THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 4, 1922
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1Y MsGnraGr IIP
BY A. GAEDEN GROWER,
NOW IS th& tlm to visit the' Iris
farms and make your selections
of bulbs you Intend' to (have In
your garden next year. Just now the
iris, that Is the kind usually called
German, Is coming: Into bloom and
ri:ht along -with it -ill be many of
the Japanese, but the English and
Spanish will not flower until later.
While the iris, that is the one with
the
long, Droad, thick leaves and
which looks well in the garden, even
after the flowers are-gone, is gener
ally called German,, it is Teally not
a native of Germany but originally
came from Italy, but having been
found by a German and first culti
vated and improved by Germans, it
early became known as the Germanic
type. With the advent of other
types and new discoveries ft is now
largely listed as the tall bearded iris,
thus distinguishing it from those iris
which do not have the beard. For
garden ornaments this type is really
, the best, but for commercial use and
flower decorations I. prefer the Span
ish or the English. These latter are
really bulb iris while the bearded
Aria are rhiaomatous. With the Eng
lish and Spanish iris they should be
replanted every year, while with the
other they ehoulii be divided at least
every three years. There is also a
difference in planting. The bearded
Iris does not want to be planted very
deep or it will not flower. It should
not be over three-quarters of an inch
below the surface, whereas the bulb
Iris should be three to four inches
below the surface:
In replanting the English or Span
ish Iris do not do it until after the
flowers are gone and the leaves have
wilted. As soon as this occurs dig
up me duids, separate them and re
plant Immediately. You will find
that the bulbs multiply rapidly and
from a small beginning in a few
years you will have a great many.
As stated before, while I prefer
either the English or Spanish iris for
decorative purposes, and particularly
th Spanish because of the smaller
and more delicate flowers, a well
arranged vase or bowl of the bearded
iria will make an attractive picture.
To arrange them properly the bowl
should be rather flat, but deep
enough to contain quite a quantity
of water. The iris should be ar
ranged with a frog, so that the in
dividuality can be seen and appre
ciated, for iris have a striking in
dividuality, not only in color blend
ing but in form and structure.
In selecting iris you should be
guided by your individual taste.
Therefore, instead of selecting them
from " published 'descriptions,' the
proper way is to visit a nursery, see
the plants in bloom and make your
selection taking care to check them
in the catalogue as you make your
selections, so that should a mistake
occur in shipping you will have your
own record and can have correction
made from it The plants you select
now will be .supplied probably in
August or September, when they
should be planted. Unless you have
a place in your garden where they
will get plenty of moisture, my ad
vice would be not to select any of
the Japanese type, for they love the
water, but should you be the for
tunate possessor in your garden of a
pool or a water course, you will find
your efforts well repaid in using
Japanese iris. The German will do
well in almost any location and
should have a fairly rich soil, but
very little manure, in fact,- none is
better if you use bone meal. They
wili do particularly well if you have
a clay sub-soil which retains the
moisture.
During the last few years the
American Iris society has been doing
a notable work in standardizing iris
with a view to helping the amateur.
Unscrupulous producers have been
multiplying the number of iris an
nually at a great rate and by paint
ing glowing word pictures have in
duced the unknowing persons to pur
chase what later prove to be worth
less varieties. The society last fall
completed its work of scoring estab
lished varieties and it represents the
Joint, work of amateurs and the larg
est iris producers in this country. A
few days ago I was talking with
Howard Evarts Weeds, who has the
largest collection of iris in Oregon at
Bid place near Beaverton, and in
speaking of the new standards, said:
"The work of the joint committee
of the American Iris society marks
the greatest advance in the culture
of that flower, in this country. Due
to the rather glowing, descriptions
Issued by the European growers many
varieties were shipped to this country
which proved worthless, but the
American iris grower had to have
these in his collection to answer the
calls of his client. With the stand
ardization we are now able to elim
lnate a number of varieties, and only
this week I threw out of my col
lection about 0 varieties because
they have not measured up to the
mark set by th.-4ris society.. Under
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the system of grading, ah Iris be
fore it should be considered by an
amateur, should have a score of at
least 60 points in the list- compiled
by the society. Personally I feel this
mark is a little low for the average
amateur and would recommend 70
for the collector who inakes iris a
feature of his garden, and 80 for
the amateur who has, only a few
plants or is just starting a collec
tion. I think that in the catalogs
which the growers will issue next
year they will give the rating of the
American Iris society for each va
riety, sp that the amateur in mak
ing his selection can at the same
time see the rating. For use this
year we will use the bulletin which
has just been issued by the society.
