. Gets you in a
quiet street and holds you up. Pretty
nifty combination !"
"Oh, they were together?" the ruse
just dawning on Helen.
"Sure! A slippery pair! They've
pulled that stunt twice this week."
As they walked on, Helen marveled
at the changed personality of the cap
tive. A gallant, debonair gentleman,
a brutal assailant, and now a cowed
and sullen prisoner. His hat set
rakishly over one eye was in
grotesque contrast to his bowed head
and lagging, shuffling gait.
At the corner, one of the officers
hailed a taxi, put Helen into it, and
gave her address to the driver.
"Here's your purse, ma'am. We've
got enough evidence with the jewelry.
Sorry you had the scare. We'd have
nabbed him before he held you up
but that's- 'Neck-Tie Ned, a pretty
cagey bird, and we wanted to nail him
with the swag. Good night. See you
tomorrow in court.
As the taxi slid off, Helen, still
dazed from the swift turmoil, leaned
back in nerve-throbbing reaction. A
threatened assault, a fraudulent res
cue, a genuine assault, and a real res
cue all within 20 minutes.
It seemed like a turbulent dream
made it real.
But they were safe! What if the
officers had not been following her?
She would never have recovered her
jewelry?
When the taxi drew up, hastily
paying the driver, Helen flew up the
steps through the sheltering doorway.
In the elevator, the mirror reflected
her pale dish-veiement and the boy's
curious gaze.
Now that it was all over, she was
beginning to give way. Her trembling
fingers could hardly fit her key In
the door.
When she entered the library. War
ren glowered at her over his paper.
"You said you'd be home by 9:30."
Then, as she drew nearer the light,
he laid down his pipe with a startled,
"Eh? What's wrong?"
"It's it's all right now," dropping
weakly on the window-seat.
"What's happened?" he was be
side her. "You're white as a sheet!"
"I I was held up!" stretching out
her rlngless hand.
"Held up? You're not hurt?"
She shook her head, the repressed
tears now brimmingly near.
' .vever mind about the rings long
as you're safe. Tell me about it." His
arm about her, he was holding both
her hands. "Steady now! Don't go to
pieces. Take your time."
"No no they're not gone! They're
safe and my lavallier, too. The of
ficers have them, but I I have to go
to court tomorrow morning." '
"Officers? You were held up and
the fellow was caught? Where'd it
happen?"
Within the secure refuge of his arm,
Helen relived the first assault and
the treacherous rescueJthe ruse that
lured her to the deserted street where
the trickster had dropped his role.
'1 told you to take a taxi," his arm
tightening about her.
"Oh, I know, but it was such a won
derful night and only a few blocks 1
thought I could walk."
"And save &0 cents!" grimly.
"I never will again. Dear, I prom
ise you that."
"You bet you won't you won't have
a chance! It's the last time you'll be
out after dark alone. And now we've
got to show up at court.'
"Oh, I dread seeing him again,"
shiveringly.
"That dirty thug?" snorted Warren.
"We'll put the rollers under him.
He'll do a stretch that'll shelve his
sliek little game. He ought to be sent
up for 20 years. Don't you worry,
Kitten," drawing her closer. 'Xll see
that he gets the limit!"
won honors in the test gardens two
years ago.
M. Senders of Albany has added to
his perennial garden a large planting
of hardy phlox and St. Brlgid anem
ones. Mrs. Thomas Papworth of 73 Ella
street, has added a number of roses
to her garden this spring, including a
liberal planting of Hadley.
Mrs. Isaac Jay of Hermiston, Or.,
has this year added a number of
bushes of the Mildred Grant and
Ophelia varieties to her rose garden.
In addition to a large planting of
perennial phlox Mrs. A. M. Sproul of
South Bend, Wash., is putting in a
large planting of cannas.
Every week seems to witness some
new feature that Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam MacMasters are adding to their
garden at Ardgour. Another feature
they will hav this year is a large
planting of the single-flowered Eng
lish bedding chrysanthemums.
Mrs. F. A. Nelson of Oswego has
added to her shrubbery a number of
weigelia, whose bell-shaped pink
blooms on the long stems make a
wonderful garden picture.
Dr. A. C. Epley of Salem will fea
ture in his garden this year a large
planting of the snapdragons of the
half-dwarf type.
Mrs, J. B. Cleland of 175 East Six
teenth street. North, in addition to
a number of new carnations, will this
year have In her garden a large plant
ing of snapdragons of the Enchant
ress, Matchless, Nelrose and White
Queen varieties.
