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i; - --I ; -Tit THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM; OREGON ' THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1925 INDU RIAL OREGON PROD LITY PRODUCTS l- QUA UGES i v? ! $ r -This cut Is used by courtesy of th Associated Industries, of Oregon. Dates of Slogans in Daily Statesman (In Twlc--Week Statesman Following Day) ' . (With a few possible changes) Loganberries. October 2 Ptui.es, October 9 Dairying. October It Flax, October 23 Filberts, October 30 ' Walnut. November 8 Strawberries, November: 13 .'Apples', November 20 j ' Raspberries, November 27 '.Mint, December 4 . I 'Great Cows', Etc., December. 11 blackberries, December; 18 Cherries,, December 25 , Peats, January 1, 1925 ! Gooseberries. January 3 Corn. January 15 C.fT Janiurv 22. I "Kpaacb, Etc., January 29 Onions, Etc., February 5 Potatoes, Etc., February 12 Bees. February 19 ,i Poultry and Pet Stock Feb. 26 City Beautiful, etc., March 5. Beans. Etc., March 12 I ! 'Paved Highways. March 19 Head Lettuce, March 28 ? ,SJfo. Etc. April 2 , -i ': ; Legumes, April 9 I , " ; j Asparagus, Etc., April 18 -Grapes. Etc., April 23 Drug Garden, April 30 I nnnip ipmiiii MftUvtMlUflL Of li PRESENTED This May Be a Good Substi tute for Some People for the Perennial Lupine ' The old-fahionod lupine having rame back into popularity through he numerous hybrids in a' great range of color among the peren- ,A?ls..wJtI-li have' been taken ' into jthe. green house, the annual varie- jes jre oow coming int their own. I Klany people fail with the peren , jnal lupine, but the . annuals will rsr-igodJsubrititute. I ";-:y : I , They do not want rich soil. iut .the main trouble is that. the peren mals are sensitive to drought. jThey are also said to object to Hm soil, but thi3 is not well founded, as they thrive with the fait bearded iri3, whichj demands lime. The annual lnpines are not so fussy and grow easily from .seed with- &pikes of bioom "arriTTiSt as fine "as the perennial, and have the advantage of blootining the first year from seed. As they are not commonly growu..thd anriHal lupine will of fer a novelty in annuals for many gardens; wn worth a trial. Do not fee.d it. but ee that it ha Plenty of water during! the hot test spells through the j summer. The tiowny foliage is ornamental, with the long leaflets radiating from a common center ! lige an umbrella, , ' - . I Tke.se annual have a fine range of colors in. blues,, pinks and white variations. There is also a yellow variety of soft shades. They pre fer partial shade, best placed where they will got the morning sun and be shartpri fmm o rt )noon biazev S There are both tall and dwarf - varieties; The tali varieties give the longest spikes and are better - - viu LUV U 1 I " .lcr.ysfng, while the dwarf sorts? are better for bedding.! . ?!?nt the seed about a quarter ipch deep and transplant as soon as a true leaf develops ; They are ; j rather hard to transplant, but as the germination of the seed is ? j often"; trneven-and not more than ' , j 6 per cent can be expected, it j ; j !s best to sow in a seed bed and move to permanent quarters. I U-''.v . - j The classified ad section of The ,; FiatesEvan is the , market place of ' ' Sa!m. ' , t " - ' ' ' Sugar Deets, Sorghum, Etc., ! May 7 1 Water Powers, May 14 I Irrigatldn, May 21 Mining, May 28 Land.! Irrigation.: Etc., June 4 i Floriculture, June 11 ; HopsJ Cabbage. Etc , June 18 'i' Wholesaling and J o b b I n g, , June 25 ! ! Cucumbers, Etc.; July 2 Hogs, July 9 f ' Goats, July 16. ! r Schools, Etc.. July 23 -s i Sheep, July 30 I . I '' National Advertising, August 6 Seeds. Etc.. August 13 ; Livestock,1 August 20 J Grain and Grain) Products, Au ! gust 27 mIS'M: ' Manufacturing, September's. Automotive Industries, Septem ber 10 ! i;; -p J ; Woodworking, Etc.. Sept. 17 " Papt--r Mills, Etc.. Sept. 24. i ', i ' i. : I ii i " l"i ' ' ' ! : (Back ccpiej of the Thursday editions of The i Daily Oregon ' Statesman are ,s hand. They are for sale at 10 cents each. mailed to any address. j Current copies 5c.) ' i- i i 1 1 L DRESSES ARE FIIE The Annual Larkspurs Are Delphiniums, Botanically, Says This W iter s Old-fashioned anqual larkspurs of the single types in many sec tions have ! strayed . out of j the garden and domesticated them selves along the roads. But they were straggly j tramps . compared with the up-to-date beauties of a. cnnual Larkspur. todays j "We now call the slately perennial ; larkspurs : delphiniums to distinguish them from the an- j nual larkspurs, which