The work of grading the iris has
been thorough and covers all the es
sential qualities, such as growth, ef
fect the plant would have in the
garden, the branching habit, and if
the flowers are well proportioned,
color of bloom, length of stem,
whether it will stand severe weather
conditions, its foliage and its value
as a cut flower.". - -
After my talk with Mr. Weed ' I
had an opportunity to study the new
bulletin-of the American Iris society
giving the scores which ther various
varieties have attained, and while
my. experience with iris is some
what limited, I feel I can indorse the j
markings given. At least I can in
dorse those for the varieties with
which I am familiar. For instance,
take the variety pallida dalmatica,
with which a great many are fa
miliar and which is a decided orna
ment to any garden and produces a
wonderful lot of flowers of lavender
shades with beautiful markings. It
is given, a score of 88, which I think
it well deserves. In comparison with
this, take the score on fro, which
is 75 points, and my experience with
it 19 that this is about the -right
marking, for while it is an interest
ing and pleasing, combination of
chestnut brown and gold, it is not
or as good service in the garden for
the amateur as pallida dalmatica.
Among the other varieties which I
noticed had scores of better than
80 is - Alcazar, Caterina. Coerulea.
Crimson King-, Crusader, Dalila, Don
Carlos, Fairy, Isoline, Ivanhoe, ' Ma
Mie, Lohengrin, Mercedes, Monsignor,
Opera, Princess Beatrice, Shushan and
a great many others, so that if the
amateur will fix the score Doint he
desires all his plants to have he will
have plenty of varieties from which
to make selections. '
There is, I feel, a pressing neces
sity again to call the attention of
the readers of this department to the
menace which faces their rose bushes
from the green' worms. ' My friends
have frequently complimented me on
the fact that my rose bushes suffer
little from diseases or pests, but the
weatner conditions this year have
been such as to make the srreen
worm particularly bad, and when I
can go into my garden and find-
host of these I know that other
gardens must suffer; in fact, I have
had several persons stop me and ask
what is the matter with their rose
bushes, as they find the leaves curl
ing up and a lot of the shoots are
wunoui duos. mere is only one
answer and that is that the leaf
roller is at work and the only way
to get rid of him is to find him on
the bush and crush out his life be
tween finger and thumb before he
has a chance to lay eggs and start
another cycle. -There are at least
three species of these maggots which
are working in the gardens, as I have
found that many on my own roses,
aespiie close attention and care.
They all come fom little moths,
hardly more than three-quarters of
an inch across the wings, but the two
types which 6eem o be present' in
the great numbers are the tortrix
ribeana or green rose maggot, and
fhe croesia holmiana or yellow rose
grub. ; Unless you kill these worms
now you are storing up grief for
next year, and the time to do the
destruction is now, fer pupation takes
place and the new moth comes out in
June and July to start work over
again by getting ready to lay new
eggs. The only thing to do now is
to look for ruined leaves and pinch
the grub in the leaf before it gets a
chance to eat off the flower bud. If
he has destroyed the bud go over
your plant carefully and you will
find him rolled up in some leaf get
ting ready to bring . forth a , new
batch of trouble. If your flower bud
has been eaten off pinch off the shoot
close to the first real leaves so as
to start a new shoot. If" your garden
has got the tortrix you should do
some heavy spraying in April next
year with arsenate of lead. Really,
give the hushes two sprayings, one
in April and another about three
weeks later, but for the present kill
the maggots or "you will have no
flowers.
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One of the most interesting and
well arranged plantings I have seen
in Portland is that which Mrs. C. B.