E. H. Bauer of 1106 Glenwood ave
nue, is now busy putting in his large
planting of dahlias, which number
several hundred plants and repre
sents about 100 different varieties. In
addition to these Mr. Bauer is experi
menting this year with a number of
new seedling dahlias
Mrs. Franklin T. Griffith, 679 Elliott
avenue, has put in a garden of peren
nials of many types, in which del
phinlums, canterbury bells, gaillardia
and the newer double hollyhocks will
be featured.
Mrs. C. H. Gropper of Stevenson,
Wash., has planted a choice collec
tion of roses.
E. A. Darr of Capitol hill has added
to his cose collection a number of the
latest varieties, including Los An
geles, Columbia, Hadley, Cleveland
and similar varieties.
Mrs. Isadore Lang of Twentieth
and Jackson streets, Portland heights,
has made plans for a fine assortment
of bedding plants, which features an
nually the grounds surrounding her
home.
Among the newer varieties of roses
which Dr. R. C. Coffey of 789 Glisan
street, has added to his garden are
Columbia, Hadley, Los Angeles. and
other novelties.
Mrs. C. W. Ertz of 925 Alameda
Drive, will feature her garden this
year with large plantings of both an
nual and perennial bedding plants.
E. F. Walton of 779 East Firteenth
street. North, has added quite an ex
tensive collection of roses, including
some of the newer varieties, to his
garden.
J. P. Cooke of- 215 North Twenty
first street, whose garden is always
well ararnged, will again feature a
collection of annuals, adding to his
plantings some of the newer novelties
in bedding plants.
F. O. Carney of 171 Kingston ave
nue has ftiade a number of improve
ments to his new home. The lawn.
newly seeded, is looking good and the
planting of shrubs at the entrance Is
quite effective.
Mr. and Mrs: George Anderson of
Woodlawn, Wash., and their friends
have enjoyed the display of more
than a thousand daffodils, including
many of the new giant flowering va
riety, which Mr. and Mrs. Anderegg
have at their farm along the Lewis
river.
Mrs. G. E. Schott of 504 East Forty
seventh street North, has added a
number of new plants this year,
among which Is a choice collection of
penstemons.
For a beautiful effect the porch
boxes of Mrs. J. L. O'Donnell at 629
Fremont street, take front rank and
to those who admire the sweet-scented
wall flowers these porch boxes will
prove an interesting study.
Mrs. S- Goldstein of 665 East Eigh
teenth street. North, has put in a cut
ting garden, featured with plantings
of scabiosa, snapdragons and sweet
P Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hilton, whose
new home is at 425 East Twenty-nttn
street. North, contemplate the plant
ing of bright-colore'd annuals in the
place of shrubs for the first season.
They have, however, featured the en
trance to their new home with fine
specimens of English boxwood.
Problems of the Garden.
How deep can zinnias be planted with
out impairing the blooms? If planted shal
low they usually tip over when the fall
rains come. Do slips from winter stocks
make as good plants as those raised, from
seed? Will the long-fed palms seen fre
quently in tubs stand the frost and about
how much? How are new palms started?
SUBSCRIBER.
Answer The best way to handle
young plants are about four inches
high pinch them off right under the
first two leaves. This will give a
stouter stem, causing the plants to
branch and will not interfere with the
blooms but increase them. Stocks
grown from seed are better than If
propagated from cuttings. The long
leafed palms you mention will, ac
cording to a prominent florist, stand
about eight degrees of frost, that is.
they will survive if the temperature
does not get below 25 degrees but no
semitropical plant should ever be ex
posed to frost. New palms are started
from seed secured from the native
habitat.
Swedish Cartoonist
High Honor
Gets
Albert Rmrrom, Kdltor of Stta,
Electrd to Fanon -udmj.
Please tell me how to plant Job' tar?
I planted some last year but the beads or
seeds on them were very small. Perhaps
I had them planted too close. How can
I cut roses or rose buds be sent east? The
distance to take about five days. I seat
soma last June but they were all mouldy
when they arrived. Bach rose was wrapped
in damp newspaper. If they are packed
in moss will they get mouldy? 1 planted
about 300 of the rose cuttings I Cot from
the park and they are very close together
as I did not think they would all grow.
It looks now as if everyone was growing.
-When will be the best time to transplant
them and how could I get the names of
them? MRS. C. M. ?