are also aeipnimums, botanicauy j The stock flowered annual type is a fine ornament for any garden, so! fine! in fact, that; it: has been adopted by greenhouse men for winter I ornament and sale. Nu merous : delicate and striking colors have been developed, one of the most attractive J of these being known as lustrous, carmine, Newport or watermelon! ?pink. There are also dark; rose, dark blue, lilac, flesh, sky J blue and white varieties, .all equally fine. The spikes of double flowers closely set along the branches atop the dark green finely divided foliage make the finest of flowers for cutting. The cutting, which prevents seed forming, also pro longs the blooming season. These larkspurs make fine beds of long flowering season. It is best to sow the seed where they are, to bloom, as they do not transplant easilyThe moving seems to chWk the growth, which takes a long time in recovering, If it is neces sary to transplant" them, sow the seed very thinly bo that each plant can be lifted with a trowel of earth to disturb the roots as little as possible. . j , i I They are most 'effective :: when sown i in groups of separate colors, and make a fine color gradation from the dark Blue and dark rose, sky blue j and flesh, then the white; lustrous carmine and lilac; ; They come into bloom early and last through the summer if seeds are kept' 'from forming. They are not patlplaras to soil, but want full sun. Set the plants a foot apart, i - SIS 1EW t .si "OREGON QUALITY"! products are establishing themselves in world markets; they make our pay rolls they build; our cities; they attract hew capital and new people; they provide a market for the products of our farms. Oregon farms produce a wider variety of profitable crops of "Oregon Quality' food than.any other spot on earth. BUB GARDEN SPECIALISTS JUNK SALEm BOTH BEAU Homer Smith, Dr. H. J. Clements, Dr. J. H. Fairchild, Prof. Von Eschen, Frank Deckebach, Mrs, Louis Lach mjjnd, Mrs. M. N. Chapman, Among Those Who Are Adding to the Attractiveness and Fame of Their City BY AUDRED BUNCH Salem is fortunate, from the standpoint of her Increasing civic beauty, in those of her citizens who make, of gardening ,a hobby, - an, enthusiastic hobby, a hobby with meaning. The happy point of it, all is that f, not only the devotees themselves derive a satis- ft At Y 4 Yi a t t r a a a twfl aIa gains. It was probably without 1 any idea of the philanthropy in it, through the men are philan thropic, all of them, that a Sa lem insurance agent, a college chemistry professor, two phys icians, a realtor, and the manager of a big creanfery have made the grounds surrounding the homes where they live distinct assets to the sum beauty of the community. .Homer Smith, the insurance agent in the group, has made phlox somewhat of a specialty, though his grounds on North Sum mer street, at practically any time of a year, are a joyous riot of color. His main interest is In the general attractiveness of the whole effect, developed, when pos sible, with a multiplicity of bloom. In June the Ideal is best realized by means of the phlox of which Mr. Smith has probably one hun dred and fifty bunches.. His speci mens of the Elizabeth Campbell variety are probably as notable as any in the valley. For bloom ing purposes gardeners have found It increasingly satisfactory, -,due to the ready disappearance of all faded blodms and the almost im mediate reappearance of a fresh Lstalk of flowers. " The two acre space on South Fourteenth street that Dr. H. J. Clements owns may be termed a garden in the making. While much of the present landscaping is temporary, the permanent lines are well defined. : A fern bed. a bog garden, and an extensive! rock-garden have already been! formed. But at the Clements' I home the iris borders command! the greatest interest. Dr. Cle- ment3 has many specimens in the German, in the Spanish, in the i English, and in the Siberian and Japanese varieties. Through his ! bed of seedlings he is conducting! a orocressinn or intaotin. i pertinents for new varieties. Dr. Clements Is also interested at the present time in bed of rose seedlings which he has grown. 