- Unander has abeut .finished, at her'
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home, 737 Talbot road. .While she has
put in a small but well selected
perenn'al garden, the interesting parts
of the general planting are the ter
races and the house planting, partic
ularly the latter. The terraces are
tastefully planted with a fine collec
tion of cotoneaster franchetti, escal
Ionia, berberis Wilsorii. - lonicera ni-
tida, while lonicera pileata has been
largely used as a ground coverer. The
interesting part of the planting is
that surrounding the house, where
specimen plants have been used, cov
ering quite a wide variety. Among
those most noticeable is cotoneaster
salicifolia, or the willow-leaf coton
easter, juniper Virginica, or eastern
red cedar, ilex crenate or JaDanesa
holly, but the most striking thing in
tne collection ana most unusual are
the plants of phillyrea decora. They
are somewhat similar, when looking
at them from a distance, to e-lohe
boxwood about four feet in diameter
and about the same in height, but
they are most interesting nlants and
I know of no others in this city quite
niie liiubo jars, unanaer Has obtained.
Phillyrea decora is an evergreen with
small, brilliant leaves and bears a
inue wmie iiower. The house plant
ing also contains a number m i-hr,.
dodendrons and several varieties of
oaroerry, witn.a liberal planting of
the box-leaf type. The featur nf th
perennial . garden is a collection of
uaray cnrysanthemums.
There are many hundTedn cT in....
sons in Portland who grow not only
good roses but excellent ones,, and I
wa.ui. io urge everyone who grows
roses to exhibit them- t rh.
during Rose Festival week, for it is
uui j uy exnioiung that you can really
determine just how fine your roses
are. Every year f u i,,mv,.i.
Portland roses in gardens which are
irequenny superior to the blooms
exhibited at the show. These persons
do not realize that thev-
prize-winning flowers, and' I feel
sorry tor them, because
lAtima- 1- , . ,
s uvvareni talent they pos
sess. As a matter of loyalty to their
city theyVshould nut their rno
exhibition so that the thousands of
vionurs lo tne city can see what1
.diij.- ime nowers are raised here,
therefore let me urge that everyone
who has a rose bush take flowers to
the rose show. You may not win a
prize the first year but you will gain
so much information as to arranging
roses and what makes up a perfect
your eriort will be repaid.
Every year I get tired of hearing
persons say ; that they have just as
good roses as at the show, but how
do they know they have unless they
have been judged side by side with
the winners. If you think Von rnisa
good roses, and there are many of
ou wno uo, put them on display and
iet competent judges determine
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a-To ic value. ..- AS far n.s
winning prizes there are all kinds
oi opportunities. A few days ago
j. met. utiia. is. s. Montague, chair
man of the committee on classlflpji,
tion, and she gave me some advanced
miormation as to- the show this year.
There will be one whole section de
voted to aust one rose from a E-arden
therefore; if you have no more than
one good bloom in your s-ardeTi n
June 20, it is your duty to take that
one rose to the show and exhibit it
so that visitors can see the really
fine roses Portland produces. In ad
dition to that there will be classes
for amateurs who have never won a
prize, one of theih being so arranged
that all you have to. do is to exhibit
three Caroline Testout roses and
tnere are certainly hundreds of gard
ens in the city that can exhihit wr.
derful blooms in this class or in those
other classes devoted exclusively to
uaroiine Testout roses, r The classlfi
cation list will be issued in about i
week and everyone should study it
determine what classes thev can com
pete in and then on the opening
morning of the festival take their
Diooms to the armory. There they
will find a committee to welcome
them and explain -to them just what
to do, and," by the way, I understand
that Mrs. Thomas Gray 'will be
chairman of this welcoming commit
tee. There are few persons in Port
land better versed on roses and how
to show them, for she has been an
exhibitor for years and - can give
the novice expert and accurate advice.
Aside from the honor . of winning,
the prizes this year will be superior
to those of former seasons. The fact
that E. G. Hill, the greatest rose
producer in this country, nas given
to the committee 25 of his new rose
America to be distributed as prizes
is notable. ThiB roBe Is not yet in
the hands of the florists and was-
shown lor the first time laBt winter.
Its present price is 5 a bush and the
exhibitor who is fortunate enough
to win some oi tnese roses will cer
tainly be well repaid. Then in ad
dition to Mr. Hill's prize, Messrs.
Howard and Smith of Los Angeles,
the producers of the famous rose
Los Angeles. Mrs. S. K. Rindge, Miss
Lolita Armour and others have placed
at the disposal of the committee 48
roses to be distributed as' prizes,
which1 means that someone is going
to win the latest in rose production.