Answer You probably planted
your Job's tear too closely, as they
should have plenty of room. The,
bushes should be separated by at least
six inches. Soil is also important a
you cannot expect to get large seeds
or beads unless the ground Is good
and also you should see that they
were well cultivated. Do not attempt
to ship roses back east as it Is only
a waste of time and effort. Your rose
slips may now be putting forth foli
age that is due to the early sap. but If
they remain in foliage after tne
Fourth of July you can depend upon
It that they have taken root. Do not
transplant them until fall. Relative
to having them identified, the only
way is to have some one who knows
roses to visit your garden when they
are in bloom and give you the name.
Do not let your slips bloom this sea
son, as it takes too much strength and
the root system will be impaired. If
flower buds appear upon your slips
pinch them off.
If I cut the blooms from my tulips this
year wili it Injure the bulbs in any way
so they will not bloom again? I have
recently been informed that it would. I
am very anxious to know as I have cut
a few of my tulips which I would not
liko to lose. I also have a few more
to be la bloom soon and which I am
anxious to cut if the bulbs will not be
damaged. MRS. A. E. B.
Answer This department this week
has an article on the care of tulip
bulbs which will answer your ques
tions. It Boes not hurt to cut the
blooms bt be careful and do not dam
age the foliage.
Do you consider it more desirable to
leave tulip beda undisturbed from year to
year or to take the bulbs up and replant
in the fall? One year I left a large lot
of tulips in the bed. and all failed to come
up the next spring. Perhaps I failed to
give proper winter protection. "Would
you kindly give me directions for lifting,
curing and storing the bulbs until fall
planting. We have large lily of the val
ley beds one of which has been undis
turbed for a number of years. Would you
advise dividing and resetting? If so. what
is the proper time and method. I do not
like to interfere with next year's bloom
We enjoy the flower page very much, and
find It of especial Interest to know what
others are planting.
CALDWELL (IDAHO) GARDENER.
Answer Your first question Is
answered In another part of this de
partment today. Relative to your lily-of-the-valley
you will spoil the bloom-in-
quality for two years when you
replant the roots. If you do any re
planting do a part of it at a t me
if you want flowers. The best time
to replant Uly-of-the-valley is in Sep
tember or Uctooer.
STOCKHOLM, May 13. For th firs
time in history of Swedish acad
eray. founded by King Gustavus Hi
in 1781, a humorist and comic arti?
ha been elected to that excluslv
body. This honor has just been b
stowed on Albert Engstrom, one
the most popular figures In Swedn.
editor of Strix, a Swedish humor,
weekly, writer of distinction and tb
creator of some of the funniest car
toons and character sketch th
ever came out of Scandinavia.
Two others were elected at the sun
time a Kngstrom to fill vacancU
caused by death. Tor Hedberg, po.
and dramatist, until recently dlrecto
of the Royal Dramatic theater o
Stockholm, and Professor Frederi
Book of Lund university, one of Sw
den'g leading literary critics and e
ayiats.
The Swedish academy, popular!
known as "The Eighteen" for It
membership is limited to that num
ber, was moulded by its royal found
on the pattern of the French acad em
for the special object of preserving
purifying and elevating tha 8 wed is
language. Its motto is "Genius an
Good Taste."
While most of its members are em
nent In the world of arts and latter
Its doors are open to those who hav
won great distinction In other aphere
such as science and theology. Th
late Professor Harald HJaerne, n
historian and Oscar Montelius. t h
world famous a rehaeolog-lets, bol
of whom died recently, were membrt
Archbishop Nathan. Soederblom, nr..
of the Swedish church, is a memb
Miss Selma Lagerlof is the on I
woman ever elected to the Swedla
academy.
Although Kngstrom s admission 1
the academy marks almost as radlc
a departure from old traditions .
that of Miss Lagerlof, the Swrri" h
press and public as a whole rejott
that Kngstrom has become "one i
the 18." Kngstrom's popularity i
based on his brilliant essays, prn
cipally on marine subjects as well s
on his sympathetic sketches of th
common people, sailors. f lsherm,i
longshoremen and country types.
Librarians to Pick Books for I
Country School.
Selection of Rent 23 to n- Mmdr fcj
Yotrs of Several Thousands.
Hens to Aid Churches in
Wide Hollow District.
Every Tenth Egg Promised to Fund
for Religious "Work.
YAKIMA, wasn., jT
self-respecting hen in the Wide
Hollow district, near here at least
Pverv Methodist hen is pledged to
adopt the tithing system of benevo
lence, at Hast for the current season.