'i Dr. J. H. Fairchild. whose spe cialty Is lilies, has seven or eight inowwBa -ftnibrwiDedded In his garden, totaling Eighteen varie ties tff w'rjfch the'ehief re Easter lilies iitAinusual occurrence is the fact that instead of blooming In August! as heretofore, the Eas ter lilies are opening this week. By the end of the month, the Regale billies will be In 'their prime offering a display that will doubtless exceed in its number that of any in the northwest. The Mount Hood, or Santiam lily. Is a white variety of the state that turns wine-colored. The lilium Parryri and thle lilium humboltri are both swamp varieties in their native habitats, the former being found at a elevation of from J to 5000 feet, and the latter, grow ing more In the timber, and re sembling the tiger lily. The Regale- lilies appear in the Fair child garden In shades of pink, w:hite, and yellow, the latter being Lillian Henry variety. Dr. Fair child makes unstinted gifts of bis flowers throughout the blooming season, and. on- almost any day i the little girla of the neighborhood-may be seen bearing away great arm fu Is of fragrance and color presented them by this gar den enthusiast., Professor Florlan Von F?chen Is the university chemistry nrofes- sor from whose - garden comes half the Iris that decks the May morning breakfast tables on the Willamette University campus over Junior week-end. In his garden are found some of the most per- ieci specimens In the city, j Illustrating a garden" that Is effectively landscaped, without specialization. Is that surrounding He Home of William McGilchrist. Jr. At this season of the year, as at the Homer Smith home, the phlox, will soon be In its tirime. The FranE Deckebach home on TIFMD FAMOUS D street is without question one of the most beautiful in all Salem. It is interesting to know that Mr. Deckenbach worked out his own landscaping which proves to be one of, the finest examples of the art. and" which hasrqet with the consistent comrotndaiin Of visit in? professionals. . : Mrs. Louis ' Lachmund is An other Salem gardener lover who . 3 wked out her own landscap-1 ing scheme with ability and an eye for results. ? , ' In an article dealing with those who specialize, Mrs!. M. X. Chap man must not be omitted. Her garden is notable for its collection of wild flowers which includes practically every variety in that habitat. j ' ! More specifically j to show what may be done in a short length of time, the H. A. Cornoyer garden is a pleasing example, of scarcely more than one year's efforts, with results that are most effective,. .LAiSCAPli OF Good Idea to Make.the Entire Back Yard a Flower Gar den of Formal Plan.,,! ; The oft-repeated advice that a flower garden is a border to frame a lawn may be disregarded in the 50-foot lot. In the first place. there isn't room enough In the LAY OUliTHE BACK tARp MTO .A iERtia OF SMALL blDS. FOLLOVA PLAN Of GROUP PtWTNG VHICHH.1. CtVB, A SUCCESSION OF bLOOM. back-yard garden, whether veg etable or flower .garden to fproJ ide a lawn worth framing.. Be sides, ; the front yard 1 offers suf ficient display of lawn as the prop erty is usually laid out. . . ; It is a very effective plan tc make the entire back yard a flow er garden of formal plan with the lawn feature restricted to. grass paths from two to three" feet wide among ; the beds. Such a" flower garden covering the entiref back yard. area, of about 50 square feet is a very. pleasing and handsome picture and quite as effective as designs which "call for a pocket handkerchief lawn In the center. A flower lover will be amazed at the number of plants such a garden-: will accommodate even with a border planting of shrubs bery.r There is opportunity for , vast deal of color scheming and arranging the plants in order to provide a succession - of v bloom from spring until fall. - Utilizing the entire space gives a series of beds, either in circular, rectangular or octagonal patterns, if desired, ' which i will give the ingenuity of the olwner full play This will be needed in arranging groupsrof perennials in the bays between the shrubs. A plan of grouping whfch will give a succession might be based thus a plant blooming-' in May, June, uiy, Angust and September to a group and a aeries ef such; groups. Or ft might be altered to single groups of each plant. For ; instance, the first could be plan-! ned thus by months, pyrethrum, I delphinium, Shasta da'isy,"phiTox, perennial aster and add a chrys- fOUR BACK YARD ji , . " - I-, - - - - FLOWERS ARE AN IP BETTER LUG- SAYS THIS WRITER They Speak the Language of Love, and Flowers for the Sick and Afflicted Are Nearly as Important as the Doctor's Prescription There Have Been Great Changes in a Generation By H. C. BATEIIAM Editor Statesman: - The grounas of the little red school house where. J used to go to school back in Ohio 50 years ago used to be so overgrown with ragweed f that' the ""directors would cttrae around once a year and mof jccrii