In addition to these the local con
cerns like Clarke Bros, Portland
Seed company, Routledge Floral
Seed Co., Tommy Luke, Martin &
Forbes, the Mountain View Floral
company, and others have given rose'
plants and other garden things as
prizes, the Martin & - Forbes prize
being a dozen bushes of the gold
medal rose Columbia, for the person
exhibiting the best basket of pink
roses other than Caroline Testout.
There will also be a full line of tro
phies and other prizes. There are a
great many persons in Portland who
do not know how to care . for roses
for exhibition and next week I wilM
give some suggestions.
Every so often my friend tne re
tired gardener drops - in for a few
minutes' chat and when be came in
few days ago I read him a letter
answered this wek regarding ants
attacking peonies and this started my
friend off on a talk about ants. He
said: "Hera, in Portland we are not
trouDieo. as mucii as peopm a in
other places with ants, particularly
when they come right in your lawn,
make a big hill and give the place
an unsightly appearance. When this
happens the best thing to do is to
give them the hot water treatment.
Take a crowbar or a good, stout stick
and ram it down in each anthill and
pour in boiling hot water. While this
is quick and effective, there - is a
simpler plan. Scatter a few small
pieces of hard ca7dy around each
pening. They will soon be covered
with ants. Then apply the hot water,
repeating the process until all the
ants have feasted- upon the candy and
have been killed.
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The use of edible flowers was well
known to the ancients, and, according
to London Tit-Bits, the violet- from
the earliest time formed one of the
greatest confectionery delicacies and
with the extract of this flower was
made a sherbet that is described by
classic writers as delicious. In some
sections of Eastern Europe it was
and still is the custom to mix violets,
roses anl limes with sweetmeats . in
order to add a floral tincture to the
taste of the fruit In Turkey the
sweets are of carnations, lilies and
lavender. Floral sandwiches today
are made in Greece and Turkey-with
nasturtiums, a most edible flower.
Sandwiches are also made of pepper
mint finely ground and spread over
thinly sliced radishes- between even
more thinly sliced and buttered bread.
It is said the dahlia is an excellent
food, though somewhat acritC. In the
kitchens of China and Japan flowers
are as much in use as vegetables in
the preparation of rice dishes.
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Another effort is to be made to
have the government recognize a na
tional flower, and this time the drive
is planned in favor of the wild col
umbine. The aid of the Daughters of
the American Revolution and other
patriotic societies is to be enlisted in
the plan being made by Mrs. A. M,
Jones of Pittsburg. Her argument in
favor of naming the columbine as the
national flower, is that it is widely
distributed throughout the United
States and exhiibts in its different
varieties the national colors of red.
white and blue, as well as other
shades. The name she claims is de
rived from the Latin "columba,1
meaning dove, which, she considers
especially significant at this time in
view of the efforts this country . is
making in behalf of world peace. She
also cites the popularity of the flower
among the birds and bees as a sort of
symbol suggesting international
trade and industrial co-operation.
While the columbine is gaining many
supporters, those who have long ad
vocated golden rod and also mountain
laurel are holding firm for recogni
tion.
- Among the Gardens.
Mrs. Joseph A. Pettit, 874 East Tay
lor street has ornamented her garden
with two wonderfully large and well-
selected beds of pansies. There are
evidently several hundred in each bed
and the bright little flowers form a
striking picture.
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Among the many fine porch boxes
and hanging baskets to be found
around the city those which City
Commissioner Bigelow has arranged
at his home, 204 East Fifteenth street
are most striking. They contain in
addition to geraniums, Sanders dai
sies, petunias, lobellia, dusty miller
and the usual run of plants for such
work, some very good specimens of
the interesting cigarette plant.
George S. Reid has put in "a large
bedding of meteor geraniums edged
with heliotrope' at his home On Ala
meda, drive. ' '
E. S. Farnand has started what I
believe will be an attractive and well-
arranged planting at his new home
on the Patton road near Sherwood
drive, Portland heights. The entrance
to the house is -a small court and this
he had planted with Oregon grape
edged with box. The shrubbery,
which has just been set out has
been selected with taste and includes
a large number of popular ornament
als. The flower garden is a series
of terraces and -is planned eventually
for a wide collection of perennials.
but for this year Mr. Farnand will
use annuals, so as to have a crop of
flowers.