Rev. J. Fred Stilwell, pastor or tne
Wide Hollow Methodist church, orig
inated the plan, and said It promises
to add a sizable sum to the church
fund. Every tenth egg laid is set
aside for the church. These "church
egg" are collected and sold at reg
niftr intervals and the total so
gained is proving surprisingly large.
"Many of the women of our church
did not feel they could pledge a large
amount to the church work," said
Rev. Mr. Stilwell, "so we decided to
put the hens on a tithing basis.
Nearly every family has a flock of
hens, and all the women were will
ing to make them provide tithes for
church work. We may continue the
CHICAGO, May 13. The best T
books for a one-room count'
school will be selected by the vote
of several thousand librarians an
teachers at the annual conference I
the American Library association ti
Detroit, June 26-July 1 and of th
National Education association 1i
Boston early in July.
The winning titles will be an
nounced after the conferences "ii
order that people everywhere ma
know what books are considered by
librarians and teachers as most In
teresting and useful to children u
the elementary grades," It was stater
by Carl H. Milan, secretary of th'
American Library association.
"A recent study of children's read
fng in one state showed that some
times scores of children in a given
district do not read anything; but th
textbooks; and that not Infrequent
there are no readable books in etthei
the schools or the homes," Mr. Hilar
said. "In other districts school II
braries are made up of dlxcarded
books from dusty attics or of larfft
sets of books In near-leather binding;,
which nobody ever reads.
"It is the hope of the two associa
tions conducting the contest that the
selection of this list will serve t
stimulate Interest In good books for
general reading and to encourage th'
establishment and development f
small school-library collections. Th
desire of the organisations is to In
terest not only the teachers and li
brarians but also the school boards,
trustees, public officials, parents and
the children themselves."
zinnias is to top them. When the system indefinitely."
Darwin Tulips in Bloom
All interested in the new and latest Giant Darwin
Tulips should watch the trial planting along the
hillside path, north side of Laurelhurst Park. All
varieties labeled. Early ones are in perfection
now, others coming on.
We will booto Import Bulb orders until June
at 35 leas than the catalogue price.
THE LATEST AND BEST IN
Highest Quality Seeds
Flowering Plants Now Ready
All kinds of flowering plants for window, porch and
garden planting. Complete stock at both stores.
Gladiolus and Dahlia Bulbs All Kinds of
Garden, Poultry, Bird and Pet Stock Supplies.
145 147 Portlan
Ore.
Sd St., Bet. Mor
rison and Alder.
NEW EAST
SIDE STORE
174 Union Are. V,
Corner Oregon.
Next week Helen's Surprising
genulty.
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CHARMING PINK FLOWERS FOR THIS
YEAR'S GARDEN
It's not too late to get generous bloom
from these offerings, if ordered at once.
Pink Gladiolus "Panama" An immense flower of deep pink.
especially beautiful in masses. (1.00 the dozen; 50 tor (3.
100 for (5.75.
masses. (1.00 the dozen; 50 for
00;
Pink Phvsostegia One of the loveliest blooms for cutting. Flowers
much "like a huge heather of soft lavender pink. 3 for (1.00;
12 for (3.50; 50 for (10.25.
Kelway's New Double Pink Cosmos A real novelty of great beauty.
Fine plants ready for delivery now. (1.00 the dozen; 50 for (3.50.
Hollyhock "Newport Pink" Great double flowers of the exquisite
shade so generally admired; 12 for (1.50; 50 for (4.00; 100 for (7.75.
SPECIAL One dozen of each of the above for (6.00 prepaid.
Ask for my list of bedding plants such as marigolds,
balsams, pansies, the fragrant nicotina, etc.
W. Li. CRISSET.
"Gladiolus Farm,"
Boring, Oregon.
My offer of 100 small blooming-size gladiolus bulbs for (2.25
(no lesser quantity) still holds good. Some fine sorts in this.
50 for (10.
the popular new and charm
ing Blue Lace
Flower
won immediate favor for its
finely laced petals, distinctive
light blue color, excellence for
cutting and bountiful blossom
ing continuously from end of
July till frost.
We tried it out in 1921.
adapted it to this climate,
found it exceptionally good
and we unhesitatingly recom
mend it for ANY garden.
Time to plant them NOW.
$1.50 per dozen.
Phone, write or call and sea
them at our greenhouses. It
will win your approval by its
rare beauty.
Salpiglossis another exqui
site garden flower is worthy
of space in your garden. $1
per dozen.
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