dpwn. Then when we went to make a run in base ball or pullaway we ,ran the stub ble right; into our bare feet. Any one who I would have been foolish enough to suggest that a flower garden or rose bed would be nice would hive been laughed out of countenance. But times have changed, and now no school grounds are con sidered complete ; without their space for lawn, trees and flowers. Instead of bringing a few wilted flowers to teacher, the teacher now insrtucts the pupils in the planting,, watering and picking of flowers sufficient ; for all school purposes. This training in the care and appreciation of "public" property is worth a fortune in any community. A child that is train ed to stand up for his school flow er garden will hardly be guilty of carving his initials on a tree in the state house grounds or damag ing any other public proprety. Flowers are an inspiration to better living. Who can gaze upon the pure white lrly that shoots up TThTough the piles of soot and cin ders, or the gold in the heart of the water lily which grows out of the slime and mud below the wa ter without being reminded that we, too, many, if we will, rise above our surroundings, and live clean lives in spite, of - circum stances? Whether 6ne strolls by the streams and hills or drives through the residential section of the city, one is impressed with God's loving kindness who mak eth flowers to bloom for both the evil and the good. The florist's skill in planting and arranging his wonderful beds of bloom is fol- the most part onlyJ Dn effort to reproduce, on a small scale, the landscape, as painted by the God of nature. If "music hath charms to soothe a savage", what may b,e said of flowers which speak the PROPER P1DLIHIG OF TULIP AND DAFFODIL AND NARCISSUS BULBS All tfe jfelip antCWost of the Daffodil and Narcissus Bulbs AtM.No Doubt Now Ripe Enough to Lift, arid thefiandl- ing of Them Is a Matter thing of Expert Knowledge E"ditor Statesman: You ask for an article for your Slogan "issue of The Statesman on some phase of floriculture. Per haps a few words about lifting and caring for tulip and narcissus bulbs , will be -of interest at this time. 4 '.: . J ' No doubt all of! the tulip bulbs and most of the varieties of daf fodil and narcissus bulbs are ripe enough to lift at this time. Tulips should be lifted eery year to get the best results in producing blos soms forr the following year, and also to get the best propagartion of the bulb both in number and quality. 'After lifting put in a cool dry place away from the wind and light. Leave them : for a week or so, depending on how dry they are when lifted just long enough to dry out the excess moisture from the bulb. Then they can be separated i and placed in a cool basement, not too dry but not damp enough ; to cause mold to form on the bulbs. They should have ventilation, but not draft or wind blowing against them. It is also better to keep away from the light. For containers any anthemum. These six perennials could be arranged in groups to give a progression about the boundary beds. Or groups of two or three plants of each in general groups to be altered would give a continuous display all season. This could be supplemented by gladiolus bulbs., . RAT I TO l&nguage of love? The growing of flowers for the wards and. the beautification of the grounds of all pur state institutions is as es-' sential for the beneficial influ ence they have on the inmates and prisoners as for . the public. Flowers for the ricb are, "orna mental." but flower's for the sick and afflicte'd are nearly as import ant as the doctor's prescription. Every flower grower is a bene factor. , He can not be otherwise. Ever)' body seeing his floral ac complishments is benefited. One may decide to go and do likewise, another .may boost for the town or may drop a "word of praise for the grower. In a small town ears ago I raised and saved a lot1 of choice flower seeds and, having no bse for them, peddled them out: Going to each house where they seemed to be in poor circumstanc es or had few flowers, I gave them their choice of any five var ieties for-, nothing. I never heard the last of it. Evidently started something. Window boxes around a home signify refinement of the owners, and are now almost universally used in all up to date cities; but did it ever occur to you how much you can gues3 about the owners by noticing the- colors of their flowers? Negroes prefer yellow. Indians are partial to red, while the society set often follow out a color scheme, with carying results. A property