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The Oregon Ex-Service club in the
old Ladd mansion at 253 West Park
street has ornamented the porch with
some fine , window boxes and tubs,
filled with coleus, rose geraniums,
pansies and other bright flowering
annuals.
Several ' friends have advised me
that among the fine display of tulips
in Portland this spring they saw none
finer than those grown by Mrs. O,
G. Edwards of 1311 East Thirtieth
street North. I regret I did not get
an opportunity to see them when at
their best for sne specialized par
ticularly in the Ariadne and Sultan
varieties of Darwins, the latter be
ing, I think, one of the most satis
factory of the dark maroons.
E. G. Crawford, whose planting at
his suburban home near Gresham
was recently mentioned in this de
partment has about finished the
planting of his aquatic garden and
probably has one or tne finest col
lections of water lilies in this vicin
ity. In addition to the lilies he has
put in a display of Parrots feather.
water iris, water hyacinths and other
aquatics.
Of the many handsome wistaria
vines in the city, I think the one on
the east side of I. N. Fleischner's
home at the Portland heights end of
Vista avenue can take first rank, for
last week the entire side of the house
was practically hidden with the
blooms.
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Mrs. H. W. Howard of Waverly
heights has just finished a garden of
flowering annuals, in which are fea
tured zinnias, salpiglossis, aster,
clarkia, verbenas and scabisoca.
' F. H. Page of Twenty-first and
Jackson streets, Portland heights,
who for several years has specialized
in tulips, this year will feature glad
iolas. having just finished planting
more than 1000 bulbs.
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The garden of V. E. Veness at Win
lock, Wash, is one of the most strik
ing features of that place, and this
year in annuals he will feature about
300 plants of E. G. Hill geranium and
Pride of Portland and Elks purple
petunias.
Mrs, C E, Rumelia of.-Willamette
heights has just finiahed her garden
of flowering annuals, in which Crego
aster, snapdragons in various colors.
salpiglossis, the new double-crested
cosmos and the" dwarf French mari
gold are featured. . , :
Miss Lela Miller of 1008 Hancock
street has added to her perenmial gar
den a collection of oriental poppies.
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Mrs. J. E. Burnham of 6S9 petty-
grove street is featuring this year in
flowering annuals, geraniums in com
bination with salvia, and for a
climbing vine is using cobaea scan
dens. R. M. Gate wood of 204 East Fifty-
third street North in a few weeks will
have a striking display of sweet peas.
as he . planted early in the seasori
about 300 feet to these flowers and
they are flourishing. Ha also so
cializes in dahlias-and this year has
added to his collection such varieties
as W. E. Peters, Miss London, Schwan,
Falcon, Andrew Carnegie, Oregon
seauty ana Deuce.
John iMatre of 22 Meikle place' 1b
making a special feature this year in
his garden of Elks purple petunias.
Having just nnisnea DUttlne- in a
large planting of them. -.
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?John Bergland of 1344 Sandv road
in addition to featuring geraniums in
red, pink and white in his garden, has
also put in a large number of annual
pniox.
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Dr. E. DeWitt Connell. S28 Salmon
street is replenishing the box earden
on tne top oi ms- garage, which la
a feature of his garden, with a plant
ing of annuals, in which heliotrnn
will be a dominating feature. .
Mrs. George Fuller. 195 Bast Vi-rtv-
sixth .street is putting in a large
planting or annuals, consisting of
geraniums, heliotropes, petunias, stn-
nias, marigolds, lobelia and the shrub
by calceolaria. ;
Problems of the Garden.
I think ' the Vancouver Amnleiir -m!-h
like agathea, nlgella or erigeron. all blue
flowers. They are not & tall na th
Japanese anemone. Nlgalla or love-in-the-
mist seed is listed hi different Portland
seed catalogues. - The Miss JekyU variety
has corn blue blossoms. Agathea, coeletla
(blue daisy) flowers sky blue with yellow
disk and erigeron. the Amos Perry variety,
has lavender blue flower similar to single
asters. Will you please advise what to
do to destroy rose beetles? They eat my
gladioli, dahlias, etc Where may one find
the eorrect -pronunciation of the names of
i towers, now may a person prevent or
destroy nisi on. anaDdravoiui ? 7. A- Tl-
6alem. .