owner who planted his parking strip with sunflowers or cauliflowers would be considered of poor taste and his efforts as coarse Nature's landscape gardening is never coarse. Even the barren places' are soon covered with flowers or vegetation of some kind. The man with a poor lot and dry soil may, grow "Oregon sunshine" and portulaca and be refined as well as the rich (Mr. Bateham, the writer of the above, is the florist of the Oregon t-tate hospital (asylum for the in sane) , and he practices every day what he preaches in the above and he does it so well that the grounds of that institution make up one of the-show places of ba lem, and of the whole state and the entire coast. Ed.) That Requires Care and Some shallow box will do where "the bulbs are not too deep. Ordinarily four, or five inches deep Is 'all righ.t. It is always well to look at them occasionaly, and if they appear to be too dry place in a more damp place, but if this can not be done you could place a damp cloth over the ; box for a few days. If a mold'' is showing on them bring them out where it Is dryer. Daffodils can be left in the ground longer. In many cases they produce find blossoms for a number of years without the bulbs being-lifted, but If a large propa gatlod of bulbs is desired they should be lifted more often, de pending on the variety.' Some of the more tender varieties will not stand to be lifted every year. whiIeAnd beinK wayfaring man, he is with others it is desirable unless one has a planting of small stock they want to grow . into larger bulbs. If luting the narcissus and daffodil bulbs place in boxes or trays not over four or' five inches deep, and plaee in a shed or shade where they will keep dry and where the wind can circulate through ihem. " They need more air in storage then tulip bulbs.' Leav them under these conditions until rWdy to plant In the fall. With both narcissus and tulip bulbs it is dangerous to let the sun shine on them. Keep both in the shade. W. C. FRANKLIN. Salem, Ore., June 10, 1925. ' ' ' j&mm. 1 1 iii ,hu , , m i ,.. , , -This cut Is us-d by courtesy of the Associated Industries, of Oregon. THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN DID YOU KNOW that Salem ought to be the center of a floriculture that will make this the real "City Beautiful," attracting attention from the most desirable people all over the country; that we produce tulip bulbs better than Holland can grow, and other bulb and other flowers as fine as can be grown on the round earth; that we 'have a natural setting and natural conditions of soil and climate that will make it comparatively easy to render this one of the mpst attractive cities in all the world; that we have some of the most efficient specialists in different types of. flower gardening here who live any where; that they are making Salem famous in many lines of floriculture; and that this city should have at least 5000 active mem bers of its floral society, as planned by the late Mrs. W. P. Lord and others when the society was first organized? THE BAffiR LANDSCAPE YEAR FOR SALEM HAS What the Archaeologist of the Year 5000 Might1Find to Speculate Upon, According to a Picture of Fancy Drawn W. C- Dibble, the Dean of Floriculture Here, Who Pioneered the Bulb Industry of the Salem District Editor Statesman: When the archaeologist of 5000 A. D. reaches, digging down, the rock gardens that have been put in this year in Salemion the TY-A. Livesley place, the Curtis Cross place, the U". G. Shipley placfe and the Orris Fry, place tje will frown and speculate on what it means. He will have known of the glacier flow, and looking at one rock pointed one way, and another, an other way they will seem to him to substantiate a glacier theory; but he will soon find on the Curtis Cross plaCe that on two sides of a certain arey of ground, there is an inclined wall which proves after all to be no wall, but a studied dis position Of rocks, cunningly placed and broken up by irregular steps, all focalizing at an arrangement that looks liEe a made grotto or spring. He will then reject tbe glacier theory, but remembering the Druids who worked some years before In England, he will ques tion whether or not these OreEan os (Having found the name on the fragment of a statue) were priests and whether he has found a design with religious signifc ance. Then he will dig zealously for the key to this enigma, but when he recahes the TlAiLivesIey place this theory wJff be a Bit shattered. He will find there a rock setting for a spring, the wa ter of which is curiously released to fall into a shining pool, thence to cascade down a winding rocky bed; then another pool and an dther cascade until It rests in a broad rush-lined marsh. Small petrified, aoken bridges cross this at intervals. "Now" thinks the archaeologist, "this is a working plan for some great engineering ( project." He is fortified In this belief because one of his colleagues excavatingat Detroit has found bits of steel fearfully put together, and, near by, wheels in sets of four, . race bf engineers, he thinks but when he excavates at the U. G. Shipley place, and finds a massive rock incline terminating in paths and a geometric figure; at the Orris Fry place where he follows an orderly progression of rock to a logical end, he begins to wonder If he has not chanced upon a site for astranomica ob servations. These people discov ered Betelgeuse. he knows, about the 20th century, and perhaps this was the place, and as he sits down to think it over and make amap ana survey for the Institute, there happens there a wayfaring man who was not an archaeologist or scientist or astronomer or engin eer, and he says: "These are rock gardens and the Oreganos planted them for the pleasure of the effect, for beauty, right. The Manner Year This has been the banner land scape year In which I have lived in Salem. Not only has there been a larger area landscaped (and this includes both large and small places), but it has been done inality and aesthetic method. It to a high standard, both In orig is not, however, in the larger area, nor in the; progressive standards that the significance of the year, lies. It H in the large area del voted to rock gardens of the best type, and of a permanence to be found, as noted, by the archaeolo gist of joOOO A. D. For there are roek gardens and rock gardens, in the stale of O'egon. There are BEEN THE PAST YEAR rock meadows transplanted to town; there are rock walls, in which the rock plants find no lodgment and die. There are -rock rings 'around a tree, and paths with rock edging. For tunately the rock gardens built in Salem this year are none of these. T On the positive side they have arisen in the right places, where there are or might be rocks. Rocli' gardens in level places, heaps of stone because the owner wished a rock" garden, are the real pathe tic fallacies. ' " Then they arej seml-formal which, when one comes to consi der it, is what rock work in town for the most part, should be. It is axiomatic that anything near the house or street, be it plant , or rock, should partake of the lines of house or street, and not disfig ure them by chaotic plan tine. There is a place for naturalistic - rock work, but it is In remote plac es where the freedom of the set ting will not disturb the fine, lines, the impressive, form of a. house of excellent proportions. On the C. G. Shipley place Oje rock work admirably sustains and becomes a living link between house and yard. On the east entrance it , begins at the street line and is carried up the hill to the bouse with such reserve and sturdiness that the house seems a part of the rock formation, and although new, to have been there many years. On the T. A- Livesley place, the mountain "stream, heretofore mentioned, is both supported by and connected with the rocfe gar den, which Is the ordered and basic setting of the eastern end of the ' bouse. The splendid sweep s of lawn and shrub in front ' .ruua straight up to a terrace, buttress ed by rock, work at the ends, that is .'fundamental, not only' to tha terrace but to the Imposing Eng-, li8h front of the house. On the Curtis Cross place the rock work abuts the sidewalk on the north and east sides and. Is built with studied restraint up the Incline, In and around the oak trees so as . to accent the serene line of the house itself, which, with its Span ish architectural -motif, .its stuc- coed exterior, receives this impulse quite obviously. The rocks- in; all ; the places are deep set, and .ook now not only as If they belonged i there but had been a long time J there. The rock flowers as they appear in the "crannied wall" will consummate to this union of grace and strength. The Swiss type of rock tank ing has prevailed this year, whfch keeps Its eye on the nnea oflfce house and lot, and holds to - re straint In f reedonif, creating order irom he discord: of its material. . W. C. DIBBLE. ; Salem, Oregon. June 9. 1925. . SPECIAL PRICES ON GERANIUMS AND FERNS Come and Bee t h e m you'll then realize that we are giving real bargains. AD. SMITH FLORIST ; ; 1270 North Liberty