Answer Many thanks for your
suggestions to help out the Van
couver amateur, who is trying to find
blue flower somewhat similar in
shape and growth to the Japanese
anemone. Are i you sure that rose
beetles', are destroying your roses?
If you have really found such to be
the case send at once for the county
agricultural- agent and report it also
to the Oregon Agricultural College
at Corvallls, so experts there can
make an investigation. If the beetle
has appeared in Oregon it should re
ceive immediate attention, but I am
inclined to think you have seen the
results of the work of the rose mag
got which I speak, about in this de
partment today and describe how it
should be handled. Relative to pro
nouncing the names of flowers cor
rectly the best authority is Bailey's
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture,
which you probably can obtain in
your library. - Some weeks . ago I re
viewed the matter of rust on snap
dragons. . There is no cure known,
I have several friends who this year
are experimenting with a baking
powder solution, suggested to me by
plant expert from Russia, who
visited Portland last year and re
ported that it was used in Russia as
a preventive for rose mildew. Since
then I have learned that a similar
solution has been used in England
for several years to prevent rust on
chrysanthemums and I hope this year
the experiments will show that it is
effective on snap dragons. It is not
a cure but a preventative and 1b very
simple. Make a spray of one ounce
of ordinary baking soda to two gal
lons of water and apply it to the
plants as you would any other spray.
Mv Ieonard Begonia used to have very
large leaves, about seven Inches In diam
eter, but thev keep coming smaller all
the time, also whiter, though the plant
looks' healthy and vigorous, wnat does
it need and do the white leaves result
from too much light? I have had It in
a sunny window. How can I Increase the
size of my Shasta daisies? They are only
two inches- m rdiameter; tnougn I bave
seen others much larger. What attracts
anta to my peony buds? will they injure
them? There are no apnides on tne Dusn.
My JonquilB had only one bloom Jast year
and none at all- this year. They have not
been disturbed for several yeara Xo they
need separating? Mrs. &. J. a.
Answer The trouble with your be
gonia I believe is due to the fact that
it needs repotting. When you do
repot it use a good rich fibrous soil
and also make sure that the pot you
use is larger. I think this will cor
rect the trouble, although you may
be giving it too much sun. Try first
repotting it and then if the leaves
continue to turn white give it less
sun. -
Relative to your Shasta daisies, you
probably have got a poor strain.
throw out the ones you have if they
are not of good size and get a new
strain. When you do, make sure you
get the early blooming variety, as
you will find the flowers on it larger
than the majority of the late bloom
ers. -
The ants get on your peony buds
in an effort to get the sugar secre
tion. They will not do any partic
ular damage but are not a nice thing
to have on the flowers should you
want to cut them. If you dust the
base of the plant-with some Persian
insect powder you will find that the
ants will not get on the plant
Undoubtedly your Jonquils need
dividing. As soon as the foliage has
died down dig the bulbs and after
separating them plant - them im
mediately. :' .
' T want to have some geraniums growing
in the house next winter. How should I
prepare to get them? Eugene Gardener.
Tou can take slips from growing
plants and propagate them or In the
fall you can dig up some, of the plants
you have in the garden and pot them,
but the best plan is to purchase
young plants now, those which have
lust been rooted, repot them and sink
the whole in the garden. Do not let
them flower but pick off all the buds
until you take them in the house in
the fall. When you make the change
some of the leaves will turn yellow
and fall off, owing to the change of
conditions of air and temperature but
they will quickly recover.
Will you please tell me where I can
get the address of the person who writes
for -the department "Flowers for Home
and Garden" in The Oregonian. and oblige
- MRS. J. E. J.. Hillsboro.
Answer I regret that , I cannot
comply with your request but if there
are any questions I can answer, if
you will send them to The Oregonian,
I will endeavor to answer them.
Foot Imprint Mystery.
Scientific American.
Tradition has it that the first Span
iards to land on Hawaii were wrecked
on the southeast coast in 1575; but the
clear imprint of a Spanish shoe has
been discovered in the surface of an
ancient lava flow on the west coast
near Honaunau, the "City of Ref uge."
Since the lava flow must antedate
the building of the city in 1100, how
the footprint got there is a mystery
that will probably; never be-solved,
KEMPY," DELIGHTFUL COMEDY
OF VILLAGE LIFE, STARTS RUN
Story of New York's Newest Theater Offering Revolves Around
Wedding With Stranger Grant Mitchell Back on Broadway. '
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BY ELIZABETH LONERGAN.
NEW YORK, June 3. (Special.)
The single opening of the week
hrnnp-h firant Mitchell -hack to
Broadway after an absence of nearly
a whole season. Since leaving the
Cohan management Mr. Mitchell was
sponsored first by Sam Harris, who
presented him earlier in the year in
"The Champion.", It was expected
that the play would return to Broad
way for a long run and, quite to the
surprise of many, Mr. Mitchell has
changed Doth play ana manager since
his former visit to New York.
Richard Herndon. who has sponsored
several good offerings, is back of
"Kempy," a dellgntful little comeay
of village life which is filled with
clever lines and amusing situations.
The authors are J. C. and Elliott
Nugent, said to be father and eon, and
anotner memoer oi xne lamuy, miaa
Ruth Nugent, has the Ingenue role,
while the authors also are in the
cast
Story Boilt Around Wedding,
fnt,A Amr rawnliiAa oirillTlri a Wl1
ding with a stranger. It is a bit hard
to swallow part oi tne plot. Because it
seems dlincuit to imagine tnai. a ouv-,
cessf ul authoress would marry a man
she met in an unconventional way
who tells her that he baa read her
book and resoivea to marry tne
author. He is supposedly a plumber,
i-nna tut- tr Via sl reaL sure-
enough millionaire before the fall of
the curtain. However, tne piece ia so
well acted that these minor details
aociiv nflAsad nvftf. Mr. Mitchell.
who will be remeembered as the star
of "A Prince Tnere was,- wnicu
played Portland several seasons ago,
has- an excellent role and makes the
most of all the comedy moments.
Lotus Robb plays the leading iaa
with her usual charm, and other
members of the cast are Jessie Crom
mette, Helen Carew and Robert Lee
Allen. The scenes all taite piace in
a New Jersey village.
l.ntl.M' Knsrlish Play ComhlK Soon.
ri.n. T,av, TT-.no-HKri nroduction to be
presented in New lone wm oe
Rotters." a satirical comedy which
has had considerable vogue in Lon
don. H. F. Maltby is the author and
it will be given in tnis country unuer
j(,.Hr,Ti nf the Shuberts. J. A.
Morris and Harry Corson Clarke are
,. n-nrinnAra nd Mr. Clarke has an
important role in the new show. -
Also, 16 lungiisn - lasaico iiiiv "
Gaiety arrived the other day to play
v.- ,vr tfirflfl Follies, which is
in iiio - - - -
now rehearsing preparatory to open
ing in Atlantic v,ny -r "
They were met at the pier by the 16
from "Good Morning,
. . ; -hn irnr trained in tne
BUUflUU.a C ' . . A.
same dancing school in ionaon.
can picture the excitement on the
pier.
Selwrn Representative Returns.
This is the open season for an
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. b u nAiiiAii ata already in
per .ui - - - - - -
Europe sekelng new material, while
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MUSICAL NOTICE
Conductor of long standing ex
perience, seasons with Montreal
and New York Grand Opera com
panies and leading theaters in
U S , possessing $3000 complete
musical library, desires to settle
permanently in Portland. First
class - references and notices of
leading critics available upon re
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write to
HENRI TUSSENBROEK
203 West 8th Street,
New York City, N. Y. '
others are making ready to sail with
in a week or two. One of the first to
return to New- York is Crosby Galge,
vice-president of Selwyn & Co., who
came back the other day with enough
contracts for important productions
and stars to keep the Selwyns busy
for several seasons to come. Stop
ping first in Paris, Mr. Galge secured
a contract with the Guitrya to come
to America next December in a reper
toire of Sache Guitry'e plays, open
ing with "Deburau" (this was pro
duced last season by Mr. Belasco, it
will be recalled). This production
will open Christmas week and will
be followed by a - number of others,
including "Pasteur," the most famous
of Guitry successes in Europe.
Ia London, Mr. Galge not only con
tracted for the next three plays by
A. A. Milne, 'but secured aeimilar con
tract with Clemence Lan.e, author of
A Bill of Divorcement." He also
bought "If Four Walls Told," a new
play by Edward Percy, which has had
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a long and brilliant run at the Roy
alty. With Alfred Butt the Selwyns
will make the American presentation
of "Lass o' Laughter," a very recent
offering in London.
German Not Ovelooked.
RirmM waa not overlooked by Mr.
Galge. "The Mysterious Affair" is
the English translation of the biggest
Berlin success which win com w
America next season, thanks to- the -Selwyns.
Marie Orska, a Russian by
birth but the wife of a prominent
banker, will make her American de
but She is known as "the child
Naiimova." 1 -
Mr. Galera reports that the present
prosperity of the theaters abroad is
due to the great influx, of tourists
rather than to the normal conditions
of the countries he visited. "Nowhere
has the pre-war standard in either
plays or productions been reached.
though great improvement nas Deen
shown during the past year," he says.
Dozen Best naye lastea.
A list of interest to the theater
goers was published the other day. It
gives quite an accurate resume of the
most popular shows in, town. "The
Bat" leads with nearly 800 perform
ances to its credit and then "The j
First Year." which has passed the
seven hundred mark. . Other leaders
are: "Six-Cylinder Love," "Kiki,-
The Dover Road" and "Lawful Lar
ceny." The musical shows are
-A1U1TS, lailKQIllJIT, itiu-
slo Box Revue," "Blossom Tfme,"
Good Morning, Dearie" and "The
Perfect Fool." "The Bat," by the
way, is running in London ana sev
eral companies have toured the coun
try tnis season, witn more ia proe
pect for next Arrangements have
been completed- for the presentation
of the mystery play in Paris and
later on it will be seen in th other
important European cities.
' Two Actresses) Contrasted.
The coincidence of : "Smilta -
Through" being produced by th
Baker at the same time that it was)
shown as a first run In Portlandv re
calls the first week that the film
was shown on the Subway circuit dt
played the , Strann, Brooklyn, and
right next door at the Majestlo thea
ter Jane Cowl appeared in the spoken
of the two theaters are side by side
and quite a number of those who -
wanted to see the play wandered into
the picture and vice-a-versal Many
saw both editions and while some
liked Norma Talmadge better than
Jane Cowl, quite as many were satis
fied -that the play was the real thing.
It was a splendid opportunity to com
pare the two with- very little added
effort; In fact, an ambitious person
could take in the matinee at the Ma
jesties and then "the supper show" at
the Straud and still get home ia time i
for a late dinner. t .
One of the openings within the
next fortnight will . be "Drums of
Jeopardy.'i the dramatization of Har
old McGrath's thrilling novel. It will
open t the Gaiety under the direc
tion of A. E. Aarons. The cast will
include William Courtleigh, Marion
Coakley, Paul. Everton, Reginald Bar
low, C. Henry Gordon and Bernard
Reinold.
Charles Dillingham, the producer,,
sailed last week for a trip abroad
and will make arrangements for sev
eral London productions of his suc
cesses and will bring back some new
and good things for use over here.
Speaking of London, "Bull Dog Drum
mond," one of Mr. Dillingham's im
portations last year, is still pulling
strong and seems fated to enjoy a
summer run at the Knickerbocker
which has, in other years, housed
musical comedies for the summer sea
son.
Hunter9 for Zoos Start Out.
SAN FRANCISCO. An expedition
will soon leave San Francisco for
northern India to capture wild ani
mals and snakes for New York, Phil
adelphia and Dallas zoological parks.
Frank H. Buck, in charge of the expe
dition, said he would endeavor to ob
tain two Indian rhinoceroses for New
York and Philadelphia. These ani
mals are said to be extremely savaga
and almost extinct The new zoo at
Dallas has given an order for about
100 specimens of lions, tigers, leop
ards, elephants and other wild ani
mals and wishes a largo collection of
rare birds. .
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